Show potatoes i every 60 das I 1 rom the I 1 tilled kllc I 1 tit iti mer A montana man claims to have discovered a method by which lie can grow potatoes pota pot tois atoLs aid without even planting them lii in the earth ills name is W D darst and hit chicago address is cottage grove avenue mr adaist has spent the last six eix years in that state perfecting his process it is only this spring that the discovery is 13 sufficiently perfected to be offered to the public to fo grow potatoes just four things are essential he declares warmth air nourishment and moisture if these are supplied in the right pio portion potatoes will grow in the ground on the housetop or in a bin lor bor convenience and economy he prefers the bin A valley farmer representative witnessed last week the planting of a crop in a bin 6 by 10 feet and 6 5 feet high which lie he claims in 60 to 80 days daya will produce a crop of 25 to 30 bucsela of f high grade potatoes the basis of this discovery is 13 the nourishment or fertilizer which mr darst has named pot atine its composition om position is known only to himself and is covered by patents now pending to plant a crop the first essential is a bin of almost any size or shape with slats far enough apart to admit air A quantity of bedding is then saturated with pot atine and the planting begins A layer of bedding is placed on the bottom of the bin and then the seed potatoes placed 0 on it about a foot apart then another layer lacer and more potatoes until the bir bin is three fourths full and there is practically nothing more to do till harvest time in GO 60 days the bedding is removed with the crop of potatoes and is used at once to plant another crop the valley farmer man was shown potatoes that had been planted several days but on account of the cold weather had only started to grow they looked very much like the ordinary potato of a few days planting except there were or no vines there were numberless little feelers or tiny roots to take in the moisture and longer stems on which small potatoes were forming the rho largest potato was perhaps the size ize of an english walnut if the method proves as practical as it now low promises its benefits are almost beyond compute As many potatoes can be grown on one acre of land as now grow on 20 acres of the richest soil the pot atine does not ot cost to exited 2 cents cpr bushel and the bins may be made of the cheapest grade of timber |