OPEN-AIR STORAGE OF SEED POTATOES.
Two methods of storing seed potatoes are practised at Moumahaki. One is to store the seed in sprouting-boxes placed in a well-ventilated shed the other is to spread the potatoes on wire netting ’ raised on frames about 3 ft. from the ground, without
any : covering except that afforded ■by • pine-trees growing overhead, as shown in the accompanying photograph. During the - past season better results have been obtained from seed stored under the pine-trees than from seed kept unde cover during the winter. Of course, the former method is. suitable only in a mild climate.— T. W. Lonsdale, Manager, Moumqhaki Experimental Farm.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XIII, Issue 1, 20 July 1916, Page 51
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