Show POTATO BIN ventilation potatoes stored in bulk in large bins need good ventilation especially tor for the first three or tour four weeks A cheap and convenient method for providing ventilation consists in the insertion ot of upright ventilating shafts at suitable intervals in the bin before tilling filling it these shafts may vary in size from 12 by 12 inches to 12 by 18 or 18 by 18 inches three inch slat boards spaced 1 aa inches apart are nailed crosswise on tour four 2 by 3 inch uprights which form the framework and are of sufficient height to protrude above the stored potatoes such shafts spaced 6 to 8 feet apart serve as an all outlet for the excess heat and moisture accumulation certain to occur in the first few weeks of storage and may prevent serious losses from storage rots hunters and sportsmen have been killing from 12 to 15 million ducks a year this year a kill of halt half that number would be too many |