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access of frost, which, if severe, will penetrate 

 almost any wall. 



But, as it will sometimes happen, from wet 

 or frosty weather at the time of raising, that 

 they cannot be housed in the most proper state 

 for keeping, and will therefore be in danger of 

 being' damaged, in spite of every precaution, 

 especially if they are put together in large quan- 

 tities, it may, in that case, be necessary to turn 

 them over during winter, with a view to sepa- 

 rate such as are spoiled from the sound. This 

 operation is very 'troublesome and inconvenient, 

 unless the house be much larger than would 

 otherwise be necessary. In. order, therefore, to 

 obviate these inconveniences, and to give the 

 potatoes the greatest possible chance of keeping 

 well, I would beg leave to suggest the following 

 method of arranging and fitting up the potatoe- 

 house. 



Suppose, for example, the house to be 15 feet 

 wide within the walls, eight feet high in the 

 side walls ; and of any length, corresponding to 

 the quantity to be put up. From the door, 

 which ought to be in the middle, to the back 

 wall, let a space five feet broad be kept open. 

 Then let the two ends of the house be thrown 

 into three divisions each, the divisions four feet 

 wide, extending from the open space in the 

 middle to the gabels, separated from one another 

 by an opening of one foot wide. These divi- 

 sions or apartments, designed for holding the 

 potatoes, may be conftructed with upright bars 

 fixed in the ground and properly secured at the 

 top, and thinly warped with hazle or willow, or 

 any kind of slender and pliant branches. The 



