Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-10-14
SPUD GROWING
HAS A FUTURE
~ BER INDUSTRY DESTINED no
BECOME IMPORTANT.
EXPERT VISITS EUROP {
limis,url nf tinted States Tells uI
culture IN the Foreign
Fields.

Potato growing H destined 10 be-
come one of the most important lg,
riruIlurh industries In the United
latrf, according tp Eugene II. GrubbC
! VINO WAS sent abroad by Secretary
! Wilson r % special commissioner OF
! me department ut agriculture for the
| purpose ul comparing conditions in
| foreign fields with those prevailing u
the United States.
AS "a result of his observations Mn
| iruhb SAYS hc believes this nation
| leads us regards implements for potato
! culture, but that In view Of the large
| increase ol population that is tu be-
! expected. We have much 10 learn with
! reference 10 the maintenance and
| building up of the soil
During his survey of foreign fields.
| Mr. Grub visited England Scotland.
ireland, the Channel Islands France.
Belgium, ana Germany MS ohscr-
Natlons have unusually interest for
the agriculturlst as he ls probably the
unlN specialist who has undertaken this
lass of work His lirst visits were paid
To- the hlg dealers u the open markets
of London. Liverpool Berlin. Ham
burg, aud other cities. ana from them
he learned the names Of the most sue
ccssful growers I'm addition hc searcn|
od out ,hc potato breeders and the
growers of seed potatoes and studied
methods ut their farms
II spent soycrll weeks I'm the oarIvI
potato districts OF the Channel Isl
ands England ana the Ayr district of
scotland 90 said Mr Gubh. and later
went lu ,hc main crop producing farms
ot Lincolnshire. Some of the mon
whom I visited grow from 900 tn D
600 acres unnullly. gave cspccIaI ut.
tcution to Dulmcny farm which is
owned hN Earl Roscbcry.
From Edinburgh north the grow
ing ot seed potatoes is especially del
ycloped.. There is one producer i'm
this district who has sent single shin
mouts of from thirty tu forty carloads
10 the southern part of England. 10.
southern Africa, and elsewhere. The
soil IA this district Is especially ndnpt H
ed for the purpose and il is possible
that tn science of growing seed stock
is developed there i'm "A more nracti-
cal manner than anywhere else
"Ihc potato business ON the otbor
side of the Atlantic is So stupcndnusl
tllt II is difficult for "A farmer in thisI
vicinity 10 comprehend the mupnitudel
of the work For instance. Great Bri |
tain with about so. 600. 600 pcrns nfl
farming land which is less than thc
area of Colorado. produces about 1s
many potatoes as the entire United
states The Channel Islands vim
only 1000 arabic acres. supnly mo
needs of $1,000 people. This means
about three persons to the mere and
the density of population is f,r prnnf |
or than in either New Yorl, ar Penn b
,NlNnia Such conditions rive nm
Idca of what must De prepared for i'm
this country. When the proltpr nnnr.
lutIon Is an established fact there Is
no question hut that the American
farmer can meet the emergency hutl
the agriculture of tho future must air /
fer from present practices /
"Pomtocs have been "A ytpple art |
Iclc of food i'm Grcnt Rrit,in fn,, MANI.
years; consequently the best methods
of growing khcm have rccciyad a |
grca, deal of attention. Most of mol
lands used hv the potlto proNors nrr
leased at AN annual rent of from S1OI
to $50 an acre. Notwithstanding no
ohcupncss of labor. thc rost nr harm |
ward ana artificial fertiIizpr ana ntbrrI
charges make IL necessary for tbe
careful grower TO spcnd from x75 tnI
EllO an acres in order IN grnyy nota-
toes successfully primitive imnIc-
mcntg and methods or culturo nro,.ai
most of the vorl, b,inp dono hr bond
As far ms rultur, is ronr,rn.d am,
improved imnlemcpts and rstbnds
upucar to nffsrt tbrtr rh,,n f,r,,,
Inbor Rut our soil is prvrr tnt,cn
cnrp of and luilt mn ne is thoirg yVhnaI
thcir, Yields AR, hprnmipr rrontrr r,nry
yrnr and ours AR, dnrIininp If is in
This pulnnrr tbut t,rir .u'rnii.l g,i,r,.,
give. results vim thrm hi,.b r.nts
force better methods ana IL is onh.
hy th, most s,irntifi. ,urr,ir, n,ut
thcy can nina thrir drrsr rnn,,i,tinr
Az land ynluos advance ,,ih ms il
viii hr,,w, u,r,ssur, f,r ann, arm.
crs to ndopt improyrd. mrthods
"php Channel Islands Nb,r, tb,l
.Iprsr,. and Gurrnsr,. rnttlr rnr,n rrnn,
shoV mo highest profits nf ann, nntotr
gruviu. district Irnd.r sr,aptitir|
methods thcir soil has brop vnudrr
mIN fertile and has endured far con-
turtles Tho rent of tho nnI1to lands
runs from S,O tn xNO an u,r. Tn.I
rrops arc prnvn c,cr,. ,p,r M, f,r,n
crs rrny notuior. ana hr,p, mr. sn,,n
other combination The method. are
the Same as I'M the early pototn dis
trIrty of Scotland. pNcept INN rrrtI.
ilrr is used moro hyishly.
,uds feed th,ir land inst ms nur mnstl
live stock growers feed their animals
lut ON account nr the cold winds
from the sea they often lose the early
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