Show DARKENED CELLAR IS URGED FOR POTATOES exposure to light quickly injures quality of tuber temperature best suited fr for proper preservation Is one ranging from 32 to 45 degrees larga l arga arge plies piles are not noi favored the object of storing any product Is to preserve pies eie its quality during as long a period as way muy bo be necessary or possible in ili order to permit its disposal at the most advantageous time investigations by the bureau of plant industry united states department of agriculture show that the temperature best suited to the proper preservation er of potatoes Is one riL nging from 82 32 to 45 degrees in regions legions W wacie here the powdery dry rot occurs a temperature of 33 to 30 degrees holds tit the disease in check better than a higher one it Is found best beet not to store potatoes in ili large piles when they ore are moist or covered with moist carth us as they quickly develop sufficient lelent lie heat at to injure the vitality of the tubers tubera if through unfavorable weather conditions if becomes necessary to store potatoes when they are wet and dirty they should be spread out in a thin layer until they aliey have become dry after a which they may be plied piled ul tip it ls Is not desirable to store potatoes pola potatoes toes to 0 greater depth debili than six feet potatoes intended for table we should hould s always be stored in it a darkened cellar or storage house arx exposure to light quickly injures the quality of the potato for food purposes |