188 The Sweet Potato 



the house. In this connection it will be noted that 377 

 bushels is the estimated loss of 30 per cent from shrink- 

 age and rot, and' yet the cost of removing potatoes was 

 figured at 5 cents a bushel on the full 1259 bushels orig- 

 inally stored. This is thought fair because of the extra 

 trouble involved in removing and disposing of the rotten 

 stock. 



In comparing storage methods, no difference was 

 made in the cost for removing from bank and from 

 storage-house. However, it is universally agreed by 

 those who have used the house that this expense is con- 

 siderably less than with the bank. 



Attention is called to the fact that interest on house 

 investment was charged for full twelve months, while on 

 the bank only for the period of storage. In making this 

 comparison, it must be remembered that the potato house 

 makes an excellent store-room for articles other than 

 potatoes during the other six or eight months of the year. 



In computing depreciation, the value of the house 

 was considered as remaining constant, while in reality if 

 the house depreciated 5 per cent annually, this value 

 would be $30.00 less the second year, the third year 

 $28.50 less than the second, and so on, thus making the 

 depreciation in actual money value less each year. The 

 banks were considered as having to be made new each 

 season, and were estimated at costing $4.45 each, using 

 low-grade lumber at $30.00 per M (not , including a 

 board shelter for them) and calculating labor involved 

 in building and hauling pine straw. 



It will be noticed that the loss from shrinkage and 

 rot is calculated on the basis of being equal. The actual 

 shrinkage in a bank would be a little less but the loss 

 from rot under the same condition would unquestionably 



