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expected when they can be kept in a house built for the purpose, 
in which the temperature is uniform and the air fairly moist. 
When stored out of doors, they are likely to freeze and thaw 
alternately; and if the water runs into the heads, mischief 
results. Sometimes they are easily stored by being piled into 
a conical heap on well-drained soil and covered with dry straw, 
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and the straw covered with boards. It does not matter if 
they are frosted, provided they do not thaw out frequently. 
Sometimes cabbages are laid head down in a shallow furrow 
plowed in well-drained land, and over them is thrown straw, 
the stumps being allowed to project through the cover. It is 
only in winters of rather uniform temperature that good results 
are to be expected from such methods. These are some of the 
main considerations involved in the storing of such things as 
cabbage; the subject is mentioned again in the discussion of 
cabbage on page 470; also pages 513, 515. 
