Show I 1 POTATO SHU SHUI I D tius TREATMENT the potato planting season Is it a hand anti and overy every pro precaution caution should be taken la R insure a rood good yield and a profitable crop good teed woh wei 1 treated Is one a 0 tho prerequisites of a good yield select the best seed you yot can an get bet and then give it a chance by giving it the proper treatment tor for potato crop yields can 0 fitwi bo be doubled or trebled by a lit alo care in ased and treat areata 1 rw 1 apis W fe As a general rule potatoes hal were planted lato late in tho the year before and failed to get thoroughly ripe lipe malco tile the best beat seed tubers that ripon and lay in the hot soil roil tor for a few feir weeks or a monh before harvest loso lose antich of their vitality and are more mere mikaly to become disease in fcc tedi holice hence they are not conducive to a strong vigorous plant weak plants are arc much more easily overcome by disease than the stronger ones surface diseases of tho the potato can easily to be controlled controlled by the corro emki abIli nate treatment u which ts as tal low howg 3 four ounces of the sublimate powder ta Is dissolved lu iu thirty gallons of water before beng cut into sets tile tho potatoes should be soaked for 1 12 1 2 hours in the zo so lut on lon the solution becomes weaker luring during tr treatment by part of tho the sub aub inmates mates Il llma taa uniting with the protein of tho the potato after pounds of potatoes have been treated in the solution another ounce of tho the sublimate should aiyu dissolved and added to the solution and enough water added to mako it up tip to the original 30 gallons this will bring it to tile the orI origins gInas strength and capable of at trea treating another pounds pound of potatoes it more are to be treated the process should bo be repeated do not dip in the solution caution corrosive Corro alvo sublimate id deadly poison to man and beast anti ana potatoes so treated cannot be used for anything but seed purposes corrosive sub sublimate limato corrodes corrode metal benco wooden vessels such as barcelo barrela should be used for treating the seed |