The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-22
'Tarl11 and GARDEN

buds of dark color ready to develoI
leaves and roots while all the Other
buds or ewes remain dormant.
The croD from budded seed gave z
greater yield per acre of 80 bushels IL
! SO days. and of So bushels in II DAYS
from planting, than the crop from the
common seed OF the same variety.
Two plats from budded seed and two
| from common seed were compared az
follows: One plat of each was dug July
20 and the others Aug 80, to determine
the increased growth between those
dates. The crop from the budded seeds
increased at the rate of SO As bushels
per acre. and that from common seed
increased at the rate of 171a bushels per
acre
For budding, select potatoes of the
size of hens eggs and green them by
exposing them to light on bare ground
directly after digging, and then place
them on trays in a warm, light room
during winter. TO have them ready in
the spring. For large seed potatoes
sprouting is better than budding. as
they can be cut before being placed-in
cold frames. while for budding pota-
toes must not be cut at all.
The most successful growers pillow
deeply, fertilize highly and cultivate
thoroughly
The deeper, richer and better pre-
pared the soil, the closer the sets may
be planted. In deep, rich garden
soil, trenched 20 inches deep, the sets
may be as close as 6x1S inches. Expert
ments at this station show that 12x24
is thin enough seeding, with even large
seed pieces.
Taking the results of a large number
of experiments at other stations and
deducting the small potatoes and the
number of bushels OF seed used from
the total yield. two-eye pieces give an
increase of Il bushels per acre over
one-eye pieces; quarters give an in
crease of seven bushels; halves give an
increase OF FIVE bushels per acre over
quarters, and halves give an increase
of eight and one-half bushels per acre
over whole potatoes. The price per
bushel is usually so much higher for
seed than for the freshly-harvested
crop that the advantage of five bush
els in yield of halves over quarters will
generally be more than wiped out, so
that the net profit will usually be the
greatest where the seed potatoes were
cut in quarters.
Experiments indicate that there is
no material advantage in having seed
cut long enough to wilt before plant
in@
The New York bulletin on potato
diseases gives pictures in natural colors
of potato TOPS affected by early and
late blights.
The early blight does not affect the
tubers. but dries and willis the leaves
and stems, beginning at the outer
edges Of the leaves and finally drying
up the whole vine or top. Young, Wig
orous tops do not suffer. The probable
cause of early blight is drouth and the
attacks Of insects. both of which i'm
pair the vigor of the plant. The rem
edy is a thorough spraying with Bor-
deauX mixture, and it is better to use
the remedy as a preventive rather than
cure, beginning when the tops are two
thirds grown, and applying every two |
Or three weeks.
Late blight causes the decay of all |
parts of the crop, top and tuber. A |
moist air and moderate heat are most |
favorable to its development. The rot
ing Of the potatoes themselves from |
ate blight may be dry or moist and |
with 2 bad smell. Bordeaux
mixture is also the best remedy for late
blight.
Bordeaux mixture was also found to
De the best Though not perfect) rem /
.dy for the flea beetle. For the common
potato bug or Colorado potato beetle,
with Paris green, one pound
o 40 gallons Of water. with two or
hree hounds of lime mixed in.
For potato scab plant clean seed on
lean land; that is. plant seed not af-
ected with scab on land where no
cabby potatoes have been grown. If
cabby seed must be used, soak the IN
ut potatoes two hours in a wooden
ank in which ten ounces of corrosive
ultimate have been dissolved in 60
-allons of water AS this is a violent
'OiSOn. use carefully and see that no
took gets at the tank or potatoes.