Show PLACE FOR POTATO STORAGE Cellars and Pits Should Be Carefully Cleaned Opened to Sun and Disinfected Storage places for potatoes or fruit should be carefully cleaned Barrels or or boxes If second second hand band are sure to tobe tobe tobe be dirty and probably infested with the germs of decay Cellars and pits should be swept clean opened to sun and bin disinfected with lime Also close all openings and burn to destroy lice rats and other vermin writes J J. J B. B Sweet of Colorado In Farm and Home Cleanliness is a first principle In fa storage Potatoes will not not rot so freely if stored where live air circulates around them Dead air absence of or ventilation ventilation tion promotes dampness and rot My y t t V Vj j to 1 y a I FIG FIGS I no FIG FIGS 2 2 Ventilated Storage for Potatoes bins Fig 1 I are arc built so that sides are area a foot out from the cellar wall and the bottom Is raised six Inches above the floor The cellar windows ara are screened so mice cant can't get in and until cold weather are left open This gives fresh air until the potatoes have cured or sweated after which there Is less danger from rot Sprinkling with lime lessens rot |