TIIE STORAGE OF VEGETABLES 
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tos ; ample ventilation may also be provided, and vege- 
tables like the root crops may be covered with a few 
inches of moist soil or sand to prevent withering. 
258. Burying is a very common method of keeping 
vegetables during the winter. .It involves more labor 
than other methods, but when properly managed pre- 
serves cabbage and the root crops in good condition. 
259. Cold frames may be used to advantage in storing 
vegetables. The drainage around them must be thor- 
ough, and mats, shutters or boards must be provided to 
cover them. An excellent plan is to cover the sash with 
boards after tbe frames have been filled, and then to 
bank the outside of the frames with soil or manure. As 
the weather becomes severe, straw may be placed over 
the frames and covered with shutters or boards. This 
plan is particularly desirable for celery. See page 321. 
Temporary Storage, such as a cool cellar, or better, a 
room in the packing shed, cooled by an ammonia or a 
brine system, is advantageous in holding vegetables 
through periods of market gluts ; or in keeping produce in 
best condition for short periods between harvesting and 
marketing, as over night. Such a room is also excellent 
for pre-cooling vegetables, as lettuce and celery, to be 
shipped in refrigerator cars during the warm months. 
Cold Storage advantages are found on comparatively 
few vegetable farms, though a number of growers’ asso- 
ciations now have such facilities. One of the best known 
market gardeners in the Cleveland district has a large 
storage plant cooled by the brine system, in which some 
vegetables are held throughout the winter and sold the 
following spring when the supply of these crops on the 
market is low. Cold storage warehouses are now pro- 
vided in many of the larger cities and some growers 
prefer to ship their vegetables to such warehouses, to be 
held for a more favorable market, rather than attempting 
less satisfactory methods of storage on the farm. 
