Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-01

Outdoor storage cellars or caves are
excellent for the storage of many veg
etabIes. They are particularly desir-
able on the farm, as they afford con-
venient and inexpensive storage facili
ties for surplus vegetable crops that
otherwise might be lost. They possess
all the advantages of the storage
room in the basement and are superior
in many respects. The outdoor storage
cellar can be maintained at uniform
temperature over long period. 1t is
possible to keep the cellar cool and
quickly to reduce the temperature Of
the stored product to the desired point
for safe storage by opening the door
during the night and closing it in the
morning before the air becomes warm.
All ventilators should likewise be kept
tightly closed until the outside air is
again cooler than that within the eel
lar, when they should be opened, IN
less the outside temperature is so low
as to be dangerous. This safeguards
the product and adds to the efficiency
of the storage chamber. Vegetables
can be more conveniently placed in
such n cellar than i'm the storage room
In the basement of a dwelling.
When The chief use of the outdoor
storage cellar is FOR storing turnfps,
beets, carrots and other root crops
commonly used as stock food 1t should
be located near the stable, where the
material VIII De convenient for winter
feeding. When it is to be used for
vegetables for the table the cellar
Should be accessible from the kitchen
at all times. IT apples or other fruits
gre to be stored in an outdoor storage
cellar 1t is desirable to have a two
compartment cellar, one for vegetables
and one for apples, with a ventilatfng
apparatus in each compartment
CONSTRUCTION of Cellar.
As the root cellar must be weather
| pnoof-that is, capable of being kept
free from moisture and free from
frost-its type and construction vary
! with the geographical location. In the
| Ecuthern portion of the country the
structure is usually entirely above
ground and protected by only a few
inches of sod and with straw, leaves
etc. In northern sections outdoor stor-
age cellars are made almost entirely
below ground and covered with Il foot
0r two of earth.
| Storage in Regions of Mild Winters
An above ground storage cellar suit
I'd to conditions in southern sections
IF the United States may be built or
Il well-draiaed site at slight expense
A row of posts may be set five or sly
feet apart, extending seven or eigh
feet above the surface of the ground
with a ridgepole placetl'on top of them
Against each side of the ridgepele &
row of planks or puncheons is placed
with their opposite ends resting ia i:
shallow trench four or five feet from
the line of posts. The ends are board
ed up, a door being provided in on,
end of the structure, and the roof GOV
cred with sod to depth of five OR ST,
| inches.
Storage in Region ,of Severe Freezes
In, sections where low temperature
prevail it is necessary ito insulate til,
storage house so that the vegetable
will not freeze. An above-ground typ,
of storage house much used in man,
sections of the North has thick wall
filed with insulating material. such a
S;IwduSt 'Or Shayings. The construc
ton is of frame aud the walls are Msu
ally ten 10 twelve inches thick Bot
the inside and the outside wallis ar
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to make them alright The rafter
are ceiled on the under side with tn
same material and the space betweeI
The rafterS filled with dry insulatin;
material. The use of building pape
in the roof and walls of the stoEa g
house is, of great assistance in insulat
ing it.
A type of storage cellar much use.
in northern sections of the country
built partly underground. Yhe wall
are Of masonry and extend to poin
: just above the surface of the ground
s0n these walls plates are set and Z.
il roof of frame construction erected
The roof structure Is ceiled on th
underside of the rafters and Som
suitable insulating material, such a
dry sawdust ter shavings, packed il
the space between the rafters, an
then the sheafhing, paper and r.oof8n
material are applied as In the case 0
the above-graund type of storage eei
lar described in the previous para
graph. This type of structure is pref
egable in many respects to the above
ground type, as it Is easier to main
/" tain the temperature at the prope
point and its insulation is a compare
lively easy matter.
i Protection From Freezing.
: Protection from freezing may be sc
cured with a simpler type of structur
! by making it entirely underground.
order to avoid steps down TO the leve
: OF the tioer, with the consequent extr
labor in storing and removing the veg
atables, a side-hili location is desil
able.
The excavation III the hill should b
| of approximate size of the cellar, usin
tie dirt for covering the roof and fo
banking the sides Cf the structure. .
frame is erected BY setting two row
Of posts of uniform height in the bot
?cm of the pit near the dirt walls an
q third line of posts about five fee
higher through the center of the pi
These posts serve as supports for tn
rIanks or puncheoDs forming the roo
ot The structure, as with the above
ground type Of storage cellar alre&d
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