THE RURAL 1 NEW-YORKER 
21 
,1905. 
STOREHOUSE FOR CABBAGE. 
The construction of a storehouse for 
cabbage, which would be safe when the 
outside temperature was 20 degrees below 
zero : s a difficult proposition. It can be 
made so as to withstand that degree of 
cold for a short time, but if such tem¬ 
perature continued artificial heat would 
have to be resorted to. The foundation 
of the building is built preferably of con¬ 
crete. A trench should be dug deep 
enough for solidity, and the wall should 
not exceed 16 inches in height above 
ground. It should be 18 inches thick. 
Ventilating flues, simply wooden boxes 
six inches square, are built in the con¬ 
crete near the top of the wall 4^4 feet 
apart, with slides for closing them both 
outside and inside. When closed the 
flues should be practically air-tight. The 
superstructure is built of wood. The sills 
are 2 by 8 hemlock or pine bedded se¬ 
curely on the wall. The studding is 2 by 
4 doubled so as to make 4 by 4 when 
extra strength is needed; rafters, ties and 
plates of 2 by 6 stuff. The studding is 
erected as usual, a -covering of tarred 
paper on the outside, over which novelty 
siding of good quality is nailed for the 
outside of the building, which should be 
painted. In Fig. 14, a, a, a, shows venti¬ 
lating shafts in foundation walls; b, b, b, 
the bins. 
On the inside of the studs use another 
layer of tarred paper, and board up with 
boards, which should be of planed timber, 
but need not be matched, but should be 
free from knot-holes. Inside of this fur 
out two inches and ceil up with paper 
and boards as before. This will give two 
air spaces, which is considered sufficient 
in our climate. If much twenty degree 
below zero weather is feared it would be 
well to again fur out one inch and ceil 
with paper and boards, making three air 
spaces. The inner ceiling should be of 
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PLAN FOR CABBAGE 
matched pine lumber. The outside doors 
should be made of matched pine with an 
air space of at least two inches, with paper 
on each side, the edges beveled similar to 
those in use on silos. Tight-fitting bevel 
doors, also with an air chamber, should 
be made for the inside, opening in, while 
the outside doors open out. The gables 
need have but one air space. All win¬ 
dows should be double glazed, tightly 
fitted, and with board shutters to be 
closed in very cold weather. The roof 
should be one-fourth pitch, and any good 
roofing material used. It may be neces¬ 
sary to ceil with boards on under side 
of rafters, but there is little danger of 
frost at this point if made snug at the 
plates. Ventilators which can be closed 
should be in roof, one for every 24 feet 
in length. Also a window, which can be 
readily opened in each gable. Iron rods, 
with turn buckles, should be put in at 
intervals to prevent spreading of the build¬ 
ing. It should be wide enough to allow 
for a 10-foot passageway for wagons 
through the building lengthwise. The 
bins are constructed on each side of pas¬ 
sageway, a wall of concrete six inches 
wide and six inches high being laid for 
the partition of each bin to stand upon. 
The bins are four feet wide, inside meas¬ 
urement, and so arranged that one of the 
ventilators through the foundation wall 
already described will open immediately 
under the center of each bin. The bottom 
of the bins is made of 2 by 6 hemlock 
laid lengthwise, the building two to three 
inches apart, and resting for support upon 
the six-inch transverse walls already de¬ 
scribed, and which are four feet six 
inches apart from center to center. The 
studding for the partitions is 4 by 4, and 
may extend upward to the rafters; they 
are slatted up on both sides with 1 by 4 
stuff, so that an air space of four inches 
is between each bin. This provides for a 
perfect circulation of air, which is very 
essential. When the bins are filled to 
the height of seven or eight feet a slat 
frame is used, resting upon the slats of the 
partition, and the bins are then filled as 
high as desired. This is done to avoid 
having too much weight on the cabbages 
in the lower part of the bins, and also help 
ventilation. The building may be 32 or 
36 feet wide, and as long as desired. The 
inquirer may construct the building with 
the passageway wide enough to admit of 
laying a track and running a freight car 
into the building, but I think he will find 
it more satisfactory to load his cabbages 
with wagons and teams, especially if he 
wishes to weigh them. FRED E. gott. 
New York. 
Hollow Cement Stone for Building. 
I wish to build a house, and am favorably 
impressed with hollow cement stone, but 
never having seen building put up of this 
material, and knowing nothing of its dura¬ 
bility, I would consider it a great favor to 
have a discussion opened in The R. N.-Y. 
by people who have tried this material, or 
are acquainted with its durability. I have 
seen the stone made of two parts river sand 
and one part cement. Some contractors 
whom I consulted about it discourage me, 
saying they are not sure it will wear, might 
crush or crumble, both by weather and 
weight, and are sure it will discolor in a 
short time and become disagreeable to sight; 
that I would better use brick, which is a 
well-known building material. My judgment 
tells me that if substantial cement should be 
warmer, drier and should cost far less than 
other building material. But I am timid to 
try, and therefore should like to have all in¬ 
formation from men who know and have 
used or seen in use hollow cement stone, x. 
