. Health in home and town. ts arrival in a city. So thereare large cold storage buildings to hold the are owned by wholesale dealers, by privateparties, and by the large markets. They are locatednear the wharves and railroad-terminals where thefreight arrives. These buildings are easily recognized,for they are large, high, brick structures with only a fewsmall windows and doors. Within they are dividedinto rooms for the storage of different kinds of instead of ice is used for keeping the buildingcold. We all know that when a few drops of ammoniaevaporate from the han
. Health in home and town. ts arrival in a city. So thereare large cold storage buildings to hold the are owned by wholesale dealers, by privateparties, and by the large markets. They are locatednear the wharves and railroad-terminals where thefreight arrives. These buildings are easily recognized,for they are large, high, brick structures with only a fewsmall windows and doors. Within they are dividedinto rooms for the storage of different kinds of instead of ice is used for keeping the buildingcold. We all know that when a few drops of ammoniaevaporate from the hand the evaporation makes thehand cold. So in the cold storage plants, the coldobtained from evaporating ammonia is communicatedto a strong salt solution, and thence to air which cir- THE CITY FOOD SUPPLY 163 culates through the chambers. Part of the building iskept a few degrees below freezing, about twenty degreesFahrenheit, and part of the building a few degrees abovefreezing, about forty degrees, for other kinds of A Market Scene Dangers of Cold Storage. — No one can questionthe advantage of cold storage to the dealer and finallyto the buyer. It is the house refrigerator on a largescale. Experience has taught, however, that there arealso grave dangers connected with the business. Some-times food is kept too long in storage, and changes takeplace in it that may be injurious to health. People are i64 HEALTH IN HOME AND TOWN beginning to study the effect of extreme cold upon authorities recommend that each article shall bemarked with the date of admission to cold storage, andbe allowed to remain not longer than one year. Such apractice would allow food to be stored from one seasonto another, while it would prevent storing food yearafter year until a high price could be realized. Cleanliness and Foods. — It is impossible to empha-size too much the necessity for keeping food clean,either in the home or before it reaches the home. Strictand detailed laws have b
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