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kept in the light they deteriorate rapidly and are likely to spoil 

 They may be stored on shelves in the upper part of the cellar 

 closet, hereinbefore described. One advantage of the wooden 

 outside shutter for the window is that it keeps the place dark, 

 and so allows the storage of canned goods. 



Corn Storage. 



Seed corn may be kept perfectly by hanging it under a roof 

 or porch or under wide eaves, where it will get the air and be 

 protected from storms, birds and squirrels. Small quantities 

 are cured by stripping back the husks and hanging up the ears 

 in bunches. 



The old-fashioned New England corn bin or corn crib is a 

 good model for keeping corn on the ear. It has a pitched roof, 

 wide, projecting eaves, and overhanging, slatted sides which 

 keep off rain and permit air to circulate through the building. 

 Usually it is mounted upon posts 2 to 3 feet high, with inverted 

 milk pans on top of the posts under the building to keep out 

 rats. This provision alone is not always successful, however, 

 and a sure additional method of protection against rats, mice, 

 English sparrows, jays, squirrels and other marauders is to line 

 the inside of the crib with galvanized cellar-wire netting. If this 

 is thoroughly done the corn is safe from anything larger than 

 an insect, and ordinarily there is little trouble with insects in 

 corn cribs in Massachusetts. 



