Show POTATO 00 B M IGHT potato field days were held in county tuesday wednesday and thursday july 10 11 and 12 were observed as potato field days in sevier county bounty on the first fint day the te potato fields in the vicinity of salina and aurora were visited A cited A large hage number of potato growers joined in the excursion the benefits derived from the trip were the with fellow potato growers and the visits to the various fields for the purpose of seeing how various growers manage the production of their crops amps professor J C hogensen Hogens sen agronomist 0 of the utah agricultural college exter extension ision service waa Q in attendance and gave instruction at each place pointing out the advantages and disadvantages of the method employed by each grower the tha excursion began begali at the warehouse of the lie sevier valley mercantile co at salina potato fields on the bench wet west of salina and north ani and of aurora were visited in turn efforts were made to locate any burces our ces 0 of f dis disease and other infection 3 which might Vand be oo ot hering the potato crop in a few im instances the new disease of potatoes known as yellows was observed but was not deemed serious enough at the present time to cut down the yield of the crop in a great many ca cases es growers had delayed the irrigation of their potatoes to such an extent that the plants have hava been stunted to a certain extent this could not be changed on account of the fact that there is a shortage of water in the canal under which a good many of the potatoes are planted however the visit to the various fields would be the means of encouraging producers to water wate their patches as s soon oon as po possible ne and to give them the beat treatment through the remainder of i the season all of the fields in this section of the county were planted from certified seed which had been previously treats treat ed with the fungicide known as serne seme san bell the stands stand in all cases case were good and give give promise of production ani and fine yields this year the crop resulting from the fields in this sention section will be marketed through the efforts fo rt of the salina produce a association socia of salina of which A C prows is the manager on the second day potato fields field in the vicinity of oe richfield Eich field central and monroe were visited on account of the extent 0 of this tour there was no not sufficient time to visit fields field in el elsinore i josoph joseph Ar annabella mabella venice and sigurd A large number of 1 potato growers from all these section orli wen wem in attendance professor hovenan n waz was also present on this occa occasion ion anti anil gave instruction lion at each and evera e erv field on the proper culture of potatoes the excursion urion ur ion left the office of the county agricultural agent at the federal build building inZ at 0 m field west and southwest south wet of rich richfield field N wera ere visited firt in this thi section potatoes were found to be in very very escelie nt condition in most every case the fields had been irrigated the foliage was all in excellent condition of a healthy color and the crop and soil entirely free from uepa ead practically every case showed deep cultivation had ben to with the re result alt that the ab soil of th girourd had acen been well watered and and a as in excellent condition for the production of pot potatoes atoe the crops growing in thee the e areas are being grown g rown front from certified z eed d which chich was tr treated abed by the th hot formaldehyde method to control the various bariou tuber born ireae lise oes I 1 it was haq ober observed ved that the stend stand ir in a almost every cae was as whereas on the other hand where the soil had been especially specially dry since planting them that the same ame was not as x good as a desirable the crop reul from the fields field being grown in this section aill ill be marketed through the efforts of the sevier county potato a adocia zoeia tion of which alnio i niels in is and farrell P smith seen secretary this orZa organization n has a arranged franq fo for r vie the E 0 muir in co of salt lake city to handle hard li the theace inte a digging tirre time on both day all visitors were particular in their ob gervat cozzto to st 3 the results of certified an and fi non certified seed in every case v lere tho the two iwo could be compared in in zhe the sam field the certified eed crop was lay far superior cuper there should hould rever be any adv daub in in the minds mindi of those who attended this excursion a as to the ati viability 0 lit of planting tined seed raised rais rai ed eol in high altitudes e even ery vear lit in addition to vi visiting itina potato fields some side trips trios were taken t ti ee botne rood boyl iced i of tre oi barley sorie some sweet alov ccoy er pa stura ind and some experiments in rowina E 0 of great Nor trem bear beans s all of these the se projects project ecks 4 were ere in elc excellent I condition and looked upon biti preat p reat favor hy by t those ase var obien ob ed them em |