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TV RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 18, 1020 
When prices are low 
get more off the acre 
Greater yield per acre assures lower cost of pro¬ 
duction and is an effective way of combating lower 
price per bushel. That is why the farmers of the 
Old World are often so successful in competing with 
those of the New in the production of staples. 
_ Greater yield means an understanding of soil con¬ 
ditions and crop requirements. It means a careful 
selection of fertilizers with reference to their com¬ 
position, their availability and their peculiar fitness 
for the crops intended. Properly balanced fertilizer 
starts the plant off quickly, helps to resist disease 
and furnishes a constant supply of plant food dur¬ 
ing the growing and fruiting season. 
‘‘Double-A C” Fertilizers, under whatever name 
or brand you may know them, are based on a 
thorough knowledge of the agricultural conditions in 
every locality in winch they are sold. Tell us your 
plans and problems, and we’ll suggest what fertil¬ 
izers you need for your particular soils and the crops 
you want to raise. At the same time ask for booklet 
“How to Get the Most out of Fertilizers”. 
Write for the “Double-A C” agency if we're 
not already represented in your locality. 
The American Agricultural Chemical Company 
Address -nearest office 
Atlanta Boston Cleveland Jacksonville Philadelphia 
Baltimore Charleston Los Angeles Rutland, Vt. 
Buffalo Columbia Montgomery St. Louis 
Cincinnati Detroit New York Savannah, Etc. 
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FERTILIZERS 
Suggestion for Standard Cold Storage 
The great necessity of low cost storage 
is a fact. Present facilities in most 
Eastern farming districts are notoriously 
inadequate. Every year one may see 
quantities of surplus vegetables and fruit 
rotting on the ground, simply because 
there is no advantageous way of dispos¬ 
ing of them. Such produce may not be 
the very best, but it is good, wholesome 
food. We cannot blame anyone for re¬ 
fusing to handle it. however, when there 
is no money in it. The purpose of this 
article is to explain how good, economical 
and convenient, storage may he estab¬ 
lished, so that such surplus produce may 
be saved at a tidy profit. 
T.et us now consider the requirements 
of good storage. There are several con¬ 
ditions to he satisfied, each one of first- 
class importance. W T e will treat them in 
order as follows: 
1. T.ow Cost.—It is proposed to build 
a storage warehouse costing not more 
than $1.25 per barrel, stored, which will 
pay good dividends at a storage rate of 
10 cents per barrel per month. 
2. Convenience.—This warehouse may 
he located on the farm, or if advisable at 
the usual point of delivery at highway 
or railway. One man can handle every¬ 
thing in and out. 
3. Protection : 
(«) Against excessive heat and cold. 
This storage i.s to be kept at a temper¬ 
ature between 40 and 55 degrees Fahr¬ 
enheit. 
(&) Against excessive dryness and 
moisture. This means good protection 
from sun and storm. 
(cl Against marauders. Xo de¬ 
structive insect, or animal can gain ac¬ 
cess through the shell of this building, 
and the security against thieves is ex¬ 
cellent. 
(<1) Against fire. There are no con¬ 
struction materials better known for 
this purpose than concrete, steel and 
sand. These will he used here. 
It is proposed to build a warehouse of 
galvanized corrugated sheet steel sides, 
ends and roof-cover, with framework of 
ordinary structural steel shapes, and up¬ 
on a foundation of Portland cement con¬ 
crete. .Sides, ends and roof to he double, 
leaving space to fill in with sand or saw¬ 
dust. 
The location should preferably he in 
gravel. Two sides and one end should 
he hanked with earth or gravel to within 
about 5 feet of the eaves. Two coats of 
good bituminous compound should he ap¬ 
plied to the metal wherever it is so 
banked. A narrow concrete pavement 
should be laid all around the building at 
finished grade, extending out farther than 
the eaves and sloping a wav from the 
walls. 
The end of the building not hanked 
should face the south in latitudes where 
the greatest protection needed is against 
freezing. 
Such a warehouse, inside dimensions 
30x00 feet and about 28 feet high, will 
accommodate 2.400 barrels. The parts 
may lie standardized, each piece made and 
numbered ready to holt up. The steel 
framework can accommodate skids for 
barrels or floors for bulk, partitioned as 
desired. A corridor across one end is to 
lie equipped with special inclined runs 
and traveling chain hand hoists. The 
produce may be handled in near the roof 
and handled out near the ground—at 
wagon body level. There is to be no 
heavy lifting necessary. 
About 22 tons of steel. 2.000 hoard feet 
of lumber and 35 cubic yards of concrete 
will fill the hill. The total cost of mate¬ 
rials and labor .should not exceed $3,000 
(standardized construction.) 
This storage, filled in September and 
October, and emptied by June, average 
storage period per barrel 3% months, 
will pay $840 annually, charging 30 cents 
per barrel per month. This is 25 per cent 
of $3,360. Allowing $360 for tin* lot 
upon which the building stands (which 
certainly is very liberal) we have here a 
pretty good investment. Few repairs will 
be needed. Two good coats of paint every 
three years will keep the steel in shape 
for a generation. 
With regard to protection against heat 
and cold, we need only to remember the 
good reputation that deep cellars have in 
this respect. A cellar 11 feet deep, with¬ 
out artificial heating or cooling, located 
on the top of a hill in a very much ex¬ 
posed position in Connecticut, has frozen 
produce but twice in GO years, although 
used for such storage in the most severe 
Winters. The freezing was very slight 
(January, 1018). It is well known that 
at depths of 40 to 50 feet there is no 
change of temperature the year ’round, 
the thermometer registering about 50 de¬ 
grees Fahrenheit. 
The conditions in this building will be 
about the same as in a cellar 10 or 18 
feet deep. Only continued cold, worse 
than anything so far recorded in this 
region, could 'cause freezing with such 
protection. For localities much farther 
uorth it will be advisable to bank the 
structure ou all sides, simply leaving 
room for access to the handling-out door. 
The writer will he grateful for any 
criticisms or suggestions. We are facing 
a situation in which everything points to 
the necessity of conserving every ounce 
of produce we possibly can. 
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The fruit market is flat. Only 
the choicest is in demand. Get 
ready now to raise better fruit 
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