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Show COLD STORAGE NOT NEEDED Much Is written about mid storage for apples and verj properly so when the Kastetn markets In the spilng aie considered However, there Is little If any need for cold storage for apples In l'tiih at present nor will there lie fluilug the next ten eais 11 Is not prohnble that the produc Hon of winter apples will exieed the local demand In 1 I ih during thc next decade Anplrs that me hand picked from the tiees during the latter part of Or. tolxr and are properly cooled and cate. fully handled before being stored should keep thc full periods accoi le 1 to the different vniletlea without artificial arti-ficial cold storage It Is not until the first of April next spring that the ap pies will be In danger from high temperature tem-perature and long befoie that lime the local demand will be such us to bring the fruit onto the market There are imlnts however, that must not be overlooked over-looked In ordlnorj atorage Api les for keeping should be sound nnd flee from worm holes The should he caiefully sorttd und every bruised one no matter mat-ter how slight, dlscnided In most varieties va-rieties an apple with thc slightest bruise endangers the entire box or bjr-lel bjr-lel In which it inaj be storod The ap-Pies ap-Pies should be peifeclly dry when stored nnd should be put Into n loom or celHr prefernblj nbive group 1 that Is tool, dr mil durk No vegetables should be stoic I In the sunic room wllh npples It Is not ticieeenrj to box the apples for long storage In fait the most successful inn je, practiced In Utah Is to put the fruit In bins or shelves built with slatted bottoms mid placed oiu ubove another, nnd to put the upplea In these bins not more Ihan ono foot dicp This Ian permits of ensv iitiesH for sorting which (dioull bo done nlong In Januar), for the pur-poso pur-poso of lemnvlng nny specimens tint show signs of dcca. If ii spei stomBo house for fruit li to be built It ik well to have double viull n tight celling above and n double floor beneath There should be vcntlla. lion beneath the floor nnd uhive the telling? and n double lonf will ad 1 great-Ij great-Ij to tho value nf lho building Iheie should be double doors uud windows nnd the win low h should be provided with blinds In addition tn the vonllli. lion mentioned there thould he ventilator venti-lator shnfls i uniting- through the celling cell-ing and out at hoolg In Hie roof In a hull ling nf Hie above dcucrlptlon It will nnl be dlillcult to keep the tem-icrnliire tem-icrnliire down to 50 legrees nnd gen-crullj gen-crullj lower, up to Ai rll 1st Stored In lUe manner Indicated Ulan apples of proper varieties will keep so long lint Hie like will bo 'long enough to iniivo them |