Show STUDENT LIFE PAGE SIX “HOW I MADE MV CROP” Dalton— Winner Potato Contest Howard Uy in In the early spring of 1914 I bought my seed potatoes at Iiurley Idaho liural Idaho purchased the They potatoes I selected seed therefore I was very care-lin preparing the seed for I was anxious that planting every seed piece had one or two treatperfect eyes on it I then formaldeed the seed with a hyde solution (one point to 30 This treatgallons of water) ment consisted in soaking the seed (before cutting) for two hours in the prescribed solution The purpose of the treatment was to kill any scab germs appearing on the surface of the were not especially ul potatoes Other than this there was no treatment given From March 20 to March 30 I prepared my land I covered the ground with barn-yar- d manure using 8 tons of wet manure to the half acre I plowed the land 12 inches deep using four horses Tor the work I immediately followed the plow with a spring tooth harrow I harrowed it three different times I did the plowing in the forenoon and followed with the harrow in the afternoon I did this to conserve the moisture and mellow the soil After harrowing I pulverized the clods by dragging up the soil with a square framed timber I tried in every way to be particular about every phase of cultivation as I figured that the secret of my success was good cultivation Five days later on April 5 I again went over the land with harrow The following week J again went over it with a spill tooth harrow which kept the soil moist and mellow Just before planting I went over it again with a square timber in order to make it perfectly level On April 18 I planted the seed in plowed furrows 4 inches deep and the a spring tooth Who’s Your Tailor The College Tailor 30 West 1st North If you buy your Furniture Carpels And Rugs al Spande Furniture Co It’s sure to be right Special inducements to Students rows 30 inches apart the seed being dropped about 12 inches apart in the rows The seed was then covered about 4 inches deep with a small hand plow As soon as the little plants appeared above the ground I began my work on the field I at (nce freed the field of weeds harby giving it a thorough rowing with a spiked tooth hairow This I did May 5 and repeated the same treatment on On May 2G I used the May 12 hand cultivator drawn by one horse giving them a thorough cultivation with this implement after which I cultivated them once with the hand hoe cleaning out all of the weeds During all the time I was working in my potatoes I watched their growth very carefully as I was warned about the appearance of plant diseases and insect enemies which might appear to injure the plants Fortunately as far as I was able to detect neither plant diseases nor insect enemies appeared as the growing plants had such a strong thrifty appearance Up to June 15 the plants had grown rapidly and gave a strong vigorous appearance Soon after this date they began to blossom and on June 25 I gave them the first application r Bring Up Your KODAK FILMS To Develop and Print EXPiRFsERVICE PROMPT DELIVERY Cardon Jewelry Company V When you think Cleanliness Think AMERICAN STEAM LAUNDRY “Where only the best is good enough” Launderers and Dry Cleaners Suits Dry Cleaned and Steam Pressed ?150 Join our Suit Pressing Club We are here to serve you Command us 46 E Center Phone 438 Logan Utah attention Given to the Scientific Fitting of Glasses Frank O Reynolds M D Special irrigation water I irrigated them on July 5 and again on of July 20 The crop was matured with but these three applications of water After the second irrigation the vines were so large that I could not work in them without destroying them The operations practiceased from this time on cally until the tubers were ripe and ready for digging I sent a selected 50 lbs to the State Fair which was held at Salt Lake for which I City October received honorable mention by the judges On October 13 14 and 15 I harvested the crop and the potatoes were weighed and sold right from the field I found on a careful checking of the weights that my half acre had produced 3G0 bushels of marketable potatoes the equivalent of 720 bushels per acre The following table will give the itemized cost of production with the net profits per half acre Value of manure $200 3-- 400 Plowing 100 150 100 : Harrowing six limes Leveling Cost of seed — 150 lbs Planting seed -- Cultivating two times Irrigating three times Harvesting Kent on land Office Hours: 9 OFFICE IN AHIMO BLOCK to 12 a mf 2 to G p m The Right Goods The Right Prices j Fonnesbeck Knitting Works ARIMO BLOCK - 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