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Show FRUITS FROZEN IN TRANSIT Enormous Losses Caused Annually by Products Freezing While In Hand of Railroads. Enormous losses are caused annually annual-ly because large quantities of fruits and vegetables are frozen In transit. Last winter shippers of apples In three states Oregon, Washington, and Idaho filed claims against railroads amounting to over $3,000,000 to cover losses from freezing. To assist In reducing re-ducing such losses, the bureau of markets, mar-kets, United States Department of Agriculture, Ag-riculture, has distributed as widely as "possible Information relative to the proper methods of loading and heating both refrigerator and ordinary box cars. Recently, as a result of Investigations, Inves-tigations, the bureau has practically completed the design for heating equipment equip-ment for use In connection with the United States standnrd refrigerator car, the specifications for which were drawn up in this bureau. Experiments have shown that a refrigerator car. equipped with this hearing system, will protect fruits and vegetables from freezing, even at a temperature of 40 degrees below zero. Service tests, to adapt this heating system to practical every-day conditions, will be carried on this winter. |