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A KITCHEN GARDEN 
About the third week in November, or before there 
is danger of the ground becoming hard, the turnips 
should be pulled and the tops cut off; take enough 
in the cellar for immediate use, and store the rest in 
heaps. Select a well-drained piece of ground, as 
directed for burying cabbages; it will be most conve¬ 
nient to have them near together; spread about two 
inches of straw on the ground, and heap the turnips 
upon it in the shape of a cone, not more than ten or 
fifteen bushels in a heap; cover this with straw, an 
Illustration showing manner of storing turnips, beets, carrots, etc., in the gar¬ 
den for winter use. S, straw covering and ventilating chimney; D, covering 
of soil over the straw. 
inch or two thick, and bind it together at the top, and 
let it stick up a foot or so above the top of the cone; 
then cover the heap with four to six inches of soil, all 
but the straw top to the cone, which acts as a chimney 
or ventilator; the roots can thus be kept in good 
order throughout the winter. The surplus beets and 
carrots can be put in with the turnips, and the whole 
can be gotten at, an}^ day when the temperature is 
above freezing, by making a hole in one side of the 
heap, taking out what you want, and carefully clos- 
