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house, spring wagons should be used, and the heads should be passed 

 from hand to hand and never thrown into the wagon body. The same 

 care should be observed in placing the heads in storage. 



The general type of construction employed in commercial storage 

 houses is that of a broad, low house with an alley sufficiently wide to 

 admit a team and wagon through the center, and with the storage bins 

 or shelves arranged on either side. For farm storage a house with no 

 walks or driveways, and no waste space, is very satisfactory. At 

 storage time the cabbages are received through the windows, and they 

 may be discharged either through the windows or through the door. 

 If the heads are to be stored in bins, the bins should be narrow and not 

 more than 16 or 18 feet from front to back, and the heads not more 

 than 6 or 7 feet in depth in each bin. Several bins may be placed one 

 above another in the same section by placing a waterproof flooring 

 between the bins, so that the drip caused by decaying cabbage or other 

 condensation cannot reach the lower bin from the one above. This 

 plan of storage is not, in general, as satisfactory as to store the cabbage 

 on shelves, in single layers or two or three deep on the shelves. Pre- 

 cautions should be taken to provide an area waj'- between the outside 

 wall of the building and the storage bins or shelves. 



The walls of the building should be made so as to provide a dead-air 

 space, to prevent the penetration of frost. If the walls are made of 

 brick, two 4-inch walls could be laid up and tied by a header course, 

 so as to provide an air space 2 or 3 inches wide between the two walls; 

 or a solid 9-inch wall may be constructed, and either a tongued and 

 grooved wall or a lath-and-plaster wall placed on the inside by the use 

 of furring strips. The roof should be provided with a suitable outer 

 covering, either of shingles, of steel or of composition, and should have 

 an inner lining so built as to provide a dead-air space. If the inner 

 lining is made of lumber, the boards should run parallel with the 

 rafters rather than at right angles to them, so that condensation may 

 flow to the eaves rather than fall from each joint. Exits for warm air 

 should be provided by ample ventilators along the ridge, provided 

 with dampers, which can be controlled by ropes extending to the 

 passageways. Cold air from outside can be admitted through aper- 

 tures in the foundation by means of large terra-cotta pipes, provided 

 with wire netting over the outer end and suitable dampers or shutters 

 on the inside, so that the intake of air can be controlled. 



The secret of success in the management of a storage warehouse is to 

 have disease-free, well-matured, firm, carefully-handled stock grown 

 from high-grade seed, and the storage house so constructed that the 

 temperature can be lowered and maintained as near 34° F. as possible 

 throughout the whole storage period. This means that the greatest 

 care must be exercised to take advantage of cool, frosty nights which 

 occur during the storage period, and as soon as the house is filled to 

 keep it closed during the day and open as much as possible during the 



