Show I Many Farmers Overlook Potato Patch in Spring Many farmers forget their potato patch until the weeds force them to give the crop a thorough working with the ordinary cultivators By this time the weeds have haye secured such a foothold that they will be a trouble throughout the season and If there have been rains the soil has become hard Ilard and crusted To prevent this and to start the young plants off right our best growers are cultivating their potatoes immediately after atter the field Is planted with an nn ordinary weeder or a spike- spike tooth harrow with the teeth Inclined backward so as ns to prevent dragging out of ot the tho seed pieces and later the young plants This practice Is usually followed until the rows can be plainly seen across the field when the only deep close cultivation Is given |