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Show growers' urged to save potato crop H Reduce Wastago From Bad H Storage Methods, Food Ad- H ministration's Plea. JH ADVICE GIVEN BY EXPERT S . .W"S,1,1K'"--In mi effort to Olntln- mm i.sli the wastage of potatoes which re- I SUUs every year from Hie tmo of lm- Hj Jiropor storage methods, Lou D. Su'cot, Ml 1"'fltl f tlio potato division of tho Unit-'d Unit-'d Sink's food administration, him Is- H fined n statement outlining tho moth. 0lls l"t should ho ndopled hy tho "lnl1 Krower to prevent loss. Ills jM statement Is ns follows: Ml "It 1h of Rient Iniportnnco thnt nil H tho potatoes rnlscd this yenr should s,01t''l "der proper conditions. mm Jiven when every precnullon Is taken mm tho wastage of potatoes during the MM winter Is considerable; under bud con-Mi con-Mi Itlons of stoniKe It Is very Brent In-jH In-jH deed. HI "In order thnt the best methods may H bo ndopted hy the sinnll Browers, those H who Imvo not hnd tho experience In MM tho storage of potatoes, should know mm the chief enures of the wnstugo. These onuses nre: H "I. Sweating, heating and conse- mm fluent rot: often duo to Insulllclent ventilation. H Itottlns, duo to potatoes getting n wet lit the time of imttliiB them In W storage. Hj ".1. Injury from frost. WM "I. Decny, owing to dlsense In the M tubers nt tho time of storage. H sprf' ,Slirol"l"s of 1,1,,pr" ln the Hj Losses May Be Reduced. K "It Is not possible to prevent alto- fl Bether losses from these onuses, but M by usIiib the best methods of storage, E It Ih possible to reduce them very ma- B terlnlly. H "This mny be done by taking cure to K 'guard against losses from ench of ma theso onuses: j "Sweating iiml heating occur If tho r freshly dus potntoes nro piled In too B largo piles, so thnt the nlr canmU clr- ouliite between the tubers. Tho risk j of loss from this cnuso Is greatest In the full, Immedlntcly utter tho tubers Imvo been iIiib. nnd It Is, therefore, lm- portnnt thnt potntoes when dus should not be put In unneoessnrlly InrKO piles, nor kept In 1111 lll-ventllntcd room, j "If the potntoes nt tho digging time nre nllowed to Bet wet nnd bo Into storage In (hnt eondltlon, rotting In sure to occur. Ho direful to Imvo your potntoes dry before storing, j "Potatoes nre easily dnmnBed by mm front. If they become frozen, there V , imirket vnltio Is destroyed. Therefore, tHku preeniitlnn to protect the tubers from frost before nnd ufter digging. J Eliminate Diseased Tubers. "There nro sevcrnl dlsenses of tho lintnto which destroy tho tuber, nnd If diseased tubers nro mixed with tho H ound ones, tho dlsenso sprends rup-H rup-H Idly; therefore. It Is necessary to sort the potntoes carefully, ellmlnntliiB ull of tho dlKense, the outs, culls, nnd dirt j lieforo pliicliiB them Into perainnciit storage for tho winter. All of tho cuts, culls, misshapen nnd dlsenscd tu- hers should bo fed to tho poultry nnd llvo stock, but should bo steamed or boiled before beliiK foil, us In this wny you Increase tho food vnlue, nnd nlso destroy tho serins of the dlsenso, iw that It will not Bet Into the manure nnd thence Into tho Innd. "ny proper ventllntlon of the cellar or storiiBo room, und by holding the tcmpernturo ns near I!5 decrees K. as possible, you enn keep the potatoes from sprouting. "Seed for nlixt yenr'M planting should-bo selected from hills thnt pro-duco pro-duco ull nice, truo to type potntoes. These should bo selected nt tho dig-Kins dig-Kins time, mid stored separntely In crates or boxes, nnd by storlns them In n well-lighted room where the tcmpernturo tcm-pernturo can be held nt from 34 to 10 degrees, with n llttlo ventilation nnd this seed planted next spring, tlio grower will make n Btnrt townrd lm-provtiiB lm-provtiiB tho iiunllty of his potntoes, Instead In-stead of ns In the past, simply planting plant-ing tho culls or runouts." |