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Tom Wilson admiring his new mule colt, while standing in front of the potato crib that he built from logs, red clay, and pine straw. This provided good insulation to keep the sweet potato harvest at the right temperature to make them last until they could be sold through grocery stores in Natchitoches, Winnfield, Colfax, and Montgomery. The Potato crib is now in a relic museum at Bentley, Louisiana. The potato crates were hand made from scratch by Harry Wilson. Cypress logs were cut in sections, split with a reever to make the boards, and then the boards were nailed together to form a crate.
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