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venient size of crate is 4 inches deep, 18 inches wide and 
24 inches long. These may be made of 1x4 lumber, with 
the bottoms made of 12-mesh galvanized wire screen. 
Such crates will cost about 30 cents each. Simple racks 
can be made so that the crates will slip in like drawers. 
They may be arranged in tiers of any convenient 
height. It will be found that the contents of the top 
crates will dry most rapidly and the bottom ones slow¬ 
est, so it will be a good plan to change them about occa¬ 
sionally. If bulblets are stored in crates it will be best 
not to do any cleaning in the same room for some are 
almost sure to fly about and get into other crates and 
then they will be mixed. We must avoid mixtures, for 
there is no other one thing which will bring ruin to the 
business more quickly. 
In order to prevent mixtures, we like storage in 
sacks better. By working with only one variety at a 
time and by being careful to see that all boxes or other 
receptacles in which they may temporarily be placed 
are absolutely clean, there is much less chance of mix¬ 
ture than if crates are used. Sacks also take up much 
less room if there are a great many varieties but only a 
few of a kind. 
Racks may be made of narrow boards with large 
cracks for air circulation, and the sacks laid on these 
racks, or they may be hung on lines or suspended from 
hooks, but we like racks best. The sacks should not be 
filled more than half full. Unsized flour sacks are best. 
Burlap bags are not so good for they are more apt to 
decay. And even with the best of sacks it is a good 
plan to change the bulblets into new sacks about the 
middle of the winter for the dirt will tend to rot the 
sacks. 
