The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-28


sacrifice than the other man gains
and ne ought not to be permitted t,
sell them at all on that account. Tn,
speaker occupied ten minutes ant
was called off because his time wa,
up.
H. L. Edgerton the Seed Expert
Mr.. Edgerton spoke on the means
OF obtaining and keeping good seed
| The way to get good seed out of q
mongrel potato is to plant the seed
from one potato where they can be
harvested separate from the product
OF each other potato planted. Split
potato in four pieces, cutting from
end to end, and be sure to get smooth
medium sized potatoes with shallow
eyes. Some of them will produce DO
tatoes like themselves and others will
breed back. When harvesting, put
each four hills raised from one pota-
to In pile separate from the Others
Some piles will be all good, medium
sized potatoes and other piles will
be made up Of freaks, large and
small. Do not save from the freak
piles, but save all from the good
piles, and plant them again the next
year in the same way, following the
same plan to keep each four hills
separate from the others. Sort the
same as before, and condemn and
throw out all from the piles that do
not rank we'll In the average. DO not
save even the best ones from the. pile
that has a poor average. In this way
the good seed is obtained. 1t is more
profitable to raise the smooth med
fum potato because the yield is great
err per acre than where they vary in
size. and because the market de-
mands the uniform potatoes. If the
crop from a field is uneven in
size, the farmer can get as much
money from the sales of the medium
potatoes alone as he can from the
whole crop If he ships them mixed.
medium and large together.
In cutting potatoes to plant, cut
from end to end into halves or quar-
tiers. Use slicer if it will aid in the
work, provided it will cut them in
this way. The eye near the stem is
usually a weak or dormant one and
not likely to produce a plant. A
large piece of seed containing one
eye is the best seed. Uniformity in
size increases the yield as we'll as
the quality.
Fertilizing the Ground
The best way to fertilize potato
and is to spread manure on the mea-
low year or two before the pota-
toes are planted, and pillow it under.
It will decay and be ready for feeding
potato plants in year or two. and
10 1t in a way to make the healthy
line and the good texture and proper
'ize or the tuber. After speaking
bout seven minutes, Mr.. Edgerton
Mr.. Thos. L. Mahoney and
n doing so, added This is the man
hat saved the fruit crop Of" but
Ar. Mahoney modestly said in low
one, "Oh, never mind the rest, y and
egan telling how to conduct
Orchard Heating
Usually it is the clear nights that ,
ne frost comes. On cloudy nights
ne bloom is protected in some way :
the presence of the clouds. The ,
rst effort in orchard heating was :
lade by creating cloud of smoke e
making smudge here and there 9
the orchard, but this plan has been :
ally a partial success. Whenever -
e temperature drops below 2S de- /.
'ees the blossoms will suffer dam g
re, and they are more easily eff !,
cted when out in full bloom than
hen in the bud. The coolest hour -
the night is at dawn, and when y
frost forms and the sun comes up -
the plants Immediately, the change h
SO severe that it scalds them. On 10
cloudy morning the plant has more w
ance to recover on this account, re-
d anything that keeps the sun off al
while after the frost leaves. IN
u aid the plant to recover. r.
The most successful efforts in or 10
ard protection have been with NJ NJ
ne kind of pots placed in the or r.
lrd to keep fires in during the -,
lrs when the temperature is low. y,
g kind of fuel to use is that which no
| produce the most heat for the oi,
ney expended, granting, of course, 1n.
t 1t is such that it will burn i'm TO-
diately when lighted. Coal or oil ~
'e been found to be the best. The n ~,
s must be in position and ready
light, and then during the frosty dr.