Show 1 y r r rA I AHO FARMERS FARMERS' Iy W v Y POTATOES SHOW SHOWE i E GREAT INCREASE t r Gross s Gain of Acre Reported R Re ported b by r Some SonIC Agri- Agri Agriculturists c culturists Sp Special Sp Boise Dolse Ida Sops Sept L' L 6 n. n Bennett Dennett a division extension Afield horticulturist university Y of or Idaho reports that Bomo somo farmers in Idaho are aro now harvesting i that Is making them a aX ah I fl n potato Uto crop X h gross Increase of ot more than an OO acro sacks an nn and acre soiling around 2 a hundred pounds Th These so men havo o neighbors who aro arc farm farming ng V 1 equally good land and nud aro are harvesting har v potatoes an acre and a n. ati sacks of or ti much larger proportion of or the tho latter k vi yield Is la grading No o. o 2 3 or culls r What hat and wh why the difference From the thc standpoint of or profit the first class profit of net receiving recel I v. v of men arc a u. u ih Jr land of from 00 OO to 2 O a an acre return The low yield land Is giving ft n. t or that hardly moro more than P pays pars the cost jot of a prod productions production liT 3 g TI Affect Affect- rr ct Production X- X The he cause causo of this d difference In pr production pro Po- Is In most cases one or more i pf f f rot t three factors actors I. I c. c soil preparation cultural methods and seed The greatest of or Is seed A good tood crop cannot be gro grown n from Crom poor i- i t seed The difficult part of ot tho the work worle and secure good seed The Thc is to know kilo appearance of or potatoes at planting i time time docs does not necessarily determine their value as seed Small potatoes ma bo be good seed iced and largo potatoes nay nay may be poor seed aced Tho The test of or good ced Is IR Its ability to reproduce a l good bood gooda a product and that abundantly Th The or medium sized potatoes from Crom good healthy productive plants or tho the potatoes from healthy plants that are small because c of or Insufficient plant food moisture or short growing season as ns a general rule have havo better reproductive powers than oversized potatoes Ci of or Seed Potatoes Good od commercial seed potatoes will t who bo t e more than usually scarce this com com- coming ing season HeRson owing to the excessive e drought ht that has prevailed pre over tho northwest potato growing districts If It av for tor next seasons season's planting Is to be purchased It had best bo be secured this thle fall so that the planter mil may see that tit I lt Is properly cared for Cor luring during the win win- tor l If home grown seed Is to be used It should be sel selected this fall prefer prefer- af bly before the crop I Is fa dug duS- J if hand selecting seed fo for the tho next next's s 's Reasons seasons planting is Impracticable cable because bo- bo cause of the excessive he labor a fow ow sacks sacks acks nt least should hould be he selected from thc most moH productive Yc health healthy hills so Cas to lia have c good seed with which to plant a a. seed plot next tar jar ir 1 sense Affect Plants Plant r Stem and tuber diseases arc are coming comingo Co lu o bo ho moro more and moro more common in tho the potato fields aho Wo We 0 have ha seen ninny An badly diseased fields this season on f rend nd some seine that were almost entirely r fr from rein nil all disease The rho only way a w to prevent pre the occurrence of or these dis cases eases Is to plant disease free treo seed rho Tho only way to get disease free seed Is Js to take It from disease freo free plants It cannot be bo selected from the bins Where whore disease Is present Tho The time will soon bo be here when this work worle of or Improving in the potato crop must bo be done If Ir at t all this year ear A ALow Low fow 0 hours' hours work worle In most fields will make maleo possible tho the perfect stand stanl of ot high producing plants next year ear Without Without Without With With- out the good s seed the unprofitable crop will result next season as asit it has pas this year car |