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Legal  Bushel  of  Potatoes 
I  use  a  standard  bushel  basket  with 
Stamp  on  it  for  my  potatoes  that.  I  sell, 
till  the  basket  up  well  and  they  only 
weigh  54  or  55  pounds  each.  Fan  I 
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weigh  CO  pounds  the  package  would  pass 
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Storing  Potatoes 
What  is  the  proper  temperature  to 
maintain  in  my  potato  house  to  keep  the 
potatoes  white  and  sweet?  E.  T.  P. 
Waehapreague,  Va. 
The  best  temperature  in  which  to  keep 
white  potatoes  is  about  40  degrees  F.,  or 
in  other  words,  keep  them  just  as  cool  as 
convenient  without  letting  the  frost  touch 
them.  Sweet  potatoes  should  be  placed  in 
a  warm,  dry  room,  under  the  temperature 
of  85  degrees  until  after  the  sweating 
period,  which  lasts  a  little  over  two 
weeks.  At  that  time  the  excessive  mois- 
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