Show PLAN FOR SECURING BEST PRODUCING POTATO SEED FOR FOLLOWING SEASON ap 06 az az P V IV 0 V tk 4 jr A wjk 4 4 4 4 T Z r 4 ty auw harvesting potatoes sed seed should be selected from tho the bet best plat plats prepared by I 1 ie te united states depart merit of agriculture Acri culture danat not walt alt until planting time next spring to i our seed potatoes pot pota tois do not even wait until har harneit veit timp little thia this fall begin no now by making a study of the plant plants this Is the plan that should be foll followed b potato gro gr brors ors itra aho nho vho want to have eced seed that will pro duco duce the highest ields potato gro growers should chave a seed plat velch aich may or may not be a part of the m imin tin crop and from the best bet aron ing disease re distant plants in this plat ii which idich produce high telda of marketable potatoes as aeck their seid for the following loa ing year an area of on ont tenth or one fifteenth of the entire acreage mill still usually provide sufficient seed fur the follow ine se kons planting 11 title it Is nn an to the beed seed plat mith selected tho the ork tany bo be bagun during the grow gross ing sen season Roli with any good stock of quality planted in suitable soil roll and i 1 properly cared for the beit ix st portion of the field therefore should IQ be selected belec ted for the seed plat it should be ile veil drained frequently cultivated and thoroughly sprayed inspect seed plat beveral be vertill times during ahr crow ins seaon the seed plat pint should be in inspect hect ed all weak degenerate and djA diseased cased hills and those showing vail etal inix tures should bo be pulled so that only the progeny of healthy hills of the correct variety will viii rentals at liar harvest est lime time plants show shoil ing ng etem stout rot cither either lit tit or alln the surface of ho the coil plants de des eloping any type of abnormal rolling of the tile laica toso tose with alt tied or crin kittl leases leaves and any plants that are blunted stunted ue weakened likened or that make unthrifty grov growth itil should bo be discarded it if practicable it ts Is best to dip dig the seed i at tit liy fly hand care being taken to el binate nil all to low 3 lelden hills and those producing nn an undue proportion ot of email small L I 1 or unshapely tubers in inet nold rold cutting cuttin bruising or other incurs einie the tile Nita vitality lity of dam wd tubers is gather and noro the seed potatoes in slat crates I 1 lace them hs eoon soon 01 fossit lo 10 after in a cool reasonably anoia storage house did with mith good cn en ti lation and at a temperature of SO to 40 degrees r wark stock over carefully before the next bluie the stock should 1 be e carefully worked over to nil nit badly cut or bruised til tu beis bets and those shou hol ing nR sarious cab scab or lilack black scurf and unit decay of any kind tu bars badly oft off typo should niso also bi bo die dig carded ns as any abnor mil mit m it discoloration of flesh chich can to seen of course only at the timo time of cutting it if scab or black scurf li in i present in any degree it la Is advisable to treat trent tho tile seed by coi cohering ering tor for 10 minutes tn in a solution containing four ounces cf of cor rosho sublimate to CO 30 i gallons of water |