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Show threo feet apart anu about ono foot apart In the rows. Plant the cutting deep enough s that only ono bud will bo nbovo ground. Be sure and got tho cutting right end up. By autumn tho cuttings will bo woll rcoted, and con-, sidcrablo growth made They may be ' planted out tho following spring. As poplars grow very easily from cuttings It Is not necessary to plant them In nursory rows first, as they will root almost anywhere, but better trees will bo obtained by -adopting tho former mothod. Not more than ono bud, or, at tho most, two,, should be left above ground' when pfantlng, as If much of tho cutting Is exposed It may dry out boforo rooting. Roof for a Shed. A. A. P. What Is the cheapest nnd best roofing for a- shed 24 by 30 feet, and what Is tho best pitch to glvo It? A If thoro can bo enough pitch to your roof, say at least one-third, I would advlso, putting on a shingled roof. If tho roof Is loss. than one-third pitch a metal ono Is hotter. But If the shed roof Is very flat a. tar and gravel roof answers woll. I helped to construct tar and gravel roofs on over twonty-flvo twonty-flvo years ago, nnd they aro In good ropnlr yet. It depends a good deal on what tho buIldliiB Is "soil for and whore It Is sltuatrd; if for a barn Bhod I would use bhlngles, making tho roof not leas thnn one-third pitch. Storing Potatoes. J. H. A. How may 1 presorvo potatoes po-tatoes Btored in a warm cellar In order or-der to keep thcra from Bprouting and In a firm condition until new potatoes arrive? Potatoes cannot be kept Arm nnd frco from sprouting In n warm cellar. Tho tomporature of a potato storago should bo not hisher than 10 degrees Fahr., and nu much lower as possiblo until tho freaking llt ls reacbod. It Is also well' to keep tho Btorngo ns dark ns possible. The tubers should bo kept dry and In not too great bulk. Somo potato growers prefer to keep tholr potutoos In barrels. |