. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. ROOT CROPS ROOT CROPS 553 or six crates wide, and as high as the crates can be conveniently placed in the room. If stored in saclcs, the tiers are about three to five sacks wide and sometimes ten sacks high. This arrangement pro- vides an alley-way between the different lines of stored material, whether in sacks or in crates. In the case of onions, false shelving or racks are sometimes provided, which are about six or eight feet wide, on which the onions are very carefully spread, eight to fifteen inches deep, there being surticient space
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. ROOT CROPS ROOT CROPS 553 or six crates wide, and as high as the crates can be conveniently placed in the room. If stored in saclcs, the tiers are about three to five sacks wide and sometimes ten sacks high. This arrangement pro- vides an alley-way between the different lines of stored material, whether in sacks or in crates. In the case of onions, false shelving or racks are sometimes provided, which are about six or eight feet wide, on which the onions are very carefully spread, eight to fifteen inches deep, there being surticient space above the onions to admit of inspec- tion ; but the usual practice is to replace the shelving by bushel crates, which are universally used for gathering such products. The crated onions are then stored in perfectly insulated build- ings constructed as above described. The capacity of such storage houses varies from a few hundred to fifty thousand bushels. The prac- tice in some regions where onions are carried over for seed purposes is to spread the bulbs on slat racks in open buildings where they are allowed to freeze at the beginning of winter and remain frozen throughout the whole storage period. Under these circumstances it is very important that the bulbs be protected from all possible injury ; even the jar- ring of the building must be guarded against, other- wise the bulbs will rot at the approach of warm weather in the spring. It is evident, from the nature of the case, that this system can be followed only in regions where the winters are rigorous. In the storage of Irish potatoes and onions, it is desirable that the products be in contact with the earth if practicable. The moisture of the earth seems to have a beneficial influence on the quality of the product, if it is to remain in storage for a considerable period. Onion bins and crates, when placed directly on the earth, are less lialile to jars and disturbances, which cause loss in the stored bulbs, than when made
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