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Show HAVE A GOOD HOUSE CELLAR By F. L. RI9LEY. In leisure hours at this season of the yc-ar when days are wet outside and work holds up somewhat it is a good time to thoroughly clear out and make improvements In the cellar, the most essential part of the houpi- Do it now whilo clear of everything, as it Roon 1b to bo the general storo-cway storo-cway piaoo for another long term. A real good house cellar Is rare Some aro scarcely anything but "dugouts' "dug-outs' and right beneath the living part of the house kitchen, sitting room or bedrooms which receive the steamy evaporation of a mass of vegetables. For health a cellar ought to be uniform uni-form It may be too hot, too cold, or wind comes in through broken w indow in-dow panes, or else they are not tightly fitted If a cellar smells of mold, look around for tho place You will find i the cause in vegetable bins. They are anything but clean and yet the milk tfl set in many cellars a bad practice Decaying turnips, cabbage and i onions flavor apples and tho butter I grows rancid. One of the great causes of waste Is i lack of ventilation or a daily change of air. I Open the outer door in warm weath- er early in the morning or after sun- J down for an hour or two. i Make a perfectly clean, cool, dry' and sanitary cellar a good distance from the heating appliances and where 1 severe freezes will not cause bursting j pipes to flood tho stored articles. All disadvantages leave the farmer t full or vexations and disappointments, and what is more and worse yet, they i sadly afl'oct the health of tho family. 1 1 - . w. rvAcy?- , |