The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-03-29

is a. practice to allow the fresh
~ 44CI SOD 70 uahe IL the sun anu
Win cad LnGFeDy bGcOue cIo4uy,
ana so the same time, lose large

MlI s.4u tlGIeny become cIo4uy
ana :. the same time, lose u largt
per c>sEv. OF It's moisture.
WLSI4 horse LABOR can be used, thu
lana a. ef pIOW1ug should be thor
ougnlg disAeL Hrst, tuen spring
lootnGa, ana iinaIIy finished Win (
alnoo 4hi1g harrow. w mere Iant
must pc prepared by hand, II is SooC
prdct6sc- 20 puIVerlle the son as nIuCl
etS po5stoIe MAGn spaQIng 1t up, aItel
WHICH Il Can be put lii Il line cUuuI
uon OF nel4O"HeGs with S.eei gar
ue4 2ss14G. 4ne importance Oh luur
oughsl ming .ne sOiI can not De oV'
ereIA ga4e.s4zou, IUr 1t increases the
matsr e4-jIuIAg capacity OF tho seli
renatls more pIuuC Iood available
onu.Issa aces the numOer OIL Eeeus.
4lEne NorLueaSt tGrn United States
anu stSu-lg Tie ouu.n ALidnL4c sea-
Dodrtf.s ele IrIsn CoDDler, Early Re
,oS2Ae.*, or Larry o~anuaru, all OF
nl1l are ptacoically IuenelcaI, may
ue lh.lrceu 70 pfGluce larger crops
ANS more generdliy Satisfactory
loI s.E7CarIy crop Lnan the Others
..ie4ftik4L3u. GuicA Luck and New
yucca y ould pe regarded DIS second
.ucicSs IOf This SScCIon.
1Aino SouCn Central and South
WeslEg4I Slates, the triumph may be
oApecteu 20 give results equal 10 OF
areHIBetGer IMAM Tue lrlsn CoDDIer.
Instn4 AIuule W est, the Early
Jnio.sa 90 Wen, WhiIe the Ear
y yasl and larry hose may be
iegAl iet as second choices.
NNAu l>eW LASlanu, STATES, Long
rs1aHG, and northern new ork, til.
-FreSl1 4IOuutaln, GOIu Coin, DeIa-
y are ala otner Iate NarIetIeS OF Lha,
class fuo best.
IN nartnern Michigan. Wisconsin
and 4stlI-nesota, the late varieties
-tanfea aOoYe 40 ABOUT as Well as the
-.uffti rev \ oriler NO. z, and arr
superior to it in taDle quatlty.
laass!sstern New York, southern
-aiaIli5esa, and Wisconsin, and Iowa,
-ne kalal New Yorker No. 2, Sl
" aate1G Raleigh, and Carman No. >
are the best adapted varieties, ano
Iixide- aonors with the Green Noun
States.
Throughout Maryland, Virginia
dndStne Carolinas, tennessee, anG
,IeoHgla, the variety known as Nc
oortAlcH, is quite generally grown as
a late variety. In a favorable sea
son Iiae Green Mountain can also be
grown.
The date of planting necessarily
must be governed by climatic condl-
tions. IN attempting to produce as
early q crop as possible, some risk
must Always be incurred of the
plants Icing injured by late spring
tresys. AS a general proposition, il
IS best TO plant potatoes as soon as
there is little likelihood of killing
IroStS after the plants are up anu
he ground is in condition to work.
The following dates of planting
Tor Various cities should be ffsafdeo
only as the approximate tine at
which e.rly potatoes might safely De
planted:
March Is to 25-Washington,B Bal
.inromre, Philadelphia, Cincinnati,
Loais9il ge, ST. Louis.
1Aas 25 to April 5-NeW York,
Indian oIis, Detroit, Chicago.
TO l5Boston, Albany.
IS fhe northern cifIes Iale varie-
sies sic Id be planted E1ns three te
tour weeks later.
Plant the small eye cuttings from
| II to inches deep, depending up
On the character OF the soil, the
lighter the soil the greater the depth
Of planting. Larger sets may be,
planted inches deep.
II an carly variety is planted, and
he worl- is to be done by hand, the
rows my be spaced as close as 20
inches, there as if cultivation is to
be done with a horse, 80 to 34 in
;hes ally is allowed. Space the
sets in the row from 10 to II inches
apart f a late variety is planted.
The spacing should be greater, say
to 36 inches between the rows,
md u 20 IA inches between the
plants in the row. The cioseness OF
planting should be determined first
oy the variety, and second by the
AMOUNT Of available plant food ano
moisture in the soil, or that can be
applied TO it.
Potato yields vary so greatly that
only an approximate estimate can be
given. Ii an early variety is grown,
t is not too much to expect II to -
bushels from a plot of ground SO BY
100 feet. Under favorable condi-
ions this amount may be very con
;iderably exceeded. In the case OF
l late variety, larger yields may be
Full information regarding the
of the soil and the cul-
.ural requirements of potatoes is
given in the following numbered
Farmers' Bulletins: 365, Farm
in Northern Potato
Growing Sections" 407, Potatoes
IS Truck Crop" 533. Good Seeu
Potatoes and How to Procure
rhem;" 544, "PotatoTuber Disea-
;es.' All these may be obtained
rec from the U. s. Department OF
\ agriculture, Washington, d. c., as
ong as the supply for free distribu-
ion lasts.