Show HARD TO IRRIGATE POTATOES Farmer Should Hesitate Before Entering En E Upon Business on Largo Large Sc Scale le Without Experience Incidentally pO potatoes are as difficult a crop to raise by Irrigation as there is and a man who Is considering going going go go- ing into It on an nn extensive scale should consider very very carefully the the risk that he ho is 18 running if he has not had bad previous experience with the particular partIcular particular part part- crop Second gr growth renders potatoes and at best th the price received Is Is' so BO variable from year to year that It is much of a gambling proposition ev even m with an experienced grower rower who only exp expects I Ito to make n a profit by sticking to It i year In and year out taking the years year I of high prices with the years of low lowe low prices I A 4 potato plant feeds from the roots and the tubers grow with nourishment secured from the roots and do not grow independently that Is to say the potato itself does not take any nourishment from the soil solI but secures so- so cures its nourishment from the root How Important this fact Is will appear appear appear ap ap- ap- ap pear If It you go Into potato growing when you become worried worded perhaps as to whether whether or not you tire are re g getting a second growth on your potatoes b because because be be- cause this fact has an immediate bearIng bearing bear bear- bearing ing on what causes this this' second growth Many growers would tell you that second growth Is caused by too much water but I am firmly convinced ed that It It is caused by too l little water and when the ground becomes dry the growth of the plant Is la suspended and the tuber ceases its process of continuous growth In every direction and the starting or fixing process begins begins begins be be- gins In the tuber preparatory to ma ma- turing If the ground ever dries out sufficiently to stop the continuous growth of the plant It begins to ma ma- ture When a subsequent irrigation comes there Is a stimulation to start the plant growing again and since It has begun to mature the tuber cannot cannot can can- not continue growing In every direction direction tion but starts to grow out of one or of more eyes and forms new potatoes which are attached to the main maln po po- po- po tato tate |