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ing sweet potatoes. His mode, doubtless, is good, espe- 

 cially for saving them for home use ; and we believe, as 

 he says, they may be kept from year to year in those 

 warm newspaper beds, even without being near the stove 

 pipe, in some Southern sections. It might not be prac- 

 ticable or convenient to adopt this plan where large quan- 

 tities are raised for market. He says : " I give my mode 

 for saving sweet potatoes. I have a dry goods box which 

 holds twelve or fifteen bushels of potatoes. I set this 

 box against the stove pipe up stairs. Line the box inside 

 — bottom, sides and ends — to the top with twelve to 

 fifteen thicknesses of newspapers, carefully breaking the 

 joints. The box is now ready for the potatoes. Dig 

 them when ripe, and before they get injured with cold 

 in the patch, take them up stairs. You can let them 

 lay a few days before placing them in the box, or put 

 them in as you take them up if they are dry. Do not 

 put anything on top of the potatoes except the lid of the 

 box, and that must not fit tight until cold weather. You 

 can easily tell if the lid is too close, as the potatoes will 

 sweat, and moisture gather on the under side of the lid 

 and even on the potatoes. I have kept sweet potatoes in 

 this way perfectly sound from year to year. They are so 

 fine when other vegetables are scarce ; they can be cooked 

 in various ways, and everybody likes them." 



