Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19

the building should be taken out doors,
exposed to the sunshine, thoroughly
washed and disinfected.
Where there are concrete and board
| floors the litter should be removed, the
| floor swept and washed with a good
disinfectant. Perches and dropping
boards should receive similar treat
ment, getting good spray of three
parts kerosene and one part of crude
carbelic acid In houses with dirt
floors several inches of the dirt should
be removed with the litter and new
gravel added.
From this time through the winter
plenty of clean straw or other forms
OF litter should be used to keep the
mems busy. 1t also is good plan to
nave few inches of sand on the board
| ana concrete floors. day spent now
cleaning house will mean dollars in
the pocket Of every poultryman.
one Washington man who is rapidly
qualifying as a professional gardener
although he has spent but two summers
and one winter on his vest-pocket farm
IN nearby Maryland. devised plan last
iall which proved eminently successful
IN caring for supply of rutabagas
turnips and carrots sufficient for the use
OF his family during the entire winter.
The plan was simple and inexpensive,
and it worked. which is the final test of
any plan.
He bought half dozen empty strip
parrels, Tor which he paid a dollar
apiece, hauling the barrels out to his
| pace IN his own machine. one a t TINA
digging holes just the diameter of the
barrels in his gardener rather, at the
| cage OF the garden where the slope was
! away from the holes-he sunk the bar
rels to the desired depth, which left
their tops about six inches below the
surface OF the ground The barrels had
been thoroughly scrubbed inside, so
.ndt an TRACES OF strip were removed
ana the barrels were then allowed to
dry in the sun for several days When
! the empty barrels were placed in the
! holeS dug to receive them, the soil was
| carefully packed around Them SO that
| they were firmly fixed in position and
niue or no water could seep down be-
side them. Tight covers, made with
! cleats. were fitted to the tops of the
barrels As soon the cool earth had
lnoroughiy cooley the barrels. and when it
was time to store the vegetables away, the
| barrels were filled to the tops with the
| roots, which had been carefully sorted, so
| that none showing the slightest indication
| OF bru1se, rot or other imperfection were
| stored. Then the covers were placed
on the barrels, a six inch layer of straw
was placed on top and earth was piled
/ up IN a firmly packed, neatly rounded
mound over each barrel. The turnips
,p carrots and beets stored
thus kept perfectly the entire winter
not dozen rothng or whitening
! This season he intends to take up the
! barrels used last winter and reulace
| them with new barrels, which he pur-
| poses to paint on the outside with some
| kind of liquid asphaltum paint. This
| he thinks will preserve the wood of the
| barrels indefinitely, when he will have
/ what is to all intents and purposes a
I series of handy out-ef door root Gel
! lars. A good feature Of such con-
trivance is that by storing a variety of
/ roots in each barrel only one need be
opened at a time during the winter the
| others being kept closed and buried
/ until they are required