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 358 CULTURE OF FARM CROPS. 



" The stores are made of posts and rails enclosing a space 

 9 feet apart, 4-J- feet high, and of any length the space 

 will admit, and as near to where they are to be consumed 

 as possible. The posts are 5 feet apart, let in to the ground 

 18 inches, with five rails 5 inches wide nailed to the 

 inside of the posts, and each of these stores is three feet 

 apart. I have 14 of these 70 feet long, which is sufficient 

 to store from 1,000 to 1,200 tons of bulbs. 



" In placing the roots in the store we put straw inside 

 the rails, of some thickness, to keep out the frost and wet 

 from the side. As the store is being filled, the end of the 

 store being railed off as the sides are, straw is placed against 

 it and against the sides for 8 or 10 feet from the end; 

 the carts are backed to the end, the tail board of the cart 

 being taken out, the load is tipped and the horse walks 

 out of the store, when a boy, who by this time has brought 

 another loaded cart, walks off with the empty one to the 

 field; two stores are being filled at the same time, so that 

 each gets the alternate loads. There is one man who places 

 the straw and thatches the stores as they are filled, one 

 man to back the carts and empty them in the store, and 

 two men, two boys, and two women throwing up the roots 

 level with the other rails, and raising them in the middle, 

 so as to form them into such an angle as will do for 

 thatching.'' 



156. (b.) Potatoes. The following is the method 

 adopted by the author we have already quoted : " If 

 they are not intended for market immediately, the po- 

 tatoes should be thoroughly ripe, and, if possible, pied in 

 dry weather. When the leaves and stems are quite dead, 

 you may then judge they are fit to be taken up for sowing 

 purposes. The best month for this is October. If they are 

 neglected until November, you have probably to contend 

 with wet weather, which, with days much shorter, will 

 considerably alter the expense of labour. The first thing 

 to be done is to have them ploughed up or thrown out 

 with the digger, and a sufficient number of women em- 

 ployed to keep the man and horse constantly at work with 



