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Show Potato Steel Bed Needs Careful 4 Preparation METHOD OF SEED SELECTION IS GIVEN IV KXPERT Great cara should bo exercised In liroparlng tho seed bed before planting plant-ing potatoes, Is the opinion of Professor Pro-fessor Ocorge Stewart, assistant professor pro-fessor of agronomy, Utah Agrlcultur-College. Agrlcultur-College. Tho land should bo plowed In the fall or If this Is posslblo as early In the spring as the typo of soil will nHow. After plowing tho land should bo harrpwed thoroughly. Go over It until all weeds aro killed. Mnko tho seed bed as level, firm and smooth as posslblo, even if tho wprlc takes n, llttlo extra time. It will pay In tho long tun. Next select tho seed potatoes. Small or shriveled tubers should never nev-er be planted. Chboso only medium sized or large potatoes with a smooth healthy surface and of, good shape. The Beed potatoes should be chemi-cally chemi-cally treated wtu cither fqrmalln or mercury bichloride. If you uso for-malln, for-malln, add ono vU of It in thirty gallons of water. 1'ut tho liquid In a largo barrel and dump tho potatoes out of tho 'sack Into the barrel. Lot them stand In the wnter for two hpurs. This will ,nnsuro you n healthy heal-thy harvest. When you cut tho potatoes foi plantng take care that you uso iu diseased ones. You can determine tho stato of health of your seed bj cutting a small piece fiom tho sleir end. It much 'blown or Mac kshowB throw the entlro potato In a pile we! soparated from the healthy ones. At ter finishing cutting, bury tho dls cased seed because plant dlsoasoi spread almost as fast as human con tagloua diseases do. If care I taken In tho preparlnt of tho land and tho treating tho seed potatoes large returns nipy bo coafl dontly looked fprwaid to. |