The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-05-09
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LARGE POTATO CROPS.
Good Soils. Good Seed and Plenty Of Pot
ash Fertilizer Are Required.

LARGE POTATO CROPS.
Good Soils. Good Seed and Plenty OF Poe-
ash Fertilizer Are Required.
The potato crop grown with the small
ese amount Of care must yet cost more
to bring it to maturity than do average
grain cropS It is impossible to greatly
lessen the cost Of potatoes needed to
plant an acre Whoever attempts to do
this by selecting inferior potatoes. or by
QUITTING the tubers to single eyes. runs
great risk Of losing far more in thecrop
than he saves in the cost Of planting.
The seed eye makes more vigorous start
for having q liberal chunk Of starchy
nutrition in the form Of potato attached
TO it There may be exceptions to this
rule. a there are to nearly all Of gem
eral character We have usually planted
four to six bushels OF Ont potatoes per
acre. Those who plant potatoes uncut
require from six to eight or nine bush.
els. according to the sine Of the potato
seed used a7 80 1904
This preliminary increased expense Of
. good crop pays tenfold the extra cost
that il involved. At each further step Of
the work Of growing the crop increased
outlay is followed by like gratifying re-
suit This is especially true Of the farm
or who not only has money to spend,
but has the enterprise. industry and ex-
ecutive ability required to do the work
promptly. ..s....sS1S<
For crop that involves 80 large cost
Of seed and extra cost Of labor only the
best soil should be chosen. The expert
enoed potato grower no longer heavily
manures poor Land for growing = potato
crop He wants soil made rich BY pre-
vious manuring and byployipg under
clover or some other Of The legpminons
rsnovatins oropA IL . Asss aHaatity 20
coarse manure Il used to 3ertiIike poor
land for potatoes, it viii inevitably
Cause blight Of the foliage and rot in
The large potato growers nov under
Stand the necessity Ter heavy s1ditions
Of posash faetilizers for inorea6ing the
potato crop Il Is because stable manure
Il generally deficient in potash that it
does harm by making q succplent, nm
healthy growth The devslopment of
starch in the tubers ia through the
leaves Thess are kept vigorous By plenty
Of potash. and when the leaves do their
work well the quality OF the tuber is
improved Is
Plenty and not, too much moisture il
essential for good potato crops A drain
ed soil. clover ley plowed nnder early
in spring and continuous cultivation
until the potato crops cover The ground
will give this condition IL the soil is
drained and the potato foliage Il large,
the crop will not be rotted even In .
wet season unless fresh manure has been
applied toit II the potato grower wants
to draw ont coarse manure in winter to
be plowed under. let IL be on land in
tended for corn This il . crop that We
have never have seen injured by ma
nura The potato crop may ba
One year with another the potato
crop pays the careful farmer better than
any other. It pays very large profits
about one year in three and as well as
most other crops in the years interven-
ing. It is a crop that fits in well with
the system of mixed husbandry that is
coming into favor, because II gives en-
ployment during the larger part of the
year, explains American Cpltivator, an
thority for the foregoing. OF course. no
matter how the plant may be manured.
there will be no crop unless increasing
vigilance is used to destroy the potato
larva The use Of poisons must be
prompt. as few hours delay viii cause
considerable losa Il Is very rare in .
hot summer that thepotato grower does
not have q few hills ruined before he
can stop the Obstruction !.