Storage clamp
A storage clamp is a compact heap, mound or pile of materials[1] used in the agricultural industry for temporary storage of root crops such as potato, turnip, rutabaga, mangelwurzel, and sugar beet.
A clamp is formed by excavating a shallow rectangular depression in a field to make a base, with the earth scraped from the field reserved to use as cover. Root crops are then stacked to a height of about Template:Cvt then covered to a depth of several inches. Straw or old hay may be used to protect the upper surface from rain erosion.
A well-made clamp will keep the vegetables cool and dry for many[<span title="Script error: No such module "decodeEncode".">vague] months. Most clamps are relatively long and narrow, allowing the crops to be progressively removed from one end without disturbing the remaining vegetables. The use of a clamp allows a farmer to feed vegetables into market over many months.
See also
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- Prehistoric storage pits
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- Template:Annotated link, an artist collective named after potato clamps[2]
References
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- ^ "Cramp, n.3." Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) © Oxford University Press 2009
- ^ "Nanase Okawa" Animerica Anime & Manga Monthly 1997 © Viz Communications, Inc., 172
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