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tion. Then buyers would not be able to dic- 

 tate what price they would pay for this par- 

 ticular crop, and higher returns would be 

 possible. 



Storage. The onions may be stored tem- 

 porarily in slat houses. A good sort of an 

 onion bin for storage consists of a house 

 constructed similar to a corn crib, differing 

 slightly in having a floor with openings, as 

 well as the sides. Generally speaking, these 

 houses should not be very wide, nor should 

 the onions be stored very deeply in these 

 houses. It is greatly to the advantage of 

 some growers if they have a storage house, 

 owing to the fact that it helps them in regard 

 to the number of crates which they have to 

 use on their acreage. A certain field could 

 be harvested and the crates emptied into the 

 storage crib, then these same crates used on 

 another field, and so on. 



It is generally the best policy not to keep 

 the onions in the crib too long, but to sell 

 them before severe cold weather comes on. 

 Onions may be stored in a refrigerator plant 

 for a longer period. Here detailed attention 

 is given, of necessity, to temperature, and 

 some years higher returns are obtainable. 



