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Show POTATOES WITHOUT VINES Tubers Caused to Multiply Through the Use of Sawdust nnd Chemicals. Blilorn, la. A vinclcss potato Is one of tho coming marvels in vegetable raising, If tho experiments of John' Van iSyl, n prominent Muscutluo. gardener prove successful. It tho plan does worl out ns anticipated, tho householdct with a half-bushel of snwdust, a dash of chemical solution and IS potatoes rarefnlly enveloped with the sawdust will bo enabled to grow bushels of line tubers Inside of 01) days. It Is claimed that by employing sawdust, saw-dust, peat, straw or any other earth product that would permit of the dp ctiiatlon of air, moisture and heat, nnd tho application of solutions of varloui s-alts, a slnglo potato will multiply It-Hell" It-Hell" by attaching to Ithelf from U to l(i other potatoes of approxlmntelj tho samo dimensions, without throwing any or tho energy nbovo ground. Arranged In rows of six Inches above each other, with nn allownnco of one cubic foot of snwdust to tho seedling, the rapidity the growth and the proportions that the potatoes may nt-tnln nt-tnln has been demonstrated by showing show-ing that' within ill) days 1.1 potatoei have produced a bushel. |