|dry room.  Can be spread on the floor in the room above the |kitchen where they will have plenty of heat, especially for |the first 2 or 3 weeks after they are dug. | |When the sweet potatoes are dug they should be allowed | |to lie in the sun and wind for 3 or 4 hours so as to | |become perfectly dry.  They must be well ripened and free | |from bruises.  Can be kept on shelves in a very dry place | |and they need not be kept specially cold.  Sweet potatoes | |keep best when they are showing just a little | |inclination to sprout.  However, if they start growing | |the quality is greatly injured. | | |2 to 3 bus. | | | |If you are in doubt as to whether the sweet | | | |potatoes are matured enough for storage, cut | | | |or break one end and expose it to the air for | | | |a few minutes.  If the surface of the cut or | | | |break dries, the potato is mature.  But if | | | |moisture remains on the surface, it is not | | | |fully ripened.  In places where there are early | | | |frosts, sweet potatoes should be dug about the | | | |time the first frost is expected, without | | | |considering maturity. | | | | Carrots |Are best stored in sand in cellars, caves or pits; or in |tightly covered boxes or crocks.  Must be kept cold and |evaporation must be prevented, for otherwise they become |wilted. | |Can remain in the ground until the weather is quite | |cool; then be pulled, the tops cut off and then stored. | | |1 to 3 bus. | | | |If you store carrots in the cellar and it is | | | |extremely dry cover them with a little | | | |moistened sand. | | | | Celery |May be rooted in earth in a cellar or cave and if watered |occasionally will keep fresh until Christmas.  The soil, earth |or sand, in which the celery is set should be 2 or 3 inches |deep.  This soil must not be allowed to become dry. | |Can remain in the ground until the weather is quite | |cool. | | |5 dozen good plants or bunches. | | | |Another way to store celery is to bank it to | | | |the top with earth; cover the tops with | | | |boards, straw, or leaves and allow it to | | | |remain where it has grown until wanted for | | | |use.  Another way is to dig a trench 12 inches | | | |wide and deep enough to correspond with the | | | |height of the celery, then lift the celery and | | | |pack it in this trench with some soil about | | | |the roots.  When the weather becomes colder, | | | |cover the trench with boards nailed together | | | |in the form of a V shaped trough and over | | | |this inverted trough put a layer of soil.  The | | | |ends of this trough should be left open for | | | |ventilation until freezing sets in, then close | | | |these openings with straw, old bags or soil.