Show Storage Lo Lockers kers Are Increasing O In Popularity One war-born war custom that will almost almost almost al al- most surely be retained after the boys have come marching home and settled down is that of buying commodities commodities com com- commodities when they are plentiful and cheap and storing them for the days when there is a scarcity Thanks to the quick-freezing quick method of pre pre- preserving preserving serving food the vegetables meats poultry fruits or dairy produce can be I kept ept without loss of flavor or vitamin n content for many months I c cl l L L Lq f i q y i 4 w rt I I i A housewife wearing a fur coat although it was July when the picture picture pic- pic ture was taken is shown taking a package of quick-frozen quick food from her locker ocker It is possible to keep as much muchas as pounds in the storage box Most lost customers keep their boxes full ull replacing whatever they take takeout takeout out with ith something of equal bulk so that hat the compartment really holds many times its capacity during a ayears ayears ayears years year's time Rental of ordinary sized lockers costs from 1250 to 1650 a year Quick freezing may be done at home lome by means of specially made small mall units But these arc are limited to o wartime restrictions Every home may have one after the war forthe for forthe the he present however the housewife who vho wants to plan ahead may use the he community lockers in frozen food locker ocker plants which are now located in n many places throughout the coun- coun try ry A recent government survey revealed that there are of these locker ocker plants in 46 states handling about a half-billion half pounds of meat poultry fruit and vegetables a year Of the million or so families served about three-quarters three are farmers But Jut lockers in the metropolitan NewYork New NewYork NewYork York area report an increasing n numer num- num number m- m ber er of city folk taking advantage of this his method of insuring a supply of food months ahead as fresh as the theay day ay the vegetables were taken from the he garden or the chicken was killed Many suburban victory gardeners are preserving their crop surpluses by jy the quick freeze method and Th The American Frozen Food Locker Lock Lock- er in White Plains N. N Y reports that hat its 1600 lockers began to fill on last ast July 15 when first fruits of 1 Victory gardens began to come in 1 Since then a steady stream of customers customers cus- cus J omers has been pouring through 1 its ts doors with bushel baskets cartons cartons car- car 1 tons ons packing cases etc This plant has a butcher for processing meats and poultry before freezing and stor stor- age Vegetables and fruits must be I prepared by the customers them them- selves them them-I |