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Show IRRIGATE FOR THE POTATOES One of Important Matters in Growing Spuds Is Water Ground Should Never Be Soggy. Potatoes make their greatest grow th and weight during August and Sep teniluT, The growth up to this time hllP been the development of stenm ntid leaves and the setting of the tubers. tu-bers. The cultivating and riilglno should now he practically completed. The next Important thing Is Irrigation. The evaporation from soils nod plants Is greater than at any other period In the growing season and the tubers requiring more moisture than at any other time. The ground should not be made soggy or water logged nt any one Irrigation, says the Iienver Field niial Farm. Close track should bo kept of the potato fields. The needs should be fully anticipated find the ground should never be allowed to become so dry that a later Irrigation will start new growth and make the potatoes uneven nnd warty. Two light irrigations irriga-tions are better than one exceptionally exception-ally heavy one. If la probable that irrigation ir-rigation of the very late planted fields, ran continue safely until September 1. This gives about six weeks for ripening In dry soil. |