Strawberry Notes. —We have fruited Pres¬ 
ident and iind it very large and beautiful in 
appearance, but decidedly poor In quality, a 
sort of Ben Davis amongst strawberries; a 
poor plant maker and subject to rust. Chal¬ 
lenge is a tine grower, quite productive of 
large misshapen berries. Mead is a splendid 
grower, plenty of good strong plants without 
a spot of rust; we have not fruited it yet. 
Climax is a fair grower and shows some 
signs of rust; not fruited yet. Commonwealth 
is a very poor grower, small plants and few 
runners; not fruited. Pocomoke is a splendid 
grower, very productive and sets more fruit 
than it can mature. Uncle Jim and Auto 
have made a wonderfully fine plant growth 
the past season, and promise a great crop of 
fruit. Our trial bed containing over 20 of 
the newest varieties of strawberries, includ¬ 
ing all the kinds you mention, excepting Mead, 
was entirely winter-killed the past severe 
Winter, so I can tell but • of the fruiting 
qualities of most of them. Some of them we 
have grown for several years. None of the 
kinds introduced within the past five years 
are equal to a few of’ the best standard 
varieties of 10 years ago on our soil, unless 
possibly Mead, Uncle Jim or Auto. All the 
others not fruited are deficient in plant 
growth or subject to rust. 
Massachusetts. george g. walker. 
The big brother of the original or Illi¬ 
nois typo of Keid’s Yellow Dent. Bred 
to lit the Iowa idea of longer ears, 
rougher grains, plenty of vigor, and a 
big yield. Same perfect form, hand¬ 
some color, deep grains and straight 
rows, but a bigger, better type every 
way. I sell it either ear or shelled. 
Catalog, photographs, and samples 
free and I throw in a package of 
watermelon seed and one of flower 
seeds besides. Send for them today. 
HENRY FIELD 
Seedsman ^ I 
Box 3<5 
Shenandoah, la. | 
u The oar teed cam man.” 
GRnWFfK Garden, Field and Flower 
U FI U If L n0 j Seeds, Clovers and Timothy, 
IMPORTERS Beardless Spring Barley, 
& nCAI CDO Glue Grass, Orchard Grass, 
UtALtnO Red Top, etc. We can also offer 
Feeding Corn,Hominy Feed and Oats in car lots track 
your station. Write for Field Seed Price List, also 
HK)f> Annual Seed Catalogue mailed free. 
THE HENRY PHILLIPPS SEED AND IMPLEMENT CO. 
115-117 St. Clair Street, Toledo, Ohio. 
* mmns 
tSEEDPOTATOES 
I New and standard varieties. Promising new vari- 
leties from the Flower Seed Ball. Cannot be pro¬ 
cured elsewhere. Earliest Seed Corn and 
Garden Seeds from the natural home of 
the potato, and the garden of Northern 
Maine. Catalog free. 
The fleo. W. P. Jerrard Co., Cartbon, Main*. 
SWEET CORN. 
S OMETHING N ! F n w 
A red variety, of finest flavor, that will be ready 
for use by July 4th. Also Peep O’Day, a white 
variety of equal earliness. 15 cents for 3 ounce pack¬ 
age of either, or 25 ceots for both. Address: 
WALDO F. BROWN, Box 8, Oxford, Ohio 
The only GRAND PRIZE for 
Vegetables at ST. LOUIS was 
won by products of 
Burpee’s Seeds 
If you garden you 
want THE BEST 
and we shall be pleased to mail you 
Burpee’s Farm Annual for 1905 
an elegant new book of 178 pages, 
which tells the plain truth, with 
hundreds of illustrations, beautiful 
colored plates and describes Superb 
Novelties of unusual merit. Write 
to-day ! A postal card will do, while 
it is sufficient to address simply 
Burpee, Philadelphia 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO. 
The World’s Largest Mail-Order Seed Trade 
Fruit and Ornamental Treat*, Etc., have 
been the standard of excellence for half a cen¬ 
tury. We mail postpaid. Seeds, Plants, 
Roses, Bulbs, Vines, Small Trees, Etc., 
and guarantee safe arrival and satisfaction, 
larger by express or freight. Direct deal insures 
yon the best and saves you money. Try ns. Yonr 
address on a postal will bring yon onr elegant 
168 page catalogue free. Correspondence solici¬ 
ted. 51 years, 44 greenhouses, 1000 acres. 
