The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1917-07-12
w. &c uotsE USED IN ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA

TYPE OF HOUSE USED IN
Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
Staraee In regular storage houses IS
the only practicable method OF Keeping
sweet potatoes on a commercial scaie'
A few crates of potatoes required toi
home use may be stored i'll the att'o
over the house kitchen.
Storage I'm banks and outdoor Ger
lars has been the custom throughout
the South for great many years out
this type Of storage Is being rapidly re-
placed by house storage. Very lew vi
the potatoes stored in banks or eellars
are suitable for market, for those tilat
do not decay make such poor appear
ance and are of such poor quality llal
they are not desirable. The banks are
not economical for storage because TOO
much labor and expense are necessary
every year to make Them the tempera-
| ture and moisture in them cannot be
| controlled. potatoes cannot be taken
from the banks when the weather IS
cold or the earth Is wet and potatoes
from banks will decay very quickly up
on removal.
A sweet potato storage house may be
constructed Of stone, brick, cement
| hollow tile. logs. or lumber, bur To Sc
cure the best results lumber should he
used. The walls of cement, stone, etc,
are always cold, and il is difficult to
prevent them from becoming wet. II
is also hard to prevent the collection
of moisture in dugouts and cellars.
The cost of building storage house
will depend upon the kind of lumber
used and It's price and also upon the
labor available. \ 20 by 40 foot house
will cost anywhere from S1J0 To $3.50
Many houses have been constructed Of
seeond-gfade lumber. farm labor being
been very low. In many instances il
/ has been possible TO remodel an old
/ tenant house, granary. or shed at little
expense 10 make very serYiceahlp
/ storage house.
House Construction.
The supports fpillars) for a house
may be made of brick, cement. or
blocks of wood. and should BE- at least
IS Inches high and - inches in diam.
eter. There should be three rows OF
these supports for Il house over II feet
wide, one rev under each side Of the
/ house and one rev under the middle
i On these supports are placed the SiIls
4 g by 8 incheS1 and across the sIllS are
placed the seepers G. by 10 inehes)
The walls of the house are construct
ed by setting > by 4 or by Studding
on the sills every feet. and at the
/ top of these are spiked The plates q by
4 inches) on the outside of the stud
ding is nailed layer Of rough boards
+ laid diagonally 10 help brace the wall
and over these boards layer Of build
/ ing paper, then the drop siding. Or
+ the inside of the Studding are lalf
i rough boards then layer of bulldinl
! paper, and over this layer Of matched
lumber. The wall constructed in this
manner consists of two alright will,
/ inclosing a dead-air space. This type
i of wall is more satisfactory than q
wall filled with sawduSt or shayings
/ for these materials soon collect mofS
ture and the walls decay
Tho roof Of TN, b,t,I,IIt,rx l..
+ ed in the same manner rs any house
roof, with rafters. rough boards ovel
the rafters, then building paper. anf
+ last the roofing This roofing may b,
sheet iron, roofing paper, or shingles.
The floor of the house Is constructed
/ by laying rough boards across the
sleepers, then layer of building pane,
i Is laid over the rough boards, anf
matched flooring is laid on the build
ing paper. The matched flooring i,
usually laid crosswise of the house.
The ceiling is sometimes made b,
running . by 4 Orders across on Ton
| of the cave plates and on the under
4 side of these building paper aue
matched ceiling lumber are nailed. 4
much better ceiling may be made h,
mailing building paper and matched
ceiling lumber on the underside Of tn,
rafters to about two-thirds of the wo,
TO the ridge Of the house and tbeI
across on by As, as mentioned above
The windows for n storage hons,
/ should be located about > feet from
the floor. and they should omen out
ward. Some of the windows sbonlf
be of glass, so as to allow the entrenc,
of light when needed without openin,
the house. All window openings owe,
those containing glass sash. shonId h,
fitted with well-battened shutters +,
protect the potatoes from cold an,
moisture.
Necessary Ventilation.
1t is essential that house no thor
oughly ventilated when necessary an,
for this purpose ventilators are con
structed in the roof and onening
made in the floor The outlets throne,
the roof may be constructed BY nailin,
two s-inch and two 10-inch boards IA
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