| Show STORING vegetables IN BANKS OR PITS 1 rt tring straw around level STORAGE PIT containing IRISH POTATOES prepared by the unite united stati noart meat ment of agriculture culture outdoor banks or pita pits are ned ery iery generally for keeping vegetables the pit ie 19 ual I 1 commonly for bucl vegetables as potatoes carrots beets turnip turnips parsnip parsnips and hendson beads of cabbe e and Is constructed as follows A well mell drained lo location tation should be choden and the product piled on the surface of the ground or a shallow excavation may be made of suitable t AS J 1 A 11 pit containing sweet Cid size and six or eight deep which may be lined with ostrau leave leaves or si sf cillar rillar material and the vegetables placed on the luer ilter a a cubical pile pi e th tb vegetables t hould be cov erd with straw or similar material and finally with earth to a depth of two or three inch inches As winter approaches pro proa aches chei the dirt covering cover lne should be increased until it Is several inches thick the depth of the earth carth coloring Is determined by the seier ita it of th v la in the particular locality it I 1 la well itell to cover the pita pits with straw corn fodder or manure during severely cold vien neather ther the amount of necessary necess apy will vill depend upon the size of the pit small pita pits conti ning but a tev fel bushels of vegetables will uffa dent clent ventilation if vw tho straw betheen beav ean the e ge tables ant and dit di dl t Is anilou 1 I 1 to extend through the dirt at the apex of the pile this should be covered with a board or piece of tin held la in place by a stone to protect it from a ain I 1 n in large pits vonti ventilation lation may be secured by placing two or three pieces of rough boards or stales up through the center of the pile of vegetables so that a flue Is to bowed this hue flue Is capped by a trough formed of two pieces of bord board nailed together ut right angles vegetables keep very well in such pits but it Is difficult to get them out ont in cold weather so that when a pt Is opened it Is desirable to remove its entire contents at once for foy this reason it Is advisable nd isable to coti construct eruct several small pits rather than one larger one and instead of storing each crop la in a pit by itself it Is better to place a email small quantity of several kinds of vegetables in the game same pit so that it will be iry to open only one bank to get a supply of nil all of them thew in storing sacral crops la in the samo same bank it Is a good plan to separate them with straw leaves or other material the vegetables from the small pit may be placed temporarily in the storage room in the basement chere they will be easily accessible na as needed for the table |
