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Show New Circular on Vegetable Storage The Utah Experiment Station has just published Circular No. 26, on "Storing Vegetables for Winter," Win-ter," by Dr. M,. C. Merrill, horticulturist. horti-culturist. The following general headings arc discussed : (1) Fundamental Fun-damental Principles Underlying Storage Practice; (2) Storage Requirements ;.(3) Types of Storage; Stor-age; aild (4) Storage Conditions for Different Types of. Vegetables. For generations the human family fam-ily has been storing away its surplus sur-plus crops in the season of plenty for use during the season when nature is non-productive. In that time certain practices have been developed and have been taught by father to son for hundreds of years. Despite the fact that the subject is so important, comparatively compara-tively Httlc research work has been done during all that period to determine the best conditions for the storage of the surplus produce. pro-duce. Wc are, therefore, even now using many of the methods of our foce-fathers, a fact which speaks highly for their utility. The call is becoming more and more persistent, however, for more definite and reliable information infor-mation along this line, and it is hoped that the time is not far distant dis-tant when the Experiment Stations Sta-tions of the country will have additional ad-ditional facts and data of value pertaining to this subject. The great goal that is sought, of course, is the prevention ( of all loss and waste from our pits and cellars due to improper conditions of storage. In this circular, which should prove of especial interest and value val-ue to farmers and to the "war gardeners" of this year who are storing away the products of the soil, the dominant idea seems to be the giving of the "why" of vegetable storage as well as the "how.'' The various methods now in use are discussed,' as also the best conditions under which the produce should be stored, as far as known at present. Free copies may be had by addressing ad-dressing a card to the Utah Experiment Ex-periment Station, -Logan, Utah. |
