How science is brought to the aid of farmers in the United States was described by Mr. M. Cohen, ex-chair-man of the Wellington Harbour Board, upon his return from a recent visit to the United States. There is a lake at Utah, he said, 6000 feet above sea level. This is artificial and when filled is frozen over in winter, It is comparatively shallow, and becomes a solid mass of ice, which is cut into blocks. These blocks are stored in a special chamber threequarters of a mile long, and can be loaded as required by appropriate machinery into waiting produce trains. The South Pacific and Union Pacific Railways have 70,000 special produce cars, in which this ice is carried, in order to assist the farmer to get his produce to the market in prime condition.
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Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 233, 19 April 1928, Page 7
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