Protecting Vegetables In Winter

It does not seem to be generally known that light in the1 wiiiter time is the eilief agent ín thé dustruction 'öf vegoteibles i otherwise hardy, and especialljvliht ' 'Inning bri.'bt-i ou tiiá plant when' Trozen. " A c&msgS or tSinfip th'at'is exposed to the liht rota readüy, but will keep perfectly auá'd if but sligïitTy j ered with earth; ïtiis principie sliould be remembered wheu coliecting vegetables: together in large masses íup protection. j It is often customary to cover suchj sets of vegetables with sume light uui- terial, suck as leaves, hay or straw, the result of wbicli generall is .snuply to form aharbOT tor mice, which are much more deatrnqtive tlum tlie frost itself. Water has, of course, to be excluded, and if the vegetable plants are set closely together and covered with boards to keep out the rain, it is geaerally all that is required. Warer must be excluded, or else rotting may result. For this purpose it is good practice to invert vegetables. The cabbage especially must receive this attentiou. They are almost always inverted when placed together ander buards or covers for protection, and, in tact, where no covering at all is used they will keep perfectly well when