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feet long, four feet wide and deep, made of loose-barred 

 partitions (figure 68), wired together at the corners. A 

 bin of this size will hold one hundred bushels, and with 

 such a one it is very easy to know precisely how much the 

 crop amounts to. 



The box shown at figure 69 will be found a great con- 

 venience in gathering and storing the potatoes. It is 

 made eighteen inches long, fifteen inches deep in the 

 clear at the sides, and ten inches wide, all inside measure- 

 ments ; thus holding two thousand and seven hundred 



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Fig. 68. PANEL OF POTATO BIN. Fig. 69. SLATTED BOX FOB POTATOES. 



cubic inches, or thirteen cubic inches (about two good- 

 sized potatoes) over a heaped bushel, which is two thou- 

 sand and six hundred and eighty-seven inches. These 

 boxes can be set one upon another, and then have a space 

 left between the potatoes, and are thus well adapted for 

 use in storing a part of the crop, or a small quantity for 

 domestic use. The barred sides and bottom secure abun- 

 dant ventilation. The bins in the cellar should have a 

 space of four inches between the end and the wall, and 

 between the sides ; this is easily made by placing a short 

 rail between them, or a piece of four by four scantling, 

 and this will relieve the sides from the bulging pressure 

 of the potatoes. It is advisable to have a well-built root 

 cellar, or a cellar under the barn, for storing potatoes ; 

 a house cellar should never be used for this purpose. 



