Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-09
BUILD . mEAr-CuR1gq PLANT.

I
! \ great acarcit. OF meat prevails Al
/ the present time. Last year. for n
stance. ihc American people consumed
between three and lour pounds more
pork pc capita ,han was ever known
] before in the history OF the county.
This coupled with the fact that our en-
ports OF beef nave increased by abodt
one and half billion pounds since th.'
war starred and our exports Of pork by
| five hundred million pounds last year
/ over 1918, accounts in a measure Tor the
comparative scarcity and high price Of
meat. This condition is likely 10 become
| exaggerated as the war continues, for in
| the allied countries alone there are
something like three million less meat
producing animals than when The war
began. In thc United States we have
mad "A decrease of meat-producinS ami
mails. Taking 100 per cent as the basis
when the war started, our meat-produc-
ing animals have fallen Off TO where the
percentage is represented By about 80.
Meat has always been one OF the chief
staple foods of the Anglo-SaXon. Large
quantities of il are essential for the use
of our armies and navies. Hence. the
conservation and safeguarding of any
supplies which may be made available
becomes a matter OF vital concern 10 on =
national welfare.
I. Georgia is fortunate in one respect.
She has probably about held her own in
the number of beef and dairy cattle
within her borders, and she has increas-
ed her hogs by per cent. which appears
to be a remarkable record in view OF the
fact that other states have barely held
their own and in some instances show a
decline. We have more food crops avail
able for the maintenance OF our live
stock in Georgia this year than ever be-
fore. and we must use these to the best
.tvantaCe in order that our meat supply
nay bC Increased as mucn rs practicable
uadcr existing circumstances. Grant
ing that We have fairly liberal supplies
Of meat. the season of the year is at
hand when the slaughter and proper
preservation of it becomes u matter OF
great Importance. 1t is a well-knoWn
fact that thousands and thousands Of
pounds of meat are lost each year be-
cause of the difficulty of curing it prop
erly in our mild climate. In some win
ters the weather is very unfavorable in
that il is warm almost continuously. At
Other times the farm selecting what he
thinks will be cold snap for the
slaughter OF his meat is disappointed to
have the temperature rise suddenly and
to a rather high degree in twenty-fOur
hours. Is there not some means which
is cheap. practical and effective, thei e.
.oTe. by which tine farmer may conserve
his meat supply satisfactorily? SThe
accomplishment Of this end is a matter
Of very great Importance under existing
circumstances. and hence it is very
pleasant 10 be able to report that i
farmer operating on any considerable
scale. or a group of farmers who are
tenants or renters may build meat
curing or cold storage house at a very
/ reasonable cost. In the case of tenant
farmers the land owner should be will
ing to erect such a structure for the use
of the community. In the case Of land
owners who operate on a considerable
scale a cold storage house becomes es-
sential. A structure of this kind when
properly put up will last almost'inde
nitely. 1t is an easy and relatively cheap
structure TO bU!ld
4 cold storage plant of ample size
for the average farmer should be about
5x6 feet in the clear on the Inside. 1T
is desirable that a good concrete or
brick foundation be built Under the
structure. not only for the sake of VEN
tilation. but to provide good drainage
and insure the permanency of the
building There should be only one
door, about thirty-siX inches wide. The
outside of the building should be COW
cred with ship lap, and the door to the
ice chamber should be about thirty-siX
inches square. In building such a
structure a suitable framework must
be erected. The rear wall should be
about eight feet high above the foun-
dation. After making a suitable frame
work, provision should be made for
dead air spaces around the entire
building. This may be accomplished
by building an inner wall of snip lap,
building paper, n dead air space, an
other layer OF building paper and an
other layer of ship lap. The dead air
space between the inner and outer wall
is obtained by using 1x3's. A CORFU
gated iron drain pipe should be provid-
ed. and a cement floor is desirable.
The bill Of material necessary for a
cold storage house of the size sug-
gested would be as follows:
Two stills 6xS inches by feet.
Two sills 6xS inches by 6 feet.
Four sIeepers 2xS inches by'6 feet.
Two door posts AKA inches by IL
feet.
rhirty pieces 2x4 inches by IL feet
for posts. etc.
Four rafters 2x4 inches by 10 feet.
Five hundred feet B. NJ. ship lap, IA
feet long.
Nine hundred feet B. NJ. ship lap. IL
feet long.
Two hundred and sixty feet tongue
and grooved flooring.
Fourteen ice bunker Stats 2X6 inches
10y feet.
Twelve ventilator Stats ks inches by
: feet.
-Four pieces for ventilator frame,
cx6 inches by Il feet.
one hundred stats for dead air space
fv3 inches by L. feet.
rorr pieces for door frame 2XS
inches ly - feet.
Two doo- stills 2zf0 inches by II feet
Twelve hundred square feet building
...uer.
luc square prepared roofing.
Three pieces corrugated galvanized
..v.
nc piece galvanized iron inches by
Get.
.rrc piece ] II or Pinch pipe
ne bell Trap.
.~No pair heavy hiuseS.
~'yo locks ana handles for doors.
rorty pound, N-penny nails.
xix mounds l0-penny nails.
Nails for flooring and roofing.
THE cost Of this material will vary III
,,. different communities. The amount
.. time required to- build the structure
...,l .r-o depend somewhat on the SIKH
,.osc erecting the same. IT viii be
..,, however. from the above that II
80 L., ..,r,- ,,a va fiyelv easy 10 secure