Show grow ang see potatoes e s by lowery nelsan in the utah farmer aa few w week ngo ago I 1 stood in the largest of sew seed potatoes pot alcea ever gron in plute ty the an ea ace e of that statement nt joernot con elst in n th ahr t fact that h it la a very large patch i alth although althous li it t ait 40 6 in rather tn in the fact that its it is ft a patch pach of oraeed seed potatoes pota tufu and that consequently ll it repe represents ta tie e beg beginning ining of the establishment of a new industry indu in scion 0 in a I 1 had same thing thin tb say about the ibe advisability into question aur our cropping systems from time to time to determine whether or not they are the best beat possible sy systems sterns coir our respective spec tive localities just because our fathers began to grow alfalfa wheat and ata Is a not sufficient reason why we ve should continue to grow those crops to tife the end of 0 time lime in fact I 1 these thes eold old crops are in importance in it many the cat trop airdo for far instance meance is no longer a good commercial crop the job of feeding old Dc dobbin libin who has undoubtedly consumed most of the oat crop in the past is shrinking in importance a from year to year sea 4 4 A report just issued from the department of agriculture state acres lealand lets land were needed to feed the horse population opu latIon of the notion nation in imotha 1925 than were needed in in 1920 0 oving t tea 0 a decre decrease aae ohof of to 6 per iker cent in the horses and nd mules during that period this is mentioned merely to s low that the for crops v viruth tr w th ahe asti ing limtt enuf we rol i lo 10 he wa falica vs L ul its i as aether t i appearances thug is plate andar fied chui coui counties t I 1 s county agent aftan P has glimpsed Klimp sed a new world of ty for tusa farmers t nd na ii gradually transforming forming their cropping em an fn m hay and grain exclusively ts osone one which includes a cash crop and that crop alvi i seed potatoes beit ce it Is inot not to b bi supposed pOsed that every one will cetie cerie gr wing hay ard grain in the very nature efthia of this country there must abw always ays be livestock and they will wil le be needed to fet feid in the winter later A but there here will be noma bom farmers with wilh the ability who will broww grow few teres pach each 0 seed potatoes as aa they grow I 1 teta te aas ta and chi baini ill ff cl oops aps ops in other sections end and okho ho will irta lize immediate cash for their crop in the fall id i pot bet 6 is w a K section c tion to mr mckay rt 1 1 situated for the growing of feed eed pot potatoes aties hero here is is a fine sana sandy T lod of great dopf with an af lequet supply of irrigation water I 1 chis his soil is un c with potato ottto di divisser vesser since it has never been used for the I 1 production of if more the very isolation ot the region makes it possible 0 o ket p the le soil clean once they get to the growing of 0 the their ir own v ertag seed need to taie tace mr mckay s word for it ali hough he la Is very modest about it all the san e day any there wera in thia held field two northern growers of early potatoes wh were investigating the prospects pe ts of securing home groan seed oneff mv mr george stratford of f weber county had tried vo rome me of uil thid se 1 last lait year alongside alongi idd some seed ked from Alinne minnesota sots and the yield of the utah seed far out did that of the foreign i seid The other grower was bingham of honey county who is probably the largest gr grower bower of early potatoes in the state of auh he grows annually fraro CO acres es of uta 3 both of chesl men were very favorably imp mpr td with the appearance barance c of therece fields thia beer u t e ell bounly they the presence of some dise disease in the plata but mr mckay assured them that all atch such wi would d bo be roped out be fore the harvest har verL incidentally the owner of the 40 acre field of sp was david 0 erkay of the council of he twelve of the church of jesus christ of lot lafit ter day SAIntS Mr mckoy mckay has some boys who wanted occupation for the nummer so ao through the agency of hi hio brother morgan he rented this plot of ground and piti planted nied it to seed potatoes tilo Too Ausy to spend much ame t me on it himself that t seemed good to ce afe t back again to first principle princia 16 