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ENGINEERING ON THE FARM 



can be placed in storage and taken out when needed. The 

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with sufficient earth placed over the top to render it frost- 

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 a wagon to be driven up to unloading chutes unless the cellar 

 is of a size that will permit a wagon to be driven or backed 

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