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Show DRY FARM POTATOES Tubers Known to Yield as High as 350 Bushels Per Acre. Method of Prepsrlng Land for Crop Will Vary With Different Kinds ef Soil and Season When Task Is Performed.-, Performed.-, tnr II. F. TATTEItHoN. Montana Afri-cultural Afri-cultural C'ulls.) That potatoes will grow and pn duce a good crop on dry land has been provtd by tests at the different ex-pertinent ex-pertinent stations and by trials made by the farmers. Potatoes upon dry land sod have been known to yield as Mh-as 350 bushels per acre. Not only j do we get a good crop, but the soil Is left In excellent physical condition for j the following crop. i The method of preparing the soli ! for potatoes will, of course, vary with . Ore different kinds of soil and the ' aeason in which the land Is prepared I Some farmers have bad good results ! by plowing and preparing the soil In j the fall. However, good results can be obtained by spring preparation. Ii the latter event the sod should be ! plowed as early in the spring as the weather will permit and tho plow should bo Immediately followed with the dink and roller. This Is for the purpose of packing down and re-establishing caplllury attraction. The water can thus come up from below and aid In decaying the routs and organic or-ganic matter. The depth should not bo less than Ave Inches. If we have our surface soli packed down. It Is oftentimes advisable ad-visable to run over the land with a dlkk harrow and later with a smoothing smooth-ing harrow. The disk harrow tends to break the clods and smooth down the high places. The smoothing harrow har-row uukea the dust mulch and prevents pre-vents the evaporation of the soil moisture. This Is exceedingly valu able In ail parts of the semi arid weal; It not ouly keeps In a good deal of moisture, but also prevents the growth of weeds. Ilaw land that has been plowed In the spring In this manner Is not usually planted to potatoes until un-til the following spring, but the land is summer fallowed during that season. sea-son. This gives sufficient time for the organic matter to decay and also places the soil In good physical condition con-dition for the following crop. The next spring when the ground Is sufficiently dry, It Is re-plowed to a depth of eight or nine Inches, followed fol-lowed Immediately with the disk and the harrow. Not more than half a day should elapse before the plowing plow-ing and the disking or harrowing. If more than thla amount of time passes, the surface will become lumpy and cloddy and as a reault be very dim-Cult dim-Cult to work. v ... There Is another danger that confronts con-fronts the farmer at thla season of the year, and that Is the puddling of the soil. The soil should not be worked when there la a large amount of water in It. As soon as the seed bed is prepared, we are ready to plant out potatoes. The time that the potatoes pota-toes should be placed In the soil will vary with the type of soil and locality. It Is nearly always safe to put the seed In the ground as early aa possible. The method of planting la usually about the same aa that for corn. The aeed Is placed about 20 Inches apart in the row and the rows about three feet six inches apart. It Is covered to a depth of from two and oue-hat( to four Inches. The rows are bar rowed crosswise after planting and this harowlng is kept up for ten or a doxen days or until the potatoes are too large; then the cultivator is used during the remainder of the season. The purpose of this harrowing and cuIUvaUon la to prevent the evaporation evapora-tion of moisture and to destroy the weeds. Borne farmera advocate cultivating culti-vating every ten days or as often ts the condition of the soil permits. In our dry lang region we should eot allow the aurface of the soil to become be-come crusted. Potatoes haudled In this way nearly always produce a favorable fa-vorable crop. However, there may bo a few factors that will interfere with the production of a good crop. In nearly all parts of the west the potato beetle causes a great deal of damage. We n.ed not experience much difficulty with this bug if we follow a rigid process of spraying. The potato can bo sprayed with a solution so-lution of parts green. In the proportion propor-tion of about ono pound of pari green to 60 gallons of water. This wilt treat a large area of the potatoes. In I the application of this solution we should never place It upon the vines . when there la danger of rain, but It should be an lied early In the morning morn-ing of some bright, l ar day. Two or three crnps of potatoes enn be raised upon the same land In succession suc-cession If we ue, care In our method of soil preparation and In our seed selection The prjnclpnl thlr:M to rn member are to have pood rl'an ; and to plant thla need ur n go.iJ Clean well prepared soil |