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become frozen, as they would remain in this state during 

 th cold season, and might be thawed, as they are to be 

 us.d, in the way just mentioned; the exper.se of which 

 would be of no great amount. Or the roots might be taken, 

 in their frozen state, and steamhoiled, by which operat.ion 

 their nutrimental qualities would be so much improved, as 

 amply to repay this additional expense. 



We will now describe a method of constructing an apart- 

 ment, sufficiently warm, for preserving turnips from freez- 

 ing in the colder part of the Winter. 



For storing two thousand bushels, an apartment would be 

 requisite of about thiny feet long, sixteen wide, and eight 

 in height. To afford a room of these dimensions in its in- 

 side, let the building be, say, thirty-three feet long, nineteen 

 wide, with beams across at the height of eight feet from 

 the ground, and above the beams let it be, say, six feet up 

 to the plates. It is to be covered, and enclosed with clap- 

 board s in the usual way. The upper part is to be for stor- 

 ing hay; the lower part, for turnips: But, in order to pro- 

 tect them from the frost, it is to be 1 ned with a mass of 

 sandy or other suitable earth, of the thickness of eighteen 

 inches, or less, or more, as the severity of the Winter may 

 require. 



This is to be done by seting up studs round the inside, 

 expending from the ground into the beams, enclosing the 

 studs with boards, and filling the space between these and 

 the clapboards with earth, as before mentioned. The hay 

 above is to serve as a protection from that quarter; and a 

 sufficiency of it must be left, until the turnips are fed out. 

 As the earth soon becomes dried, it will do no injury to the 

 timbers of the building. 



Another method is, to erect a building for holding hay, 

 or other produce of the kind, with a cellar under it, for 

 storing turnips, and with walls sufficient to keep out the 

 frost. And another is, to lay these roots away in layers of 

 moist sand ; that is, first a layer of turnips, then one of sand, 

 and so on alternately, and then cover the outside of the 

 heap sufficiently with sand to keep out the frost. If some 

 nearest the surf ce become frozen, they are to be thawed, 

 as before mentioned. 



In this case, they should be only toped, and laid bottom 

 upwards, the more effectually to prevent their vegetating. 

 The taproots may be taken off as they are used. Liy- 

 ing them clown in this manner, though attended with some 

 expense, will serve to keep them in a fr-sher state, than 

 when laid away without sand, especially if no means be 

 taken to ventilate the heap occasionally This, however, 

 may be easily effected by tubes laid at the bottom ol the 

 heap, at suitable distances from each other, into which fresh 



