In England arrived a ship whose entire hold had been turned into an
icebox by insulating bottom and sides with boxes of frozen lard,
filling with frozen meat, covering with more lard. U.S. meat packers
had solved the problem of scarce refrigerator space. They had also
killed two birds with one stone, since England needs both meat & lard.
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