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Show DRY FARM POTATOES Prof. Jardine Gives Results of Important Experiments. It Is Just Possible to Mske the Fallow Add Something to Your Income, the Agronomist Says Three Crops Make Money. It lsall very well for scientists to study and delve and dig for the ultimate ulti-mate salvation of the farmer In the dry land belt, but first tell him and do It quickly what to grow that will bring In money. The sooner this Is done the SfKner the farmers, constitutionally consti-tutionally skeptical, will respond. "The farmer Isn't concerned about fertility," said Prof. V. M. Jardine In the recent Dry Farming Congress at Colorado Springs. "What he wants Is a living and he wants It now. We must help him get It. Show him how to do something now; tell him bow to feed his family, first, and then he will be In position to take up and study the problems we have discussed. discuss-ed. The thing to do for hi m Is to show him how to store up every drop of moisture to grow crops and produce pro-duce money. We can do that In short order and with few words." Hefore Professor Jardlne'a appointment appoint-ment as head of the agronomy department depart-ment In the Kansas Agricultural college, col-lege, he started exceedingly valuable potato experiments for the United States department of agriculture In the dry lands region. These experiments experi-ments began three or four years ago at three stations In Nerth Dakota, at Akron, Colo., and Nephl, Utah. About 25 varieties of potatoes were used and they were planted In every conceivable conceiv-able way. In three years the returns were from almost noting to 300 bushels bush-els an acre. On five farms the yield averaged 100 bushels, marketable. Here, In brief, are professor Jardlne's uggextlotis: For seed, use selected tubers, hand picked. If not too large plant single tubers having only one br two eyes. If large, cut In halves. Two eyes are better than six In seed potatoes. Plant In rows three feet apart, and SO to 24 Inches In tho rows, four inches deep; aubsolllng U fairly satisfactory. sat-isfactory. I'Be theso varieties: Farly Petosky, Irish Cobbler and Fnrly Ohio. "These varieties are not the largest fielders, I admit," Professor Jardine said, "but they are the earliest and, therefore, the most advisable because the farmer may need the money." "Why should not potatoes be a good crop to grow on fallow land land which, otherwise, would be Idle for the year? That's the question. "Why not plant 60 or 100 acres V Professor Jardine Inquired. "Why not, anyway, bave crops two years In three? Wouldn't many a dry land farmer like to have $100 an acre from bis fallow? Wouldn't be be delighted to get $50? Mind, now, I don't recommend recom-mend you to drop wheat In favor of potatoes, but here Is a scheme that may tide over many families while they are waiting the result of a scientific scien-tific test of systems we advise." Only three crops In the dry lands ire making money. Professor Jardine leclared: Wheat, mllo and fUi. Why iot add another and Increase the In-:ome? In-:ome? The farmer who thinks he w 111 grow rich on one crop Is much nlstaken, he said. Potatoes could be )lanted In the low, waste places where train cannot be sowed. They would jrove to be the farmer's friend. |