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they may be stored in a dry room in boxes or sacks until market 

 prices are satisfactory. If they are to be held a long time, a year 

 or more, they should be placed in paper sacks and sealed to pre- 

 vent worms from getting to them. 



The roots can also be sold before drying, —but the dealer 

 who buys the roots in such condition must be reimbursed for his 

 trouble in drying and will pay a price low enough to make sure 

 that he will come out ahead in the deal. 



SHIPPING DRY ROOTS. When shipping dry roots, they should 

 be carefully packed in boxes or barrels and shipped by express. 

 Care should be taken not to use a larger box or barrel than the 

 roots to be shipped will fill, or, if it is found after packing that 

 the box is not full, it can be filled with crushed newspapers. If 

 shipped only partly filled, the roots will be broken in handling and 

 their value reduced. 



SHRINKAGE IN DRYING. It is commonly taken for granted that 

 roots will shrink to one third their green weight in drying; or, 

 that three pounds of green roots will make one pound when dried. 

 This does not quite agree with the writer's experience, as will be 

 seen by the following figures, which show the results of drying 

 six different lots, of which a close record was kept: 



