A pit, bank or mound is a good place for storing apples, root crops and cabbage, if the cellar or cave will not hold all of them. Choose a well-drained location. Put a layer of straw on the ground and pile the vegetables on it

Foods such as these--turnips, pumpkins, onions, potatoes, apples, pears--can be kept for several months if stored right. The best type of storage depends upon the climate, the soil conditions, and the materials you have to work with. Now you will see pictures of many different types of storage, and perhaps they will help you decide which type would be best for your farm

Irish potatoes, cabbage, carrots, beets and apples should be kept cool and moist, but must not freeze. Cool cellars with earthen floors help to keep these foods moist enough that they do not shrivel. They may be packed in boxes of damp sand

This wet cellar is a poor place for canned foods. The air must be moist, to keep vegetables and fruits from shrivelling, but there should be no water standing on the floor or seeping through the walls. Molds will grow in a place like this when the weather is warm

A pit, bank or mound is a good place for storing apples, root crops and cabbage, if the cellar or cave will not hold all of them. Choose a well-drained location. Put a layer of straw on the ground and pile the vegetables on it

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Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1942

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A pit, bank or mound is a good place for storing apples, root crops and cabbage, if the cellar or cave will not hold all of them. Choose a well-drained location. Put a layer of straw on the ground and pile the vegetables on it

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