Protecting Vegetables In Winter

It does not seem to be generally known that light in the winter time is the chief agent in the destruction of vegetables otherwise hardy, and especially light shilling brightly on the plant when frozen. A cabbage or turnip that is exposed to the light rots readily, but will keep perfectly sound if but slightly covered with earth. This principie should be remembered when collecting vegetables together in large masses for protection. It is often customary to cover such sets of vegetables with soine light material, such as leaves, hay or straw, the result of which generally is simply to form a harbor for mice, which aro inuch more destructivo than the frost itself. Water has, of course, to be excluded, and if the vegetable planta are set closely together and covered with boards to keep out the raiu, it is generally all that is required. Water must be excluded, or else rotting may result. For this purpose it is good practico to invert vegetables. The cabbage especially must receive this attention. They are almost always inverted when placed together under boards or covers for protection, and, in fact, where no covering at all is used they will keep perfectly well when