Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-21
ed Immediately after the plants are

red Immediately after the plants are
set.
Frequent shallow cultivation should
be practiced until the vines have COW
cred the ground. The Orangeburg
sweep or the heel bow and shovel Is
very effective in cultivating this crop.
Harvesting and Grading.
Harvesting should be before frost to
insure successful storage and should
be done with implements giving the
least number of cuts and bruises. Po-
tatoes should be handled not careless
ly' or roughly, but as eggs. One should
not harvest more potatoes than can be
stored on the same day.
Grading.-Field grading into stand
ard grades is absolutely essential. No.
! is and 2's should be placed in seUa-
rate crates in the field, and the differ
ent grades should be segregated in
storage house section or room If nee
essary to store in the same compart-
ment, so that one grade will not be
disturbed when the other is removed
for market. Potatoes should be stored
and cured III crates in which they will
| be marketed later, and tops of all
crates left off until ready for shipment.
Storage House.
The committee recommends the gov
ernment standard type house designed
for crate storage Qualifications Of
this type may or may not be success
fuD.
Farm Storage-The farm storage
house $500 to 1000 bushels capacity
has distinct place in the development
of the sweet potato industry in taking
care OF the farm supply of sweet pota-
toes.
Commercial Houses.-These houses
exceeding 1000 bushcl capacity and
| limited by present needs to $4,000
| bushels must be located on railway
side-track and on we'll drained land.
Large commercial houses should be
built in $500 to 5000 bushel units or
! rooms. Storage houses may be built
with oversize doors in order to permit
of their use for the storage Of such
crops as hay, grain. tobacco and cot
ton.
Crates.
| The standard veneer crate twelve by
| twelve by eighteen and three quarter
inches inside measurements has been
adopted by the South Carolina Sweet
Potato association.
Marketing.
The committee feels that best re-
suits will be obtained if the local house
manager controls the marketing Of all
potatoes stored in commercial house
for sale. The South Carolina Sweet
! Potato association is recommended 10
the local storage house manager as the
agency through which to sell. 1t is
recommended that the South Carolina
Sweet Potato association deal directly
with the managers Of the several stor-
age houses and that the managers Of
the individual houses deal directly un-
der contract with the growers.
Sweet potato storage is no longer an
experiment. but a decided success. 1t
not only saves most of the potatoes
prOcesscd, but improves their eating
quality. After removal from the stor-
age house these potatoes can be trans
ported in good condition for long dis
! tances, if necessary. Experimental
shipments have been made 10 London
England, and to Honolulu, Hawaiian
Islands.
: Green Potatoes.
Where climate and soil condition:
warrant, there is an opportunity Il
S grow early sweet potatoes for ship
ment green IN July and up to August
, 10. But ii must be remembered that q
large volume Of carly sweet potatoes i.
| shipped from North Carolina and Nir-
= ginia, commencing about the first o
? August, and that on shipments 10 The
> eastern markets South Carolina vii
| have to compete with the above men,
'i'Ii'u H''l'''i" ~ august NHIl'lli'!'tS'
The minority uf markets. prefer Il
= buy green sweet potatoes backed il
l. standard barrels. The other contain
ers are the bushcl hamper ANA TIL
STANDARD crate.
f a minimum car is considered to ~
= around 500 bushels Or $50 barrels Th'
s shipper should be certain that he ha
= a carload of potatoes before attempt