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Show FROST-PROOF ROOT CELLAR i HiioIk nhoulil be kept cold. Itoota art) III! per cent, water, which account ac-count for Ihelr nhrlvcllim up ao when kept in a warm dry place, a the iiiolHturu evaHirale uml the riait lone a fsreut part nf their fceillnx value, tin the other hand, If the eel-liir eel-liir la warm und imiint, l hey rut badly, tool ahould not freein. but they will utiiml n llllle frimiy weulher without Injury. You enn keep a law htir.li. -In of Kiirden ciirroi iiucked In ami In a box In your limine cellar If you keep the cellar window open. Hand keep the air auuy from the rnrrol. and the open window keeps I the cellar cool no ihey neither lot. I aprout nor shrivel. Cnrroia keit Ilka j thin are Just ua nice In the aprliiK a they mo In Ihu full." I Hiioik when iirown In lurne ipmntl- I tie for tock miiMt be kept on the f auuio xeneral plan. The ulr In the ' runt cellar iiiiihI be cool, clean und i dry. When thin fact I well understood , we will net alonK belter In IiuIIiIIiik a ! root cellar. We must provide oppo- I alio windows to be left open In the lull uutll cold freenliiK weather: then wu must have ventllutor In the roof to be h it o n nil winter. Thl pint) provide for a shallow excavation ex-cavation Into a bank If you have one, with a cement wall eluht feet nlch all ( around. If thu cellar I built In a . side hill leave a roudwuy on thu up per aide you can till It easily. The celllnx Joints nre Imbedded In this wall while It la soft. A thin narrow atrip I laid In the soft ce-, ce-, Diviit to rest the end of the Joints on lo keep them even. After putting them In place build tbe ventilator shads. . Tha celllnx boarding la then nulled i ou the under aide of tbe celllnx Joists and ihe ceuieut concrete la filled In on tbe top between the Joist and over s I ' ' iiis"-""''Siiwii iiuii.iji....iiHi II them about one to three Inche. muk lug Ihe top of the cellar uhoiii ten Inches thick In ihe center und be I ween six und seven Inches at the ulilcs lo drain ihe water off. Then a piaster coat Is Irowled on lop nf thl lo shed water. This planter coal In u.lxcd one purl cement to two purts line Hharp sand. Afler the roof Is fin Isheil It is kept wt a week so It will dry hard with nit criieklnx A wooden slide Is tilled lo Ihe hot loin of cii-h roof ventilator, bill Is seldom sel-dom dosed It I well, however, to have It In case of extreme cold weuth or Just to slide In at nlxht to bv opened out iikuIii Ihe next day. |