Show HOW TO SELECT CT SEED POTATOES POTATOE rin washington D C april 4 tho the problem ot oe curing healthy seed vo potatoes is one of great importance in atie irrigated arri abed west potato growers of ueail utah and idaho are warned by specialists of the united states department part ment of agriculture that potatoes grown in the east or in foreign countries are no healthier than those grown on their own irrigated tracts and that there is always the danger of introducing new ne di diseases ceases by plant ing imported seed potatoes seed potatoes should be grown at home in a specially selected seed plot land which has never been planted to potatoes but which has for several ears been under cultivation alfalfa or grain is apparently best adapted for growing healthy seed potatoes raw desert und land should be avoided as ac it is not well adapted to potato gi owing until it bis lias list been in cultivation n with other crops especially leguminous chops ci aps ops ind gr the seed selected for such a sod sed plot should be wholly atee ft from front dibease disease this cm cin be accomplished complis hed in the following ro annei select from oui out seed potatoes tubers which show no external ext einal belld nee of dibease such as russet russ t or I 1 toma tonia scab common scab slab or deca becis tubers hiving small pockets of storage dr dra rut rot kiy in ty be used provided the decided portion is cut out no trice of the decay should rem dai tubers exter willy free from evidence of disease should hen then be cut into seed pieces the first cut should be mule mide across the stem end the stem alent end portion should alwis s be discarded if it there is any deep dis coloration coloia tion at it the stem end the entire tubel should be but if apparently h iltha the rest in kiy ay iy bo be cut into sred seed sr ed pieces of the desired size after cutting the selected seed stock should be treated by soak boak in ing for two hours in a solution of corrosive sublimate subh mite the formula for biking the corio corrosive sive subh mite ite dip fori ii 13 as follows to tach t 30 gillons f 1 water add 4 ounces of sub alm ilm amite ite which bs hist been dissolved in i little hotA hot water ater in and using the solution only wooden glass or porcelain vessels should be employed corrosive sublimate is a deadly poison and both the solution ind the tile potatoes treated should be kept out of reach react of farm sk stocks the tile seed plot should be given the best possible a care as potatoes poor ly cared for at aie e app apparently arenfly more sus cep tible to ks than those which arc are given the best opportunity to grow aid jed mature potatoes sk alec lec ted and painted in this manner should give a product comper actively tree free from disease though it must be ad emitted that the plan planting of disease f ice seed on new land is not a guarantee of a disease free product A diseased product will mean that the he land is infected and that other lai lat d should be ased for the seed plot nr other year |