Show F A AN CL WINTERING CABBAGES A which herc to bariner there are nun nu nitrous irous dav ways s in ill which callages cab lages van be ept bucce st ts Hilly fully for homo home use or fort fur I 1 liu ito often KOUI good ni market arket during the latter pat pail t of I 1 w inter or early spring in a clui clisi pter on oil this sri in liia his book illow how to blako tile garden pay Greff irr gives a general rule applicable alic plic able to nil all methods it is ii this tin s to pull tile crop on oil a dry day and par pack it oril only v when pet pel factly dry also put lint of ol 01 the final coveting ing or 2 in buildings cellars etc elo as iona lon in the fall a 11 ll 1 it t ca can n lie br safely ra fc I 1 v done ilona ono one of the ii bost common methods ia aiato iato to wrap the outer leaves of fich each plin firmly about the head and stand root side up till closely together either cither in single litto lina or in a r i double row ron with or without another layer on oil top then plow i furrow front from each tell fido to the ridge of cabbages thus fori formed lied and ami covering up with soil using in shovel or spade lei ing only the extremities of the I 1 roots oot i sticking out tho the fira illia ill nitration represents t cros cross s of eacia of if tile lie throe three arran arrangements ge another way to store cabbages is to koput put them into pits pit like root crops the excavation is made six breight or eight inches deep four feet wide and as long as needed tu to nuke loom for he quantity of aib bagdi desired to store here the heads ire aro packed liick fd in a conical hell heap roots in n V 1 A 10 lo c avo cross SECTIONS OF THREE ARRANGE aaril and covered with eight or ten felt inches of boil oil packed fir firmly in ili case it is debit it oil to uso use ill all or part of them darin alio winter it vill be a good tion to cover the boath side of tile the I pit it with or other dry litter it er deep enu anoush h to k keep beep the soil boil from i I 1 freezing and thus secure easy access tol to the cail cabbages whenever when ever wanted an ail improvement on in this method ha ba been clig suggested gestel by 11 tural nural nei Keker 1 or labs laba aro are chic A e bottock bot of tile alio pit the c cabbages abbad e well deti triin nid and ami dry tire lire backed ina in us sill illustrated strat etlin in the feconda cut Tiia triangular frames cifa of 2 by 1 scantling tire then set api upi ight into tile the lilt int one at it each end only if pit 1 it is lets les le s than 8 or 9 0 duct f ct long one additional in ii the enter center ro a pit of from 9 to 15 feet feel in length Cowin Coni cin fence boards are nailed to them thus forming sot like it a lar laro largo o three oliree cornered conn red crate around the cabbages cabbages cabba geb this is lightly cove covered reI with straw and four to bix inches of boil upon that the ends need only only be StUff ul 41 with lily straw which NN will ill give flee aicer to tile contents of pit at any time for wintering a I 1 few leads heads only mr air gayb abata i barrel liay may lie ile tunk milk into ground to me aliu brini filled filled with will tri minell d leads heads cc covered cred with dry forest fur TV IN A rit nt leave i chaff etc and a simple roof to exclude rain all and snow the cellar under tile the dwelling house is for bani sanitary s tary rei rea soils hardly a i place for storing cabbages cabbag cs but a very few after le inoval of the coarse outside leaves may each be wrapped in thick nekses acs of common 1 I new liew piper so that only the roots ire are showing ili owing outside outi ide and aia hung up in 11 i cow place in the cellar Fain fanner ierg mient put lint ZI a load of cabbages in siu coiner of the lain bain on n the floor fluor liay lay mow etc eced and I keep ip p them lightly covered I 1 ith loo 1000 o straw and thus have them reidy ready lor for use at any time |