CHAPTER XV 



WINTER STORAGE 



IT is in the late days of fall that one begins 

 to realize substantially on the summer's in- 

 vestment of seed, time and labor in the garden. 

 Previous to this one has watched the maturing 

 of the summer vegetables with an eye to their 

 immediate use; now one sees before one rich 

 stores of food that shall tide one safely through 

 many lean days when the price of food goes soar- 

 ing and the Visible supply temporarily disap- 

 pears. If one is putting into cellar storage an 

 abundance of such sugar producing vegetables 

 as beets, squashes, carrots, parsnips and the like 

 one need not fear any injury to the health of the 

 family from a lack of sugar if these are used 

 freely, for they will convert themselves into the 

 needed sweet and although they may not be quite 

 so palatable as cake and candy will supply their 

 place in the economy of the physical system. 



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