Milford chronicle., 1909-01-29
FERTILIZERS FOR SWEET
AND WHITE POTATOES


manure. He tried sweet potato phos-
Ill phate last year and the crop was 3
failure. Charles Barker has tried var
ST. ious methods and on the whole had
more failures than successes. One wear
no manure was used on the sweet no.
~ tato ground but when setting the plants
one half acre, adjoining that had been
mauured, was used, and that half acre
. was the best IN the field. Some think
" nothing but commercial fertilizer
should be used. There is also a differ
0f ence Of opinion as to whether the fertil-
n izer should be used. There is also 8
difference of opinion As 10 whether the
Is fertilizer should be broadcast or in ths
,, row. Mr.. Barker has best success put
j. ting IL IN the row and Mr.. Rosa APP
plies il broadcast. After putting on
n the fertilizer cultivate It in thoroughly
n before setting the plants Mr.. Bolts
o came from the sweet potato section Of
New Jersey, and there no commercial
fertilizer was used, only the barn yard
manure. He has seen crops there of
500 baskets to the acre while $50 baskets
are considered a good crop here. Some
think manure gives the potatoes q black
skin but potatoes sometimes have a
black skin with any sort OF a fertilizer.
Certain pieces Of ground seem better
suited to the growing Of sweet potatoes
than others. Mr.. Bolts is going to use
new ground entirely this year and ap-
ply both manure and fertilizer putting
the latter in the row. Mr.. Bolts had
good crop Of late white potatoes the past
year. about $50 baskets to the acre and
all fine. He plowed under scarlet clover
sod for the crop using phosphate on but
five rows and thinks his success was
due to frequent cultivation. The varie.
ties he raised We're Rural Blush and
Late Rose
f. Whitehead tries new way every
year and always gets good crop. Uses
only four TO five hundred pounds Of
phosphate to the scre aud likes land
that has been in COW peas the previous
ear.
Wilma f.. Hop kins never fails when
he uses maDufe ana sometimes has
success with phosphate alone. He
thinks 500 pounds of rock, 500 pounds
OF fish and 400 pounds OF murIate Of
potash with some com post is The thing
for sweet potatoes. He uses about 1000
pounds Of phosphate per acre.
h. r. Lemex tried zoo pounds, 1000
pounds and 1860 pounds per acre Of
phosphate IN the same field and got the
best potatoes where the 700 pounds was
used
A Seydeil asked il sweet potatoes
;ouid not be grown with wood ashes as
Mr.. Hopkins thinks the
nore ashes used tie better the crop.
dr. Seydell thinks wood ashes could
'e delivered here at $40 90 per ton.
Mr.. Peet asked if the sulphate OF pet-
sh was not better for the crop than the
lurlate. lie knows II Is much better
Jr White potatoes as the muriate con-
aims too much salt Mr.. Peet has
rOWn white potatoes IN Pennsvlvauta
nd Maine. In Maine there is a clav
5il and The vines are su ject to blight
hey have to spray for bhght and bugs.
he crop 10 Maine has increased large
IN Inc last ten years Yields OF three
ld four hundred bushels per acre are
'mmon aud he has known OF seven
lndied bushels per acre. He used in
aine OF ton Of fertilizer per acre in
70 applications. One half broadcast
ia the balance in the row though
overs pui al Ib the row This amount
fertilizer does not all become avail
lie IN Que season 50 il Is necessary To
Il on an excess 10 get results, Some
gauic fertilizers, such as tankage.
II or dried blood, become available
Ty slowly. Nitrate OF soda. on the
leT hand, is available very soon tho
Experiment Stations have found
that some Of that remains in The
'und foI two years. Nitrate uf soda
AVAILABLE before the soil il warm and
Iat0es get the benefit at once.
3 f. b. WOodali thinks the POTATO
p very important one for this part
ne country. Last year there were
Wn on this Peninsula uine million
kets OF potatoes and fruit only about
million baskets. Mr.. WoOdaU
nks his land too rich for sweet pota-
I Out white potatoes do well and he
made money out Of the early white
ato crop. He showed some fine
lples Of POlaris from second crop
/. he likes this variety for his own
ter use and finds them good keep
he thinks potato seed must be
by hand and no machine can do it
'el. ). } Rosa for white potatoes
clover sod, covers IL with manure
ploWs early. He applies one half
or Iertiilzer per acre ia the Spring
gets full crop This subject was
finished and will be taken up again
lrdsy, February 9Th
ext Saturday is Ladies Day and the
mittee in charge is Mrs. l. White.
!, Miss Ida E. Rosa Mrs. r Pow
Mrs. 2. F. Phillips, Mrs. j sackett,
X. MilIeT and Me. j. p RnhL