The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-07-08
icEuEss REFR.cERAToRs
FREMONT COUNTY.

FREMONT COUNTY.
It's the doing of a job that really
counts. and one may talk iceless re-
frigerators until doomsday without
cooling a great deal of 1000 or saving
many steps for a very busy woman.
In Fremont county there has been
real campaign on for iceless refrigera-
tors, because 1t was one of the topics
taken up in the Farm Bureau program
of work, and because Mrs. Goodwin OF
East Canon has been full enough OF
enthusiasm to see that her neighbors
| got interested in it. 1t takes that sort
| of enthusiasm to make our Farm Bu-
reau go anywhere, and with prof
ect like this we feel as il much had
been accomplished.
| Reports from all communities in
the county where the work has been
taken up have not been secured. Pen
rose will give its report for next
months issue These stories come
! from East Canon, Four Mile and Park
Center. Several are in process of
construction-in fact one inquirer
came into the county agents office
while Mrs. Goodwin was there. and
obtained some final instruction and
some Information from the model
which Is at the county agents office.
| Mrs. w. W. Plummer of Lincoln
| Park hes a very fine one built by her
| son in d high school manual training
class. Mrs. Nelson at Park Center is
making One. One or two very excel
| lent ones have recently been installed
at Four Mile.
Mrs. Frank Bachelor of East Canon
has said that her refrigerator is work
ing fine so far, and that it maintains a
| temperature part of the time of 20
| degrees below that of the porch. Her
one objection was that il took a good
| deal of water She was using a
cover of one layer of worn outing
blanket and one corner of the refrie'
orator was in the sun. Another layer
was added and the cooler moved out
of the sun. 1t evaporates fast enough
now to maintain the required low TEN
perature, but does not take quite b
much water. Mrs Bachelor says
it certainly will save many steps
These suggestions coming from
many of these users will prove help
ful to those who still have time tC
make a refrigerator for the hot dayt
of July. August and September. Mrs
Goodwin suggests these points: Since
the refrigerator depends on the con
stant action of water and many parts
are constantly in contact with water
why not have all these parts as vel
protected from it as possible? AEt
this keeps the cover from discolorini
SO badly with rust. II pays in th'
long run to paint the frame work ant
screen (unless galvanized IL used.
with at least two coats of good pain
or enamel, and iron pans for the waite
will rust very readily unless they ar
painted. In making the refrigerato
. it is just as easy to use brass hinge
and fastenings and brass tacks. Blu
better than brass is a large-heade,
galvanized tack which may be presse'
bat should not be driven deeply int
the. frame. and is then very easy I.
remove when the cover has to b,
washed.
Many makers of the refrigerato
ask IL 1t can be used in the sun. Yel
il can-but why do it? In the hrs
place it takes more water. because
the heat of the sun evaporates 1t /;
7 little faster-and that means NOR.
lifting. In the second place it shoult
be placed in spot as handy for ths
worker as is possible. and still keep i
in very airy place. If one is con
templating placing il in the yard, JUS
10 TEST OUT It's use with sunlight. j
would be better to keep on using ths
outside cellar, for no steps would be
saved, and you'd simply have the fur
of making II.
Mrs. Goodwin uses 60-cent bread
pan painted, for the drip pan at the
bottom, and small granite dish par
for the top pan. In securing these
pans any pan large enough, and of a
| shape suitable will do nicely One
does not need to buy expensive pans
From time to time we want to pub
iish more of these stories because
Fremont county, in spite of the fact
that we have not a county agent. Is
:he only county in the state putting
on real campaign. 1t speaks mos,
| highly of our county chairman and
her belpers.-Emma Douglass, Assist
ant State Home Demonstration
Leader.