452 



Marl'eting, Storing, Drying 



The sides or margins of the excavation are held hy one 

 or two planks placed on edge and secured hy stakes driven 

 into the ground. The pit is then covered with a gable 

 roof made hy laying hoards from the margin to a ridge- 

 pole. The ridge-pole stands three to five feet above the 



240. An outside cellar, or pit, for the storing of 

 green vegetables, as celery. 



bottom of the pit 

 and is held on 

 stakes driven 

 through the center 

 of the pit length- 

 wise. Usually it is 

 necessary to sup- 

 port the boards 

 between the mar- 

 gin and the ridge 



by another run or plate held on stakes driven midway 

 between the side and the ridge. Boards about twelve feet 

 long are now laid from the ground to the ridge-pole, mak- 

 ing a continuous roof. Ordinarily these boards are lapped, 

 and the upper run is nailed lightly to hold the roof in 

 place. The boards are not nailed very securely, however, 

 for it may be necessary to use the boards the following 



241.' Ventilating shaft, and structure of the gable. 



