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them. Carrots and mangels may be similarly loosened. 

 They are then topped by hand and thrown in piles and 

 covered with tops only until stored. Rutabagas and tur- 

 nips are pulled by hand and thrown in heaps for topping, 

 the same as carrots, described above. But in some in- 

 stances they are topped with a hoe, pulled out of the 

 ground with a heavy harrow, and are then lifted for 

 storage. Kohlrabi may be harvested by first cutting off 



DRY LAND TURNIPS, FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA. 

 Courtesy Great Northern Railway Co. 



the part above the bulb and then the stalk below the 

 bulb with a strong and sharp hoe. 



All these may be stored in ventilated cellars or in 

 pits. When storing them in pits the same process may 

 be followed as in pitting potatoes (see p. 296). In some 

 instances mangels are harvested by swine, the portions 

 left in the ground being raised for them by the plow or 

 by a hand implement. Rutabagas, turnips and kohlrabi 



