Little Falls herald., 1914-11-20

A VARIETY OF WINTER VEGETABLES.
summer season rather than after the
heavy fail rains. Carrots. sweet potte-
toes, beets, turnips, parsnips, cabbage:
satisfy and celery keep we'll stored by
this method.
Vegetables less perfect in form, less
firm in texture should be reserved for
immediate use: These may be~stord III
barrels or boxes with latticed bottoms.
: Sweet potatoes should be we'll dried
wrapped in paper, packed in sand as
indicated, and kept in coolest part of
store room. Celery should be taken
from ground on clear: day. trans
ferred to boxes Of clean, dry sand.
The tops and leaf portions should hot
be covered, but the bieached part
should be we'll packed i'll the salul-and
placed in the coolest part OF the stor-
age room. Cabbage ana cauliliOwer
will. keep for Il hong time if gathered
and stored with the head and roots
intact The large outside. leaves
Should be removed. Each head should
be surrounded with clean, dry straw
aud placed downward a few inches
apart. Pack and store the same as
celery. " ~"-..@.>s
If desired parsnips may be allowed
to remain in the ground all winter
They Should be covered in. the fall
with clean straw: After the early
spring thaw they may be removed,
washed and stored in a cool place. :
Parsley and ,watercress may be
transported to @dowerpots or: boxes
and kept in good growing condition
throughout the winter.
Tomatoes may be stored. very late
in the fail if the entire vine is care
fully pulled up and hung: over. racks
in the coolest part Of the frostproof
room, Or the fruit may. be picked from
the vines and placed. on racks several
inches apart :. By these methods !. a
large portion Of the green tomatoes
will ripen and keep Indefinitely.
;s,fffza ftrost proof storage place Is not
aVailable, tte~ trench method tsa. sads.
factory for storing cabbage, turnipa
carrots. parsnips, satisfy. zbeets, etcs
4 we'll drained location. should be Sc.
lected and the trench should be about
seven feet deep Clean straw. should.
be filled in to: the depth Of about one.
foot. The trench may be divided in,
sections g for. each variety Of vegetays
bles. The cabbage should be- arrang-s
ed as. previously mentioned:; ms filling:
the trench the earth should be firmly
packed and we'll rheaped. 1--WE boards
nailed together lengthwise= to form q:
sloping roof should be placed over the
top to- she'd rain and snow. Vegetables;
stored in astrench ma freeze ina se-
we're winter and remain frozen untils
the spring tt1aw The &exfrac- !
ton Of the frost leaves. the Vegetables
uninjured,E = but sudden tl1awl wills
greatly impair the texture. and flavor.
gheScost Of vegetables grown out of
5eason fl greenhouses and avaf1abie
tnsalf markets during the winter. and
early spring is SO lhigh' as almost to
prohibit their use 81 leop1e ! Of mod
crate means: except as luxury.
Therefore r more attention were paid
in each home to, the storage. Of a gen
erous supply Of winter: vegetables the
daily meals would be more easily plan
neg. the daily q diet i be made more
wholeaom1e and one Of the problems
In thet high cost OF food supply would
be 4praetical'y Observation-Disclosures n n.
4. ssstoneE North 4 Dakota. 1l Agricultural !
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