Mar. 2, 1908.] Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 193 



Digging the Crop. — Dig early potatoes when of a marketable size ; but for 

 keeping over the winter the haulms should be quite dead, tuber firm, and the 

 skin hard to rub off. For this, the main crop, do not sow too early in the 

 season, or there may 

 be much difficulty 

 through their shooting. 

 Only plant good 

 keepers in tliis con- 

 nection. 



Potatoes to be kept 

 through the winter 

 should be placed in a 

 cool, dry shed, on straw 

 if possible, or in dry 

 sand under cover, or 

 they may be stored in 

 the open in pits, say 

 heaped up about 4 feet 

 deep, about 4 feet 

 wide, and S feet long, 

 a 6-incli layer of sti'aw 

 spread over the lot 

 and covered up witli 

 earth so that water will 

 not enter — later, if 

 wished, and where 

 frosts are severe, an- 

 other laj'er of sti'aw 

 andearthmaybeputon. 



Potatoes are used in 

 .some countries for the 

 production of starch, 

 which is abundant in 

 their constitution. 



Food for Stock, — In 

 this connection, except 

 for feeding pigs, they 

 have been little used, 

 but the drought and a 

 dull market have 

 brought the unmarket- 

 able ones to the fore, 



and ere long they are likely to be much used in conjunction with other 

 foods, as they are not a complete ration. For pigs they are better when 

 about half cooked than fed raw ; for cattle and sheep probably they will 

 answer the purpose "as well raw, but should be sliced or bruisetl to j^revent 



Asbleaf Kidney. Natural size. 



