Show du dugout 0 out or root cellar the dugout or root cellar is both cheap and efficient says A G horticulturist university farm st paul it if available a side hill location is best because of better drainage and because the entrance can be made on the ground level such a storage place should be dug about 8 fe feet et deep and as wide and long as desired a cellar 20 by 40 feet will store bushels without piling too deep when the side hill excavation has bee been n made rough timber or poles can be set endways around two sides and the rear end on a concrete bootin footing 9 about a foot wide by 13 inches poles can also be used for the roof laid close enough to permit covering the entire room with a layer ot of straw dirt from the cellar can be used tor for banking and covering the root roof |