. The use of brine tank refrigerator cars for fruit shipment [microform]. Fruit; Fruits; Fruits; Fruit. THE USE OF BRINE TANK REFRIGERATOR CARS FOR FRUIT SmPBAENTS EDWIN SMITH. Growers and shippers uf fruits and regctablpsi have stmngly (ibjet-tcd to the liritid tank refrigerator ear for tfau «hipiiieiit uf tlieir productx. Tlieir (ilijn'tioiii nre fiitrly based upon unsatiitfaotury i'X|)crieiici>ti and heuvy Wsos inrurri-d ov'mg to hiiih tt'in- peratures in ahip^lent^epartnient of Agriculture which has resolved itself into the work of making the brine tank refrigerator ear efficient
. The use of brine tank refrigerator cars for fruit shipment [microform]. Fruit; Fruits; Fruits; Fruit. THE USE OF BRINE TANK REFRIGERATOR CARS FOR FRUIT SmPBAENTS EDWIN SMITH. Growers and shippers uf fruits and regctablpsi have stmngly (ibjet-tcd to the liritid tank refrigerator ear for tfau «hipiiieiit uf tlieir productx. Tlieir (ilijn'tioiii nre fiitrly based upon unsatiitfaotury i'X|)crieiici>ti and heuvy Wsos inrurri-d ov'mg to hiiih tt'in- peratures in ahip^lent^epartnient of Agriculture which has resolved itself into the work of making the brine tank refrigerator ear efficient for tlie s]ii|>ini nt of fruits and vegetables. Since the season of lOl.'J, when the investigational work was started, great progress hag been made toward this end, so that at the i)r<'»ent time many very satisfactory shipments of tender fruits are being made in brine tank ears, and ship* p«irs who understand the proper methods of using them are accepting thcni for suclt shipments without < <mrplaint. In using the brine tjink refrigerator car for shipments of dressed meats or poultry, it has been customary to use from 10 per cent to 20 per cent of crushed rock salt mixed with the ii-e. This melts the ice rapidly, removing the heat from the interior of the car and causiiis temperatures to fall below freezing. By tiie continued use of salt in re-icing, freezing temperatures are maintained in tlie m the wurm fruit, melting' not taking place uuti* the heat has been transmitted through the iron tanks. It should he more el;.nrTy under- stood that iee has to melt to have its pefrig«>ration made availaMe for the ;oling „i' a refrigerator ear in just as real a sense as «)al has to l)urn to nuike its heat available. The result of such methods of icing the brine tank car gave very liifrh teiniH-rature^ with a conse<iuent deterioration of the fruit. Thermographs placed in brine tank cars iced in this way show that the temperature feldom goes below .lO"
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