The Huttig news., 1916-06-24
Late Potatoes.


 ready to be dug and marketed, ane the time to consider the late potato crop is here. Nothing is more necessary for table us, than the potato. Every hotel and restaurant in the lare serves potatoes every meal, 36t days in the year This is an inde to the value of the potato as table food. It is at the home of the po- tato, on the farm, where this nu- tritlous and edible is absent at the greatest number of meals. This should not be, and the difficulty can be overcome. Too many O our farmers content themselves with small crop of early potatoes and fail to plant late crop, with the result that the early potatoes do not keep through the fall ano winter and the family does without potatoes through the winter 0. they are bought from the store at high price. This should not be. Splendid varieties of late potatoes that are good keepers can be grown where the early potatoes  grew. They will keep well through the winter with ordinary care. and will help to round out many a good meal. Often an early variety Of potato is planted as second crop but seldom with satisfactory re- suits. One trouble is the poor stand, and another is the poor keeping qualities of some of the varieties. To get good stand for second crop of an early variety always use potato of last years crop, that has been kept in cellars or cold storage. Gold storage po- tatoes of last years crop planted in two or three days after taking out of storage will give good stand. The Irish Cobbler is a very satisfactory potato for the second crop. The seed should be from last year, however.
 
 A variety of potato known as the Lookout Mountain, has obtained some notoriety as late potato It had it's origin on Lookout Mount ain, Tenn. It has given very sat- sfaetory results in this State. The yield is good, they are white po- tato and good keepers. They are grown extensively by the Bonanza Seed Farms, at Bonneville. and has been selected by them as the best variety for Arkansas. To grow these potatoes most successfully, break your land deep, disc and har- row it well and get in good condi- tion, and plant from July l 5 to 20 Lay off the rows about 30 inches a part and plant to 10 in the drill As soon as your early potatoes are dug blow up the ground and begin to get in shape for the late crop. Break the ground a second time, double disc and harrow just before planting time. Always cut the po- tatoes in the afternoon and plant the next morning. Some try the wetting process to insure good stand, which is to pour the pota- toes in large tub of water. As you pick up the potatoes rub off all sprouts, and then cut and put back into the sacks. Late the afternoon open the mouths of the sacks and pour more water over the potatoes. two or three times. The next  morning plant rather deep in a fresh furrow and cover we'll. The wetting of potatoes tends to make them firm and aids in geminating This process usually gives a good stand, wet or dry. Of course, cul- tivate we'll, and if your land is not rich add we'll routed manure in small quantities, commercial fert- lizer or wood ashes. The Bonanza Seed Farms claim the Lookout Mountain yields 100 to 400 bush els per acre. JOHN fl. PAGE,
 Commissioner.