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Show H Answer by Prof. J. C. Hogenson. H The most profitable way to feed po- I tatocs to hogs is to cook them and food with grain. Potatoes may be prevented from running out by keeping up the fertility fer-tility of the land by applications of manure and proper tillage, by keep ing the seed free from disease, and by proper selection of seed. In nature, the old saying is usually true, "Like produces like" if therefore you plant small, knotty inferior potatoes, the hereditary power within that seed will very likely produce like potatoes. Good shaped, average sized potatoes should be planted if you wish to produce pro-duce a good crop. It is not necessary neces-sary to plant the whole potato, it may be cut into pieces each having two or more eyes. Seed potatoes, ought to be selected at harvest time from the hills that have born the. highest percentage of good sized and shaped potatoes. The article on alfalfa for horses, while not intended for this particular section of the country, is not sufficient without grain. o |