Show BEST SOIL FOR GROWING CROWING TUBERS Sandy or Gravelly Loams Are Best Adapted for Success With Potatoes PLANT FOOD IS IMPORTANT T Never Advisable to Turn Turn Up More Than One Inch of Raw Subsoil at atOne atOne atOne One Plowing plowing Land Land Should Be Pulverized I I Prepared b by the tho United States Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of or Agriculture The t types pes of ot loll soll in fn which the potato potato po po- po- po tato plant thrives best nr are are those designated I mired as us sand sandy saudy or gravelly gl loam soils i It may be grown with a n fair Call degree of I success ss on un any t typo type p of soil boil soli except I loose sand and a heavy heny stIck sticky clay day soil soI drained I provided pro the lan lard is well and contains the necessary plant food Successful potato production Is dep dependent de der p pendent to a large extent on the thoroughness thor thor- thoroughness thor thor- I with which the laud lam is prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared before planting the crop Where u a horse can be used the land hind should be plowed from S to tot to 10 inches deep provided pro the surface soil soli Is of n a suf- suf d depth to permit it It Is never ne advisable nd to turn up more than one Inch of raw subsoil oll at any anyone one plowIng plowIng plowing plow- plow Ing so if previous pre have not been over o 0 Inches s the maximum depth at which It should be plowed is 7 inches Thoroughly Pulverized Whether the land lund is plowed or spaded it should hould be thoroughly pulverized pulverized pul pul- d immediacy afterwards It Is Isn Isn isa n n a bad practice to to allow the freshly turned soil to bake In the sun and wind and thereby become cloddy Where horse lorse labor can cnn be used the theland theland theland land after plowing should be thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- disked first then spring spring- toothed toothed and finally finished with a smoothing harrow Where land must be prepared by hand It Is good practice practice practice tice to pulverize the soil as ns much us lS possible when spading it up after which It can be put in a fine condition of mellowness with a n steel garden rake The importance of thoroughly fining th the soil cannot be he L A Good Example of Digging Potatoes In Old Way sized for It Increases the tIlE water water- a ter- ter holding capacity of the soil renders more ore plant food available a and reduces the number of weeds When to Plant Potatoes The The date of planting necessarily must be governed go by hy climatic condi condi- In attempting to produce as ns early n a crop as ns possible some risk must aw always be incurred of the plants being Injured b by late spring frosts As a general proposition it is best to plant potatoes as ns soon as ns there is Uttie little little lit Ut- tle tie likelihood of ot killing frosts of after tel the plants are up an nn the ground Is in condition to work Depth to Plant 1 Plant the small eye cuttings from 1 1 to 3 Inches deep depending upon the character of the soil the soil the lighter the soil the greater the depth of plant plant- lug ing Larger sets may Day be planted 1 9 I Inches deep Spacing I If an early arlet variety Is planted pante anc and the work is to be done b by hand han the rows ma may be space spaced as close as 20 O Inches whereas If cultivation is to be bedone bedone bedone done with a n horse 30 to 31 3 Inches usually is allowed In order to girt gin the gardener some idea of the num number her ber of ot sets required to plant n a plot of 01 ground 50 fiO by feet at different the following table Is sub suh If n a late ate variety Is planted the spacing ing lag should be greater say 34 31 t to 30 Inches between the rows and 12 to 13 inches between the plants In the row |