Fillmore Progress | 1918-03-22 | Page 7 | Keep up Big Potato Crop Advise U. S. Specialists

KEEP UP BIG POTATO CROP ADVISE U S SPECIAL specialists I 1 the normal acreage of irish find sweet potatoes should lie be III it Intal in 1918 withstand gnp I 1 aig the large crops in 1617 the decarl ent ot of agriculture believes tills this Is especially true in leav view of tho the necessity of re lousing leasing more wheat for export potatoes both irish and sweet tire tile most popular and most generally used of tile perishable stable crops the department through its extension and publication activities la is encouraging their krater greater use especially the use of tile the irish potato as a partial bial substitute for wheat lu in bread making malting the yield per acre can be made more certain by greater attention to the selection of ills dis ease case free potatoes of good varieties by treatment of seed potatoes immediately before planting and by the use of sprays to prevent loss from blight