Show STORAGE OF SWEET POTATOES uncertainty Y of being able to keep tuber through winter reduces area devoted to crop it if swe sweat et potatoes potato ea are kept until february and march they will briny bring a much aluch bettor better price than in november pr or december the uncertainty of being able abla to keep the sweet potatoes during the winter reduces the area planted ted but sweet potatoes can bo be preserved quite satisfactorily it if close attention is given to the subject those who are provided with suitable quarters for storage purposes and give attention to the details of digging and drying the tubers are well for their extra work I 1 the sweet potato has a thin skin which Is easily bruised bruised potatoes are very very susceptible to decay when the pota potatoes cannot be sul jecter to artificial heat beat to dry they I 1 storage of sweet potatoes should be thoroughly dried in the sun bun the temperature at which they seem to keep best Is between 60 50 and 65 degrees F P in some localities tho the common method of storage Is ato to place the sweet potatoes in a cone shaped pile containing from 1000 to pounds the pile to IB then covered with a layer of dry fine hay or straw followed by a layer of corn stalks and on top of all this two or three inches of sand or dirt Is placed others make piles like an oblong pyramid three thre teet beet high and four by ten feet at the base this Is covered over by a frame properly built for the purpose two or three inches ot of earth being placed over the frame stratifying the sweet potatoes in sand has also given satisfactory results |