The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-01-10
BOXES AND CRATES
Can BE Used for Many Purposes Arou..
Vegetable or Frnit Earn,

O~n DC Cseu TOT MANY Purposes Aroma
Vegetable or Fruit Farm.
Few things on the place are in mo-.
frequent demand, and more general
useful for various purposes. than. , o,olJ
supply of the ordinary Slated 49, 49,
crates, which one can now bn, =, -
fiat, at a small price, from sunnI,..,.-'
ers and seedsmen all over the com.
We pay about II cents apiece for 81
and always try to have good nun,ho.a,
them on hand. Not only that wa mo-
them in gathering and haulino noto+.sNs
beets, carrots, onions, tomaroas a
other vegetables and fruits besides ~
we also find them handy rcca,,taoIe,
for storing many of these articles -
cellar, barn or garnet. A Slated o...-
or box, for instance, is much hatto,. 80
keeping onions and potatoes than
barrel. Indeed, the latter IL aho,4 =
poor receptacle as there is. ee.,a,;,n-
for the long keeping Of these DIodutTs
apples and pears, as also carrots boa4.
and other roots, may be stored in tiob+
bins, pits, boxes or barrels. V.ban 10
want to keep different kinds of n,to+oo1
such as our own seedlings. or .r7. 81
of which we only want busbaI or liz.
of kind, we put them in the er,4+ad
crates, carefully labeled on the optsida
and pile them up as high as we ,,Ioo.a
For very small quantities. bov4ra,. We
use the cheap peach baskets. or for t+o
product of true seed the first vear the
ordinary strawberry baskets.
Bushel crates and boxes come also
handy for taking produce to market
When we have only one tier in the wagon
box no other precautions are required;
but for a number of tiers placed one
above the other we need something to
prevent the upper ones from sliding
about. A bushcl box much used by
Iowa market gardeners Gas told by a
writer in the Market Garden) is mads
of white wood or good pine as followa
Take two side pieces one-half inch
thick, five and one-half inches wide,
sc inches in length; and two end pieces
one inch thick, five and one-fourth
inches wide, IL inches long. The bot
tom can be made in one or more pieces,
The angle pieces at the ends OF boxes,
as shown in accompanying sketch, ara
one-half inch thick, fastened with four
screens. After the box is made up,
three strips, each One-half inch thick
and one inch wide, are nailed across the
bottom. This makes an inch air space
between each two boxes. Three strips
OF light hoop iron are then nailed
around the ends and middle of The
boxes, which adds much to theil
strength. Some vegetables, like peas
heat very quickly. The air space pre-
vents this, and is also needed to admit
of a better fill Of course, the dimen
sions of the box can be changed In each
particular case to fit the wagon box
and they will be all right if made so a.
to hold also cubic inches.
Another plan to secure stability o
the load by preventing tiers of boxes
from sliding about, is to bore a hol
one and one-half inches deep in the mid
die of tops of ends, into which fit a one
half inch oak or hickory pin, leaving i
to stick one inch above; also bore five
eighth inch holes in bottom Of ends t,
receive the free end of pins. The side
of the box are made one-half inch lower
than ends, leaving an air space.-Amer
lean GARDENING