Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-10-27
Lime a Freservative of Potat ,cs.


We fnd the following repnr, of expert
ments Ia keeping potatoes III the lgliSh
Garleners' Chronicle The experiments
were IN a6e in more humid ciimate than
our own, aud where crater precautions
are Necessary - prevent stored potatoes
fr'm deciyin.. There are however. some
localities within the "haiiiwiek' Of the
FIrm Journal where these liats may he
Of service.
!. Twelve >acksful Of pn..toes, lifted
October 18th, 1888, stored with lime. the
lime being plrced in small bundles in the
middle Of each sack. Ta5ors a. preserved;
whereas, some of The same potatoes, stored
without lime. were much affected.
, Fifty bushels of potatoes, dag up to-
ggris the end of October. were pitted
with three bushels Of quick lime, the lat
ter being placed at the bottom of the pit,
ana covered over with thick layer of
gorse. On opening the pitt was found
that the diseased iubers did not amount
to more than two dozen Tubars stored ia
thclordinary way, in pits without lime.
were almost entirely desiroyed by diseas"
3, !, ). Potatoes stored with and with
out lime quite untouched by the disease.
s. Roots stored in large chest or box
with lime. and the latter being placed i'll
asmall clothes basket, aud covered over
with fasgo's. On opening the box the
tubers We're found quite healthy, while
some that had been kept in a cellar with
out iime We're much diseased
!. Twenty bushels If tubers were plac-
ed in ler-. bin with :hree bushels Of
lime, the latter forming strltam at the
bottom, and c,vered over with thick lay
er Of coar- cinicrs. At the end Of ,brce
months the roots were found TO be quite
sound, while another lot which had been
put into another bin without lime were
very much disea ased.
8. Potatoes housed in sacks, one or two
large humps Of lime being put into each
sack, tuters quite dry, and all preserved.
8. Potatoes first diied by exposure on
a gravel walk to the heat of the sun, aud
then stored away in large boxes with lime,
all healthy. Tubers housed in their nat
ural condition became diseased.
10. Potatoes housed with lime, all heal
thy. p ---
ii. Same result.
L. Several bushels of potatoes were
pitted with lime, and when examinod, at
the expiration Of several months, were
fpnnd to remain untouched by the disease.
Roots pitted without lime became quite
rotten.
Is. Two or three hundred bushels of
potatoes were divided into four equal lots.
Three ce these were pi,tcd with lime, the
other in the ordinary way. In the first of
the three lots stored Wit. lime, the lime
was placed al the bottom Of the pit, with
the proper precautions; III the second 1t
was thrown into cenicdl heap in the cen
tire of the tubers; aud IN the third and
last, it was placed on the top Of the pota-
toes, being separated from the latter by a
layer of hru,hwond, &c Ga examining
lie tuhers at the end of some months,
i,eie! in the fir.t pit were found to be
much diseased, while those contained in
the other three were nearly henithy. "The
best results" says this correspondent, " |
am disposed to think were obtained hy
placing the lime on the top of the tubcrs,
and this is the plan intend to fellow. -
Furm JouraaL.
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