Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 22, 1915, Page 2

— o e s SR i STORING VEGETABLES. instructions For Indoor and Outdoor Storage In Winter. The basement is often the best place on the farm for storing vegetables, says R. S. Gardner of the University of Missourl. It must be properly built and the temperature, moisture and ventilation conditions kept right. If it i8 too warm the vegetables will dry snd shrivel, and if the ventilation is poor drops of water will form and the vegetables will be more likely to decay. If there is a furnace in the cellar the storage room should be far enough away so that it can be kept cool, and during very cold weather the door may be opened to prevent freezing. Outdoor storage is better if the base- ment is too small or if it has not been built 8o that the temperature and other conditions can be properly controlled. The vegetables may be gathered and piled as- closely together as possible and covered with a little straw at first and more heavily as the weather grows eolder until severe weather comes, when six inches of soil should be add- ed. An opening should be left at the top for ventilation.: Cabbage should be arranged in long piles, the bottom layer three heads wide and the second layer two heads wide. Leave the heads un- trimmed and pile with the stems and Toots on. Root crops may be stored outside much as cabbages are. Both should be | B; covered with several inches of straw and the straw covered with dirt. In severe weather a layer of manure should be added. But it must be re- moved in milder weather to prevent heating and the condensation of mois- ture into water drops. Such outdoor storage is inconvenient because it is so difficult to select a day on which the pile can be opened without freezing some or all of the vegetables stored. This can be remedied in part by mak- ing long piles which can be opened without exposing much more of the contents to the cold than is to be re- moved to shelter at once. If a little celery has been grown it may be left in the row if the exposed tops are covered with straw and then with earth when the weather becomes severe. It is better to pull the stalks and then replant them as close together | %at TOYS from 5¢ Toy Stoves Teddy}Bears—¥ | Rocking Horses ¢ Blackboards § Toy Banks Toy Trunks I Toy Furniture Mechanical Toys Games Doll Beds Doll Carts Toy Swings Cat Glass Dishes. as possible in a long bed.three feet wide on a high, well drained ground. The edges of the bed are banked with earth to the top of the stalks, and an A shaped roof rests on the banks. This roof is tight except for a narrow strip at the ridge, which is left open for ven- tilation. The banks and roof are cov- ered with straw or strawy manure to which six inches of soil should be add- ed when severe weather comes. A Sanitary Coop. This drawing shows the plan of chicken coop we designed and have been using for the last ten years. The coops are’ made in’ the winter time when ‘the men-are not busy with other work., They are made of twelve and six inch- soft pine boards. They are twenty-three :-inches. long, eighteen inches wide, eighteen inches high in front and ‘a foot high at the back. The roof ‘extends over the side walls about three inches on all sides, writes Mrs, 8. M. Pephart in the Farmers’ Mail and reeze. The floors are hinged out, as shown, and the coops are painted inside and out. Wire screen is put in the ends, as shown, to provide ventilation. The lit- tle side door permits chicks to come and go. The material in each coop costs about $1. We use the coops from year to year, as they are cleaned out every fall and put away in the dry during the winter. I have never yet lost a chicken in these coops, either by drowning, smothering or through hav- ing some animal get in. el bl MARKET GARDENING. 9 A Cambria county (Pa.) grower of late cabbage stores annually a large Quantity of Danish ball head in the HOLIDAY SALE 'TROPPMAN'S DEP'T STORE- You Will Not Only Find the Largest Variety of Holiday Goods at this store--but at more reasonable prices. thousands of suitable Holiday Gifts, call and see. Handker- chiefs A large variety of Ladies fancy white ‘& colored Handker chiefs, {25¢ to 35¢ val. Special price only 19¢ to $5.00 3. |are cattle. stables of a barn which are not used at all for live stock. By giving careful attention to ventilation the cabbage keeps in very good condition, and the barn is always comfortable for pack ing and loading the cabbage. Swiss chard roots, taken from my garden a few weeks ago and planted in the cellar, are making a fine growth; A good crop of leaves can be pickefl: at any time, says a well known grower. A farmer lving near Williamsport. Pa., solfl all his golden bantam sweet corn 1ast year—grown in succession— at a-uniform price of 25 cents a dozen. Every ear represented the highest qual ity. . Is the celery keeping all right in the trenches? Ventilation may be needed on 'warin days. Grade the-root crops before sending them to market. They will command higher prices and help to win regular customers. Three or four plantings of rhubarb should be made in the cellar during the winter months in order to obtain a succession of this product. If sofl is not available for the plant- ing of rhubarb in the cellar coal ashes— elther bituminous or anthracite—will be found' very satisfactory.—R. L. Walts In National Stockmar and Farmer. —_— When to Feed Silage. Silage may be fed as soon as the silo is filled, but for the first few days will be nothing more than cut corn. In a short time, however, the change to silage will have been completed, and a uniform feed will be found throughout the silo. If one begins to use the material from the silo immedi- ately after it is filled no seal is neces- sary, and silage is saved. After open- ing a silo it is necessary to feed about two inches from the surface daily to keep the silage from spoiling. Any spoiled silage which occurs in the silo should be discarded. Cattle will sometimes eat spoiled material, but bad results often occur from this source. In feeding horses one must be extremely cautious in this regard, as horses are much more susceptible to disorder from spoiled silage than _— A glance at the want column may help you sell {t. THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER Xmas 25c to 50c WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1915. A Nation Wide “THRIFT” Campaign will be Instituted in 1916. Why Not Begin Now? - Open a Savings Account with this Bank. One Dollar starts an account and we loan you a Home Bank. Could there be a more desirable Christmas Present than a Savings’ Bank Book? Ever'! ohe should learn to save money. Northern NationalBank Bemidji, Minn. 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