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Show Future Farmers of America N. S. H. S. FIVE HUNDRED TEN BUSHELS PER ACRE I selected potatto seed for my project proj-ect because I wanted to see for myself and to show others just how much bet ter certified seed was than the diseas ed potato seed. There is always a good market for potatoes at a reasonable reason-able profit. My project began November 17, 1928. On that date I received by project book and began to study just how to grow certified seed potatoes. I bought my seed from Spring City. The amount of seed bought was eight hundrec. pounds at two dollars and twent-five twent-five cents per hundrea. amounting U eighteen dollars. The delivery cost me two dollars and ninety cents, and the treatment with corosive sulimate cost one dollar. On Mav 11 mv potatoes were planted. I watched them grow very carefully, and on the 24th day of July they passed pass-ed the first field inspection. Mr. Barret the field inspector, suggested that I rogue my field and get rid of any disease that might be present, therefore on July 27, my father and teacher rogued the field. At different differ-ent intervals I watered my potatoes and cultivated them a few days afterward. after-ward. When the measuremeents on the land were taken I found Instead of having a full acre I had only seven-tenths of an acre. On October 25, I began to harvest my crop. This took my father and me six, six-hour days. Up to date I have sold S66 95 worth of potatoes and still have 303 bushels left. My potatoes pota-toes took first prize at the state and county fairs. According to the way I figured my expenses were $83.06 and my income at $1.50 per bushel will amount to $439 50. Three hundred and fifty-seven bushels were raised on the seven-tenths of an acre. This is at the rate of five hundred hun-dred and ten bushel to the acre, i Alma Miner, Fairview. |