Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-12-09 | Page 4 | New Potato Culture

NEW POTATO CULTURE. Out of the war some good is being derived. Thrift has spread and discov- cries, forced by war's necessity, have been made. " Over in England, where hunger was threatening while the submarines lurlced in British waters, waiting for cargo ladened ships, a farmer decided that ,more potatoes might be grown' on his farm if he picked the potatoes without killiug the' plant. When the potato plants had. grown to a fair extent ex-tent the largest tubers that could be discovered wero grubbed up. These were located and taken with as little injury to the roots and shoots as possible. pos-sible. A second gathering of tubers was made after about another month. It was noticed that, after tho tubers had been picked, the plants started to grow with a renewed vigor. By this method a greatly .increased yield was obtained.