Now when the potatoes need stirring—which they do once in a few weeks, and oftener towards spring—all that it is necessary to do is to raise the door, and take a bushel-basketful out from the bottom and put it upon the top. Thus every potato in the whole bin is turned, and its relations to air and moisture more or less varied—at least, enough to stop or greatly interfere with the first beginnings of sprouting.

When necessary, the whole stock may be conveniently "overhauled" and picked over, one set of bins at a time. In such bins different sorts are conveniently separated and kept distinct, and any kind or all are accessible at any time, and whenever bins are emptied they may be removed and space gained for other things. Smaller bins for the same purpose hold about one barrel each.

Editor's Note: This is a reprint of an article published in 1879. It describes what was recommended in accordance with the knowledge and practices of the day. While reading it, please consider this fact.