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be used for the main supports. The roof over the drive 
in front can be wood if desired. 
To properly manage such a storage house, the doors 
and windows need to be left open during the nights 
of the early fall when conditions indicate frost. In the 
early morning the house is closed to prevent the rising 
of the temperature during the heat of the day. If this 
is followed up conscientiously during the cold nights, 
by the time the apples are ready to be stored the tem- 
perature of the cellar can be run down to 40 or 45 
degrees. Later, by the middle of October, a temperature 
of 35 to 40 degrees can be maintained. From then on, 
during the winter, proper temperature can be had 
simply by adjusting the cut-offs in the ventilation. 
Such a storage house would cost from $300 to $500 
for the material and could be used for either fruit or 
vegetables. This has proved very successful in the 
Northern states, but farther south, in the Atlantic states, 
or south of the Ohio River, has not been a very great 
success. It is only adapted for the use of the fruit 
growers of the Northern states who have but a few 
hundred barrels to store. 
Local Cold Storages.—These local storage houses are 
usually too large and too expensive for individuals to 
own unless operating upon a very large scale. They are 
used for the most part by cooperative associations and 
the small towns that have only a moderate amount of 
fruit to store. They serve their best purpose in the 
organizations and have developed to such an extent that 
they are now used in handling a large share of the 
fruit. Many organizations shipping perishable fruit 
have one of these local storage houses near the center of 
