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from competent refrigeration engineers as to plans and equip- 

 ment. 



Under ordinary circumstances, if cold-storage space is 

 available to the grower, it is probable that he might better 

 rent his requirements than construct his own plant. With 

 his own plant some of his costs go on every year, whether he 



Fig. 31. This is a grower-owned packing house and cold storage in the 

 Hudson Valley Section of New York. The wing at the left is the packing 

 house, remodeled from a farm building. More light would be desirable. 

 At the right and connected with the packing house is the cold storage 

 with a capacity of 10,800 bushels. The storage cost is about $1.00 per 

 bushel, not including some of the owner's labor, of which there is no 

 record. Operating costs average 13 to 15 cents per bushel for a period 

 extending from about Sept. 1 to June 1. Apples are put in the storage 

 when picked and are packed out at the grower's convenience. Much of 

 the fruit is sold at the door and hauled by motor truck. 



uses the space or not. He may, of course, send his crop to the 

 terminal market storages, but it is questionable whether all 

 his holdings should be tied up at definite consuming points, 

 with their higher costs. 



(d) Factors for Successful Common Storage. Ventilation, 

 humidity, and temperature are the three factors of most im- 

 portance in keeping the fruit. Of these, ventilation appears 



