Show REDUCE aidun POTATO LOSSES DURING STO STORAGE AGE A poor storage place may completely class P potatoes 0 first ruin a crop of 0 but tin the best storage will not make unsound diseased potatoes I 1 in J C lie says to marketable ones oles agronomist ot of the crison extension utah state agricultural I college to store wet or muddy unripe diseased frosted bruised cut skinned or otherwise unsound tubers Is bound to lead to loss and dishlip ment both moisture and temperature can call be controlled by v ventilation tion in properly construe constructed fed storage places A tempera temperature turc bet between 1 11 26 36 ancl ana 10 40 degrees Fahre helt I 1 is s the best tor for potatoes below 36 degre degrees es the potatoes develop A 1 sweet taste wilier I 1 ii unde ii lu in in market arket olk but does docs not injure the clock rota potatoes toes will not liot freeze at a temperature above 30 20 degrees eesi tiby begin to sprout a 10 isgreen Is le grees greeg when placed 1 n r morag le pa potatoes should hav davs ail possible yenti ventilation is n no danger ti as long as iiii of 0 freezing tree zing this ventilation lowers the temperature and helps to remove tho the moisture brou brought lit in from the field and also that given olt off by the tubers in curing curin it IE this moisture is not removed the pile sweats and rots may develop enough ventilation should be provided during the winter to keep potatoes dry this may be accomplished by wisps of 0 straw about every six feet at the top of the pit to prevent freezing in cold weather and to keep the temperature in the pit constantly low cover the pile of 0 potatoes with alternate alter nata layers ot of straw and anI dirt |