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the way is to put them in a dry cellar, with dry 

 sand between them, of indeed, without sand or 

 any thir.gat all between them. They may, if irf 

 large quantities, and not wanted till spring, be 

 preserved out of doors, thus : Take them up 

 three weeks before the hard frost is to come. 

 Cut off their leaves ; let them lay two or three 

 days upon straw, or boards, to dry in the sun ; 

 then lay a little straw upon the ground, and, in 

 a fine dry day, place ten bushels of beets (picking 

 out all the cut or bruised ones) upon it in a co- 

 nical form. Put a little straw smoothly over the 

 heap; then cover the whole with six or eight 

 inches of earth ; and place a green turf at the 

 top to prevent the earth from being washed, by 

 rain,i om the point, before the frost set in. All 

 the whole heap will freeze during the winter ; 

 but, the frost will not injure the beets, nor will it 

 injure Carrots, preserved in the same way. If 

 you have more than ten bushels, make another 

 heap, or other heaps ; for fear of heating before 

 the frost comes. When that comes, all is safe 

 till spring ; and, it is in tke spring, that season 

 of scarcity, for which we ought to provide. How 

 many bushels of beets are flung about and 

 wasted in the fall, the smallest of which would 

 be a treat in the, month of May! As to the 

 quantity to be raised for a family, eighteen rows, 

 planted as above, across one of the Plats (little 

 more than two perches of ground) will produce 

 812 beets, or nearly four far each day, from the 

 first of Novc mber to the last of May ; and, if 

 they are of he size that they ought to be, here 

 are much a. ore than enough. Beets may be 

 transplanted , and will, in that way, get to a good 

 size. See Transplanting, Paragraph 169. 



