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when stored in this way in November will continue to develop during 

 winter and frequently sell as well as any in February. 



Method 2. Small quantities may be stored by plowing out two or 

 three furrows, 10 or 12 inches deep, on a well drained site, and placing 

 the heads with their stems up, as close together as possible ; some prefer 

 to lay them but one or two thick, while others will pile them up two to 

 two and one-half feet high, bringing them to a point. The pile is then 

 covered with straw, salt-grass hay, or a thin layer of straw and then 

 several inches of soil. They are stored before freezing; and when the 

 soil covering them is frozen it may be covered with strawy manure or any 

 other litter to keep the soil frozen until the cabbages are needed for sale. 



Method 3. Large quantities are stored in cabbage houses, this being 

 the best way, commercially, for a large part of the State. The houses 

 are often built alongside the railroad in order to facilitate shipment, but 

 a small one can be built on the same principle if desired. The walls are 

 frequently about eight feet high at the eaves, built with three walls and 

 two air spaces papered on the outside, with a close-boarded and tar- 

 papered roof. The building may be 50 feet wide and of any desired 

 length, with a driveway through the center and well provided with ven- 

 tilating arrangements. The building is divided into compartments or 

 bins, which run across the house, from the driveway to the wall, one on 

 each side. These are five feet wide, made of slats on four-inch studding ; 

 this permits of a four-inch air space all round each bin, the end near the 

 outside wall included. The floor of the bin is raised from the ground 

 about ten inches and is also made of slats, thus securing free circulation 

 of air. When the bins are filled, the driveway may be filled if desired. 

 The heads are cut close, practically ready for shipment, and are piled in 

 the bins, from the floor to the ceiling. The filling is done in cold weather, 

 if possible, and care is required in ventilating to keep the temperature 

 of the building as near 30 degrees to 35 degrees as possible, opening 

 during cool nights and keeping it closed on warm days or when cold 

 snaps occur. 



Method 4. One or two car loads may be stored in the following 

 manner: Select a dry site, excavate about one and one-half feet deep 

 and nine feet wide and of the desired length. Set posts in each corner 

 and every four or five feet along the side, letting them project about four 

 feet above the ground level. Board up the inside, 16 foot boards being 

 useful. Set 2x4 inch rafters on the studding, and roof with wide 

 boards, lapping them a little. Cover the apex of the roof with two 

 boards, fastened together like an inverted V. Bank up the outside of the 

 house, and in cold weather cover the roof with straw or horse-manure. 



Storing seed cabbage. — In storing cabbages which are to be used for 

 seed production, it is important to save the roots, hence these receive first 



