Mexico Missouri message., 1913-11-06

is grown largely as winter CROP
Not all vegetables require the same
treatment and 1t must be understood
that the kind of storage that is good
Cor one is fatal to another. Cab
bages, parsnips. satisfy and carrots
are not injured by freezing. Irish
potatoes, celery and apples will stand
a light freeze, while sweet potatoes
will be ruined even by frost.
have not often kept great
amount of Vegetables In cellar, and
prefer the outdoor pits, especially for
apples and celery and the vegetables
that are not injured by freezing.
dig a shallow trench vide enough for
two rows of heads, pull the cabbage
by the root, bury in the trench and
cover with dirt, and 1t does not mat
ter whether they are covered deep
enough for keeping out frost, as cab
bage will thaw out again and not be
injured. providing the thawing Is
while in contact with the dirt.
II should not be stored until quite
severe weather. but il 1t turns cold
suddenly 30 as to freeze the heads
solid they should be buried at once
so that they may thaw out in the
ground. Carrots, satisfy and parsnips
are benefited by freezing in the
ground and turnips are not injured.
All these are stored similar to The
cabbage, being piled in conical
heap and covered with dirt.
In order that they may be conve-
nient to get at during the winter,
cover the dirt with straw or fodder,
so that the ground will not freeze
more than few inches.
Irish potatoes should be buried in a
slight depression, have straw placed
under and on top, then covered with
dirt; or, stored in the cellar, they
may be piled down in one corner, as
moisture does not hurt them, and
they should be kept as cold as posi-
BILE without freezing.
Apples are kept the same way as
potatoes. and it adds to convenience
IN handling If the pit is kept dry by
a movable shed or short boards.
Apples are much better kept this
way, and only a few should be kept
in cellar for immediate use
Celery must be stored in moist
earth whether in the cellar or pit.
By far the best method / have eveI
followed is to dig the punches, roots
and all. and bank them on top of the
ground or in a slight depression on 6
well drained spot in heap two fee
or less wide and as long as neces
sary.
Set the roots In contact with thu
moist earth. draw the tops together
and pull the dirt around in such 1
way as TO completely cover withou
getting any in the crown or the heart
Sufficient covering should be adde,
to keep out the frost. Celery shoult
not be stored until 1t Is cold enough
for thin Ice to form at night, and l
banked in the fall to begin blanchini
before II is stored, little covering
on top will protect it until late in Nc
vember, when the ground freeze
hard.
1t will not thaw out In the ground
as cabbage, and be good after a soil
freeze. II stored in the cellar
must be kept in box or a barre
with the roots in contact with tn
moist earth. care being taken to kee
the water off the stalks.
1t is not a difficult matter TO fore
rhubarb during the winter, and
properly done, people living near
good, big market can make fine prof
in this work.
Sweet potatoes must be dug befor
the frost II they are to be kept lont
II the vines are bitten by frost, Gu
them of Immediately and dig the pC
tatoes in a few days.
1t is necessary that they be keI
above the frost point, about 65 d.
grees being the ideal temperature.
II is also essential that they be keI
dry, with free circulation OF air. an
possibly the best building for keel
ing large quantities would be OF brio
or stone, heated by furnace. Wher
few are wanted for home use, BIO
or barrel of dry sand or road dust
a good place to keep them. and TIL
should be kept in a room where tn