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be used for the main supports. The roof over the drive 

 in front can be wood if desired. 



To properly manage such a storage house, the doors 

 and windows need to be left open during the nights 

 of the early fall when conditions indicate frost. In the 

 early morning the house is closed to prevent the rising 

 of the temperature during the heat of the day. If this 

 is followed up conscientiously during the cold nights, 

 by the time the apples are ready to be stored the tem- 

 perature of the cellar can be run down to 40 or 45 

 degrees. Later, by the middle of October, a temperature 

 of 35 to 40 degrees can be maintained. From then on, 

 during the winter, proper temperature can be had 

 simply by adjusting the cut-offs in the ventilation. 



Such a storage house would cost from $300 to $500 

 for the material and could be used for either fruit or 

 vegetables, fliis has proved very successful in the 

 Northern states, but farther south, in the Atlantic states, 

 or south of the Ohio River, has not been a very great 

 success. It is only adapted for the use of the fruit 

 growers of the Northern states who have but a few 

 hundred barrels to store. 



Local Cold Storages. These local storage houses are 

 usually too large and too expensive for individuals to 

 own unless operating upon a very large scale. They are 

 used for the most part by cooperative associations and 

 the small towns that have only a moderate amount of 

 fruit to store. They serve their best purpose in the 

 organizations and have developed to such an extent that 

 they are now used in handling a large share of the 

 fruit. Many organizations shipping perishable fruit 

 have one of these local storage houses near the center of 



