[AT] digging potatoes

[jtchall at nc.rr.com]

Glad to know what the straw was used for!

My uncle grew some sweet potatoes  one year, I think just to see what would 
happen. He cured them in one of the tobacco bulk barns, don't know if he put 
any heat on them or just ran the fan a few days. Nobody around here grows 
them, I guess the red clay here doesn't do so hot with them.

John Hall


-----Original Message----- 
From: David Bruce
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 5:23 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] digging potatoes

My paternal grandfather has a darkened room in the tobacco packhouse
that was the storage spot.  The use of straw was to insulate the
potatoes from winter freezes.  Often as we were preparing to store the
current year's potatoes there would still be some store potatoes
remaining from the previous season.  Even after that length of storage
they were in decent shape.


David
NW NC