and try out the me knowledge of 0 irrigating farming farmin ff which he learned is as a boy r t the parental form farm in huntsville the boys boye have looked after the farm so BO well that it is IB probable that they will be rewarded with rith a bold of about buchels buchele to the acre I 1 bear in n mind that this thia is seed which means that it keeto the requirements of the state de agriculture as ae regard freedom from disease trueness tru enesa to type etc this require constant coritta cont tant rt v vigilance ig ilance for there are numerous nume roua d senses which attack the potato there is fus arlum wilt black leg scab acab leaf roll mosaic and many others the rhe grower must be on the for the appearance 0 of f these fops foes and the vines and tubers attacked must be pulled out and removed from the field fied this results in a conslo bablo amount of hard haid labor ati am s the east of growing ers to pet get theft seika n i free front f 10 m these 1 d I sevren 8 3 that in possible mr mckay sant a 8 I 1 viat dat vey ey hopp hope to get their tow d 40 aaion stock for the breedis bree dih pan P an a through the medium of tuber ober in da eyer ever heard of it dr B L richards Richarda of the utah experiment C tio is it likely loo k ing can did ates atea for the purpose are lined up and queE ond on d in abb r it linn ng aage regarding beardm rear dm weir bad habit if they ate are rolton nt at the core fir are e cast out to be trodden under root foot of man if they show cean all the way through they are placed among the chreen it fit fb not lot oil quite so simple as this however for the tuber tells his hie story by performance I 1 for mance not in idle talk as a do mot moa humans dr bic bards tat tal es eg ali ai eye fram aeh ach of the chosen tubers s n I 1 germinates it to deter mir e wh eather or not it is ia infested with desea di seare sea those that ate aie found to te fe 1 e pu pure re are used to plant in 61 th bre breed brea A I 1 ing plot 11 II is quite arite essential that each groer have a bir breeding ceding plot of f this 1 11 IA d IP p order to keep cep hit hii seed plean glean froni and also eatock th stock MO be kept from ju lunning nning cut ut nl herp here ames in the I 1 lea of bill aej e I 1 action of the seed for this p I 1 pt an fn n older oder o der to get the ah e high ilardi alders rs ara id abse that are running tue true to wr tl I 1 the ideal which the potato rocq browy iq i working is a tub luber er true to the characteristics of the aaril variety ety t fri which it belongs high yvan ye dani dl ni resistant to disease ano and free fre e fri firt 19 in infestation and with uniform inq Y extremely cartre or small huberd e 01 of course valueless on the mork market 9 growers who are buying seed joeed pot aloes 64 moreover over vahn t is ajo rhth ore are not vety large e s einheit trice t cerep ed the amount of aei that cp can b q sec trad radco to the hundred weight what are the tha f fop the industry in pius diute piute will well up to 0 the present time the utah growers af pf early potatoes in yie the north ern enval val leys leyn have I 1 imported their aeed chiefly from the states plates of nebraska and na minnesota the freight freig nt froan glnn 4 a 9 hondt ik wl the reilie rate from finite shipping point from a anda an dG f beld 1 is 25 bonts a me ns a real saving rn hi freight the jost coat of growing seed in piute diute is I 1 iri r j bubly bly greater tan it is in mini qs eota on 61 irre irrigation gation rit CH certain certai n indirect costs but it is ie doubtful if it would not more than ile he offset b by the difference in freight in addition will trill zot not the seed pro grown wn in the high mountain valle valley yr B loiter suited to utah conditions ajr r stratford ratford Sl thinks the eced has cretier vitality certainly tests tenta cal cai I 1 iledon ched on in salt lake show tha J bati the utah seed see was freer from ase froni utah seed show in aly fram to 3 per cent ais dise ell compared campor ad with from 20 to pr por bent from Irn imported pored beek oly two care were agre wilk shipped out capt year from these counties this thia h ere re will be rom 2 to 30 fare to mr beky aad abis can bearded to in therom the corn eom jog X years jears so go ahat that i will be easily possible sale to 10 satisfy awn needs 1 l kd diio baby provide some for e artin UK the future utah farmer |