66 POTATO CULTUKE. 



where ice could be used in the fall and spring. Quite likely 

 I should have built one before this, if I had been at home 

 winters instead of away attending farmers' institutes. I 

 should enjoy being able to keep seed perfectly, every time. 



But now about burying the seed. As we dig early to put 

 in wheat, we put potatoes on the bottom of a cool deep cellar 

 first, as it is cooler there than they would be if buried at 

 that time. When the earth gets cooler than the cellar, early 

 in November, we select a dry place to bury, where no water 

 will stand. Better if it is on the north side of buildings, or 

 hedge, or trees, so it will not thaw as readily when the south 



Cross-section of my seed-potato pile when finished for winter. P, 

 potatoes; S, S, straw; E, E, where we took earth for covering-; A, 

 surface of ground. 



wind blows. We draw out on a cold morning, when cloudy 

 and near freezing. The ground is then cold, and we can 

 cool off the potatoes. I should like to have a cold wind 

 blowing. We put them in a long narrow pile. Tor 100 

 bushels we make the pile about 30 feet long and 4 feet wide, 

 and pile up as high as possible on this base. Pile right on 

 top of the ground, not in a trench (see cut). Then we put 

 over a good layer of forkfuls of straw, laying around the base 



