Show store root crops and make profit simple well drained field location needed do not dig a trench by C H nissley professor of vegetable gardening d new jersey state college service by storing such root crops as beets turnips parsnips par snips and rutabagas in the field as soon as the weather becomes cold many farmers are able to take advantage ol 01 0 a profitable market for these vegetables during winter the storage operation is simple but a well wel drained location is necessary do not dig a trench but place the ve vegetables ge tables on the surface of the ground in rectangular piles with 25 50 75 or bushels in each the proper size of the pile depends upon the number of bushels to be taken out for sale at one time after the roots have been be en neatly arranged in the pile cover them with from four to eight inches of straw salt hay or double layer of burlap then place a three to live five inch layer of soil over the roots to prevent the wind from uncovering them As the weather becomes colder more protection will be needed to prevent the roots from freezing ventilation must also be provided in order to allow moisture given off by the roots to escape the ventilator may be a roll of straw or hay placed on top of the mound and some growers use a short stove pipe or a tile in both ends of the mound cabbage too may be successfully stored in the field pull the plants up by the roots and place them on the ground upside down so that the roots extend upward from three to ten rows of cabbages may be placed in one trench in the three row system t two wa heads are placed alongside each other with the heads of the third row between and above the other two wo rows when storing six rows in one trench place the cabbages in three rows together on the ground two rows on top of these and a third row on top of the second layer forming a pyramid then cover the cabbage with burlap or a thin layer of salt hay or straw and add soil as for storing root crops |