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from other farmers for immediate resale, and store such portion of their 

 own onions and purchases as general market conditions may warrant. 



Fig. 19. — Map showing the location of the prin- 

 cipal onion storage houses of the Connecticut 

 Valley in 1915. 



The owners of the various storages and the managers of local storage 

 corporations are men well known in the valley, and farmers both large 

 and small sell to them directly. 



Description of Storage Equifment. 



The storages are equipped with crates or bins, or both. In a few ware- 

 houses bags are still used for storing. 



1. Crates. — The slatted crate is used almost exclusively for the storage 

 of onions. It holds approximately 2 bushels, and permits of free circula- 

 tion of air. Well-made crates now cost 25 to 30 cents apiece, and with 

 average care last at least fifteen years. In the storage the first tier of 

 crates is placed on "two-by-fours" to allow the air to circulate under them. 

 Crates are scantily filled, so that when stacked one on top of another, 



