Show OT seed potatoes like table stock should be stored as cold as possible without frost light injures tho the flavor of table potatoes which should be kept in the absolute dark it Is s not necessary to clean garden be seed ed so ao thoroughly as the seed purchased c it if it Is to be sown by hand good results may be secured from so sod d ground around by plowing jn in the fall and in the spring sowing or drilling to pens peas lly combining fruit growing with market gardening for a few years one c can an get started in the business on a very small capital the first step better seed corn for next year must be taken in the fall by selecting the seed ears from franx the stalks in tho the field A large service rendered by birds Is tho the destruction of various rodent pests peals such as gophers mice inice and rabbits work such havoc to trees and crops when they become numerous ertain ert aln birds serve as scavengers consuming decaying matter hint otherwise might become a source of polli pollution pol litton tion of our air streams and water supplies thus endangering health large sweet potato growers have especially constructed houses supplied with furnace heat to store the crop the latter part of winter la is tile the best beat time to market tho the crap crop as prices a are re then up the potatoes hould be plowed out as soon as aa the tops are yellow li it left lef t in the ground too late in the fall the pta potatoes toes will make a second growth which will injure their food and marret market value the potatoes should be dry and fret free of earth the potato ground should bo be drilled to wheat and seeded to tc grasic if the potatoes havo have been well fertilized and jooa good culture given nc fertilizer will be ba iee fled for the 41 1 f W t ts |