-. or piles. Slatted crates holding one bushel are ! - . S k in tiers, leaving 

 air-spaces between. Onions need to be well ventilated and ruust be kept free from 

 successively freezing and thawing. 



Besides the cold-storage of onions, another storage method is to freeze the bulbs 

 and allow them to remain in a frozen condition till time for consumption or 



marketing. This is a difficult method to use. and unless great care is used to keep 

 their temi>erature belo and still keep it from falling lower than 15 



degrees, satisfaction may not be expected. 



OTIIEB STORAGES. 



On the farm where vegetables are to be stored for home consumption the house 

 cellar is the usual recourse. It is this kind of storage that results in the large loss 

 cited in the introduction. Just a few bushels of potatoes, beets, or onions thrown 



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