Show I f VEGETABLES REQUIRE PROPER VENTILATION N Plan Outlined for Securing This in Storage Room Lacking Essential Can Be Overcome e by Providing Air Duct of Wood Metal or Terra Cotta Fitted In One of the tle Windows It is necessary to have bave good ventilation ventilation ventilation venti venti- lation if food and vegetables are to b be e kept safely In storage In many cel eel cellars lars under dwellings the lack of at ventilatIon ventilation venti venti- lation is the only essential that 1 Is lucking lacking However this can usually be easily overcome by providing an air duct constructed of at wood metal or terra cotta which fitted In one of the windows is desirable as It permits the cool air nir to enter euter at the bottom of the room Two or more joints of Ginch 6 G- inch stovepipe one with a damper and an nn elbow may be used A piece of b beard baard ard with a hole the size of ot the pipe Is fitted In the window In place of one of the panes of glass Another pane cane of ot glass may be removed from r I 1 i s h. h i Details alls of construction for the ven van I of a storage room in a basement base base- ment The air duct may be made of wood terra cotta or metal and installed installed in in- stalled in place of a pane of glass thus avoiding cu cutting through the eel eel- lar mar wall wail A hinged door the size o of f another pane of glass may serve a aan as asan asan s an outlet for the warm air the sash and a small hinged door fitted In to Its Us place which when open allows allow the heated air to escape In IIi col cold weather both the hinged door and th the e damper In the stovepipe must b be e closed The windows In the storage room should be darkened In order to protect the vegetables from the tine light Barrels crates boxes or bins maybe may maybe be used as containers for the various vegetables but movable containers are preferable to built in bins as It is possible to remove them for tor cleaning I It is advisable to construct shelves or ora ora ora a slat floor to keep the crates boxes baskets and other containers off orr the ground This Is highly desirable to Insure In Insure In- In sure a n free circulation of air and to prevent the tine containers from harboring mice rats and other vermin The shelves for canned goods along one side of the room need not be more than 0 0 inches IncheS' wide |