. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). I3I4 The Cornell Reading-Courses foot deep. Line the bottom of the pit with straw and carefully place the vegetables in a heap on the straw, apply a layer of leaves and straw to protect the vegetables and to make their removal easier, then add soil to a depth of four to eight inches. A wisp of straw may be set at intervals in the peak for ventilatio
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). I3I4 The Cornell Reading-Courses foot deep. Line the bottom of the pit with straw and carefully place the vegetables in a heap on the straw, apply a layer of leaves and straw to protect the vegetables and to make their removal easier, then add soil to a depth of four to eight inches. A wisp of straw may be set at intervals in the peak for ventilation. Great care must be taken early in the season not to cover the vege- tables too closely, as speedy decay will result from heating and sweating. As the weather becomes severe, manure may Fig. 93. -The storage trench be piled on to give additional When several vegetables are to be stored, or when they are to be removed at different times during the winter, it is well to make the pit very long and narrow. Earth partitions may then be built in as the work progresses. The different compartments may be marked with stakes. One compart- ment can be opened without disturbing the others. TREATMENT OF MATERIAL Several of our best storage crops require special treatment and special precautions in their storage. The root crops are very simple in their requirements. Tops should be removed, and the crops may be stored by any of the general methods described. Cabbage also may be handled by any of the plans described. Cabbage heads should not be overmature and should remain in the garden as long as there is no serious danger of severe freezing. For storage they should be cut near the ground, with most of the leaves about them. When a quantity of cabbage is to be stored, the trench may be made by throwing furrows on both sides and finishing with the shovel. The heads are then laid in order, perhaps two or three wide and two deep. The plow may be used to begin the covering, but the
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