The Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist: Quarterly Magazine of Forestry, Entomology, Plant Inspection and Animal Industry, Bind 11,Del 6Advertiser Publishing Company, Limited, 1914 |
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Side 182 - By nailing cleats to the middle support of the bins, the partition can be raised as the bins are filled. The partition boards should have some space between them to allow free circulation of air. A 1-inch block between the boards will be satisfactory to separate them. By dividing the bins in this way, the back of the bin can be filled without climbing over the potatoes in the front part.
Side 181 - Careful handling is one of the essentials in keeping sweet potatoes, and there is no more important place to practice it than in the field at digging time. The implement used to dig sweet potatoes should be one that does not cut or bruise the roots. One of the best types of diggers is a plow with rolling colters on the beam to cut the vines and with rods attached to the moldboard to free the roots from the soil and vines. (Fig.
Side 181 - After the potatoes are dug they should be scratched out by hand and allowed to remain exposed long enough to dry off. The digging should be done, if possible, when the weather is bright and the soil is dry. The potatoes should be graded in the field in order to reduce the cost of handling to a minimum. A good plan is to go over the rows and pick up the sound, marketable potatoes in one basket, then gather all of the seed stock in another basket or box, and the injured ones in still another. These...
Side 182 - When a sweet potato becomes chilled its quality is impaired and decay soon sets in. In cold weather the package should be covered with paper and the cars heated to prevent chilling the potatoes. Some find it advantageous to line their baskets and barrels with paper. SUMMARY. The value of the sweet potato has increased about 80 per cent in the last 10 years.
Side 181 - Each year after the sweet potatoes have been marketed the house should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected before being used again. All dirt and refuse should be cleaned out and all parts of the interior sprayed or washed thoroughly with a solution of formalin (1 pint of formalin to 10 or 15 gallons of water). Diseased roots should not be thrown...
Side 181 - ... grown, regardless of the grower's preference. HARVESTING SWEET POTATOES. Careful handling is one of the essentials in keeping sweet potatoes, and there is no more important place to practice it than in the field at digging time. The implement used to dig sweet potatoes should PIU47HP fio.
Side 183 - ... degrees during the curing period and reduced gradually to 55 degrees after the potatoes are cured. Fluctuations of temperature should be avoided throughout the storage period. The potatoes should be carefully cleaned, and packed in neat and attractive packages. They should never be marketed in bag or in bulk. Veneer barrels or bushel hampers are desirable packages to use during mild weather and double-headed stave barrels or tight boxes in cold weather. With the growing demand for sweet potatoes...
Side 181 - The digging should be done, if possible, when the weather is bright and the soil dry. Sweet potatoes should be graded in the field, in order to reduce the cost of handling to a minimum. A good plan is to go over the rows and pick up the sound, marketable potatoes in one basket, tben gather all the seed stock in another basket or box and put the injured ones in still another.
Side 183 - The potatoes should be carefully graded, cleaned, and packed in neat and attractive packages. Sweet potatoes should never be marketed in bags or in bulk. Veneer barrels or bushel hampers are desirable packages to use during mild weather and double-headed stave barrels or tight boxes in cold weather.