CABBAGE AS A FARM CROP l8l 



the building which will prevent the condensation of moisture on 

 the cabbage. 



The Danish Ball Head from imported seed is the variety chiefly 

 grown for storage purposes. The heads should be carefully cut 

 and thoroughly trimmed so that no loose leaves will get into 

 the storage house. In hauling this cabbage from the field, spring 

 wagons should be used and the heads should be passed from hand 

 to hand and never thrown directly into the wagon body. The same 

 precautions should be observed in placing the heads in storage. 



FIG. 65. Interior of cabbage storehouse 

 Note shelves and arrangement of heads 



The general type of storage house is that of the broad, low struc- 

 ture with an alley in the center sufficiently wide to admit a team, as 

 shown in figure 64, and with the storage bins or shelves arranged on 

 either side. If bins are used, they should be narrow and not more 

 than 1 6 or 18 feet from front to back, and the cabbage not more 

 than 6 or 7 feet in depth from the floor to the ceiling. Several bins 

 may be placed one above the other in the same tier if there is a 

 waterproof floor between them, so that the drip from decaying cab- 

 bage or other moisture in one bin cannot reach the bin below. In 

 general the bins are not as satisfactory as the shelves (see figure 65). 