THE STORRS A HARRISON CO., 
Box 221, PAINESVILLE, OHIO. 
B UIST’S 
GARDEN SEEDS 
■ Are Reliable 
Your Money Back If They Prove Otherwise 
If you have a Garden yon want them. 
They are of much higher grade than those 
generally sold. We select the earliest and 
finest formed vegetables each year from the 
growing Crops, the seed product of which 
is sown to produce BUIST’S SEEDS. 
Send for onr Garden Guide 1905 
IT IS NO PICTURE GALLERY, but 148 
pages of useful and instructive informa¬ 
tion on gardening. YOU WANT IT, and 
YOU ALSO WANT THE SPECIAL DIS¬ 
COUNTS offered. 
ROBERT lU’IST COMPANY 
4 and 6 So. Front St. PHILADELPHIA. PA. 
were awarded Two Grand Prizes, 
the highest possible honors, at the St. 
Louis Exposition. Our Catalogue, the 
One Hundred and Fourth Annual 
Edition, is by far the most complete, 
most reliable and most beautiful of 
American Gai’den Annuals. We are 
offering this year the great 
N0R0T0N BEAUTY POTATO 
The Most Valuable Ever Introduced. 
Full description and the opinions of 
many high authorities who have 
tested it will be found in our Cata¬ 
logue, which will he mailed FREE to 
all interested in gardening or farming. 
J. M. THORBURN & CO., 
SEED GROWERS AND MERCHANTS, 
36 Cortlandt St., New York. 
103 years in the business. 
SOLD ON MERIT. Catalogfree. 
The Ford plan saves you money. 
Satisfaction Guaranteed, 
Ford Seed Co. Deot.24 Ratenna.0. 
Potatoes 
The famous "D «r B Line" 
of Northern Grown Seeds 
leads In earliness, yield, 
vitality. Nothing better. 
Buy direct from growers 
and save money. 
For 25 cents (stamps or 
silver) we will mail our 
handsome 128 page 1905 
farm and garden seed cat¬ 
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wonderful new white po¬ 
tato, Early Bird. Best and earli¬ 
est grown. Average yield 350 
bu. Sold only with catalog. 
Catalog alone, free. Write today. 
DARLING & BEAHAN, 
328 Michigan St.. PET0SKEY. MICH. 
Ever 
None betterand none so 
low in price, lc per pkt. 
and up, postpaid. Finest 
illustrated catalogue ever 
printed sent FREE. Engrav¬ 
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lot of extra pkgs.of seeds, new 
presented free with every 
order. Some sorts onions only 50c 
per lb. Other seed equally low. 40 
years a seed grower and dealer and all 
customers satisfied. No old seeds. Send 
your own and neighbor’s name and address 
for big free catalogue. 
R. H. SHUMWAY, Rockford, Ills. 
Grown. 
G rower.—* 
to sower.I 
We're not in the combination of seed sell- ■ 
ers that has been formed to keep up prices. ■ 
We grow our seed, make our own prices 
and sell direct to planters. 
We're not agents for anybody’s old and stale 
stocks. We guarantee ours fresh, plump and 
absolutely reliable. Exceedingly low prices 
on Beans, Corn, Peas. garden and field seeds. 
To Introduce our Honest Seeds In Honest 
Packagos, wo will send the following 
CTA** Collection of 
OUl Seeds for 
One package each of Early Blood Turnip Beet, 
Early Turnip Radish, H.U. Parsnip, Sweet German 
Turnip, Crookneck Squash, Prize Head Lettuce, 
Long-Orange Carrot.Early Jersey Wakefield Cab¬ 
bage, Beauty Tomato, Rocky Ford Musk Melon. 
Write for catalog which tells how to obtain all 
ssods at 3c a pkg. Put up In honest packages. 
FORREST SEED CO.. 
34 Main St., Cortland, N. Y. 
LIVINGSTON’S 
TRUE BLUE SEEDS. 
Send us 5 two cent stamps. We then mail you 1 pkt. each Livingston’s 
Beauty Tomato, Livingston's Ideal Cabbage, Livingston’s Emerald Cucum¬ 
ber, Crosby’s Egyptian Beet and Wonderful Lettuce, and our 104 page Seed 
Annual. Send us back the empty bags and wo will accept them at 5 cents 
each on any order amounting to 50 cents or over. 
THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO., Box 144, COLUMBUS* OHIO. 
-Harris’ Seeds 
We have harvested unusually fine crops of seeds the past season and ofler them direct 
to planters at wholesale prices. 
Get Seeds from the Grower 
By raising Seeds ourselves and selling them direct to the planter we can sell better 
Seeds for less money than other dealers. Catalogue free. It contains lots of good tilings. 
JOS. HARRIS CO., Seed Growers, COLDW ATER, N. Y. 
