Show VEGETABLES REQUIRE PROPER VENTILATION Plan Outlined for Securing This in Storage Room Lacking Essential Can Be Overcome by Providing Air Duct of Wood I Metal or Terra Cotta Fitted in One of the Windows It Is necessary to have good ventilation venti vent lation If food and vegetables are to be kept safely In storage In many cellars cel eel cellars lars under dwellings the lack Inck of ventilation ventilation venti venti- lation Is the only essential that Is lacking However er this can usually be easily casIly overcome by providing an nn air duct constructed of wood metal or terra cotta which fitted In one of the windows Is desirable as It permits the cool air nil to enter at nt the bottom of the room Two or more joints of or flinch 0 fl- Inch stovepipe one with a n damper and an elbow may be used A piece of b board ard with a hole the size of or the pipe Is fitted In the window In place of one of the panes of glass Another pane Cane anc of glass may be removed from r 4 t tI E. E I j 0 i ih 11 6 I h er Details De of construction for the ventilation ventilation ven yen of a storage room In a base base- ment The air duct may be made of wood terra cotta or metal and in installed installed in in- stalled In place of a pane of glass thus avoiding cutting through the cellar cel eel cellar lar wall A hin hinged ed door the size of another pane of glass may serve as asan asan asan an outlet for the warm air the sash and a n small hinged door fitted In Its plate place which when open allows I the heated air to escape In cold weather both the hinged door and the damper In the stovepipe sto must be closed The windows In the storage room should be darkened In order to protect the vegetables from the light Barrels crates boxes or bins may maybe maybe maybe i be used as containers for the various arlous vegetables but movable containers are preferable to built in bins as ns It Is possible to remove them for cleaning It Is advisable to construct shelves or ora ora orn i a n slat floor to keep the crates boxes I baskets and other containers off the i ground This Is highly desirable to Insure Insure Insure In In- sure n a free circulation of or air nil and to prevent the containers from harboring mice rats and other vermin The shelves for canned goods along one side of the room need not be bo more than C G inches wide |