THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 165 



" Great quantities are stored in cabbage houses. 

 The houses are often built alongside the railroad to 

 facilitate shipment, but a small one can be built on 

 the same principle if desired. The walls are fre- 

 quently about 8 feet high at the eaves, built with 

 three walls and two air spaces, papered on the out- 

 side, with a close boarded and tar papered roof. 

 The building may be 50 feet wide and of any de- 

 sired length, with a driveway through the center 

 and well provided with ventilating arrangements. 

 The building is divided into compartments or bins, 

 which run across the house, from the driveway to 

 the wall, one on each side. These are 5 feet wide, 

 made of slats on 4-inch studding; this permits of a 

 4-inch air space all around each bin, the end near 

 the outside wall included. 



" When the bins are filled, the driveway may be 

 filled if desired. The heads are cut close, prac- 

 tically ready for shipment, and are piled in the 

 bins, from the floor to the ceiling. The filling is 

 done in cold weather, if possible, and care is re- 

 quired in ventilating to keep the temperature of the 

 building as near 30 to 35 degrees as possible, open- 

 ing during cool nights, and keeping closed on warm 

 days or when cold snaps occur. 



" One or two carloads may be stored in the fol- 

 lowing manner: Select a dry site, excavate about 

 one-half foot deep and 9 feet wide, and of the de- 

 sired length. Set posts in each corner and every 4 

 or 5 feet along the side, letting them project about 

 4 feet above ground level. Board up the inside, 16- 

 foot boards being useful. Set 2 x 4-inch rafters on 

 the studding, and roof with wide boards, lapping 

 them a little. Cover the apex of the roof with two 

 boards, fastened together like an inverted V. Bank 



