Show KEEP SEED POTATOES IN COOL PLACE sr as ab 71 81 B N z W W 1 0 K G yrtl q ai fc A 4 fr tx P 4 7 C IM 5 1 feira tk 1 K 36 rl pi awl 4 fy az 4 3 T s Z aiji A fal vi amy Z R I 1 9 zt tf it Z N Z r icv X ag 0 rn h e bl A y A f wa ae X W T U U i R 4 lil I 1 it ir 1 I 1 ses AG X 1 K A fine yield of potatoes by WILLIAM IT UNDERWOOD potatoes intended tor for seed should be kept hard and plump during the winter and this can be dono done b keeping them so eo cool that they will mill not sprout when potatoes sprout they take part ot of the starch that is stored up in them and manufacture it into living cells this energy is all wasted masted for the sprouts have to be pulled off some tanners farmers make it a point to sprout their potatoes once or twice during the ft inter ariter this being done to prevent their growing but the amount of energy thus lost is considerable and the loss increases as the winter draws to a close I 1 raise potatoes in large quantities and each year ploce place them in cold stor age I 1 prefer to pa the expense of 0 the storage and be sure that they are kept in a perfectly plump state rather than to keep them in a room mith a high temperature as is done by some in the spring the potatoes come out of the cold storage house in perfect condition and it takes but a few meeka aleka for them to develop strong sprouts that rise out of the soil and develop strong stalks and leaves many farmers have not the opportunity to put their potatoes in cold storage houses but they should en deavor dearer to keep their potatoes at a very low temperature the nearer 3 33 3 degrees the potatoes are kept the bet ter |