The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-19
ouAITTY POTATOES DEMANDED Argentine No Longer Able to Get Ger man spuds and Looks to
 Americans

..r1a,u England potato growers sho.il1 take advantage of the export trade to South America opened since the beginning of the European war. war Argentine is now looking. to the On- OnA-- ted States for large quantities of po- tatoes and stands ready to pay quality prices for quality goods" says Prof. Henry G. Bell, formerly professor or Agronorny and Manager of Farms University of Maine.
 s.Export potatoes must be of high duality, of the table grade free rom disease and mechanical injury and must be packed in busheI crates. Ger many has been sending quality pota- toes to Argentine and getting high prices. Now the trade is willing to pay the price but expects quality says Professor Bell who has been studyfng the potato situation in the United States for years.
 Proper soil atreatment and the bal ancing of plantfood is essential to the growing of potatoes of high auahty- Potatoes make the greater part or their growth within sixty days and they must have plenty. of food while growing explains Professor Bell 'sIhere is also a limited market III South America for small, sound po- tatoes, ranging from two to four oun- ces in weight. They must be uniform and STaQ0Q. CaTS1u41ys . Paying Millions to Western Farmers
 The New England States have been paying out millions to western farmers each year for small grains, instead Of raising them at home. Her poultry eats up more grain than she produces Although the climate. soil and other growing conditions are adapted to the growing of cereals, she buys more oats than she raises each year.
 The growing season, rainfall and the nature of the soils are all suited to small grain production. Continuous cropping g without rotation has made many of her farms Increasingly pro- ductive Grain farming, with the use of manure and fertilizers to rebuild the soils to their former productive ability, would establish New England's s production higher and place her agrt- culture on permanent basis:
 Largest Potato Yield Grown in 1899
 What is the largest yeiId of pota- toes ever grown on one aere?'' is the question frequently asked experiment station men by farmers. Prof. Henry G. Bell, formerly professor of Agrono- my at Maine University, believes the yield of 7sS .1-2 bussAels raised by Mir. Coy, of Aroostook County. Maine, in 1889. is the largest ever grown in New Eng1af>d or in the United States by <
 Director William P. Brooks, of tho Nfassa ehusetts Experiment. Station. has just issued a bulletin on tPhos- pilates in Massachusetts Agriculture which should be secured By every far naer in New England interested in bet tering the fertility of his farm and increasing the yields of his crops.
 The use of raw stock and the dis solved or quickly available forms of phesphates are compared by -Directer Brooks as a result of extensive ex- periments carried on under hisg~ di- rection He warns farmers against the general use of raw rock pfos- phates and advises the more soluble and available forms, such as are gen. orally found in large quantities ia the mixed and special fertilizers on the markets.
 ..Naturs1 rock phespfates. are un- adapted to the conditions of our agri- culture. What is needed is frequent (and in the case of heed creps-anRua1 applications of dissolved phesphates, !" says Prof. Brooks in his summary High grade fertilizers with a large arnout of water-soluabIe pflosphoric acid are most favorable to a quick start and early rnaturity.' Copies of the bulletin may be secured by writ ing the Experiment Station, Amherst. Mass,
 Methods Used by Dairymen
 Through the Babcock test, dairymen are able to tell just how much milk and butterfat each COW produces. They are then able to determine, by com parfson with their fed record costs loss made by each animal in the herd. One third of the cows in the country