Vegetables in the Cellar 



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under the entire house, although it is neither 

 wise nor healthy to store large quantities of ma- 

 terial in it which, 

 if not cared for, 

 may decay and 

 vitiate the air in 

 the rooms above.. 

 If the cellar be 

 properly con- 

 structed there is 

 no objection to 

 s t o r i n g family 

 supplies of fruit 

 and vegetables for the winter in this partly un- 

 derground room. Large quantities of vegetables 

 held for future sale should not find storage in the 

 house cellar. Now that the floors of houses are 

 made tight, often double with jDaper between, 

 and carpets or rugs to cover them, the cold 

 no longer enters the cellar through the floor. 

 The cellar wall may therefore extend upwards on 

 three sides, well above ground, that opportunity 

 may be given for the introduction of light and 

 air. With only single-glazed cellar windows, no 

 building paper, and floors and boarding of un- 

 seasoned lumber, the pioneer was compelled to 

 place the cellar well under ground, or bank the 

 walls with manure if the winter's supply of veg- 

 etables was to be made secure. 



