Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1918-01-18
SECOND CROP OF
! IRISH POTATOES
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how to Handle Potatoes In Order
to Get High Yields
per Acre
CULTIVATE THE SOIL WELL
a Coll That Has the Power to Hold
Much Moisture 10 Better for Pota.
toes Than otherS-Potato Bug, an
Knemy, Can Be Defeated.

Knemy, Can Be Defeated.
Escond-crOp potatoes do not make
sheir best growth until the cooler
weather Of fall, several weeks before
frost. In the vicinity Of Knoxville, Au
gust first is about the right time for
planting sec0nd-crop potatoes. For the
southwestern half Of Tennessee and
Tor the vicinity Of Chattanooga, the
date may be twelve days later. On
the Cumberland Plateau and for high
HAST Tennessee counties, Johnson and
Carter, only the spring planted crop Is
grown
Amount Of Seed Needed.
Plant In rows 30 to Sc inches apart
and IL to IA inches apart in the row.
Planting at these distances will re.
Quire from 10 to IL bushels of seed for
an acre. In good potato soils, those Of
medium texture, plant about four to
ave inches deep. IN heavier soils,
plant three to four inches. To prevent
the furrow from drying out, as we'll as
the seed, at the time Of planting open
only one furMw at time and plant it
and close 1t before planting the second
Hurrow. This should be done espe
Cially when early crop potatoes are
,ased for seed. Drop the seed so that
ut Hes with the cut surface pressed
slightly into the soil. Cover with
shovel pillow run on each side of the
IurYDw. ,
n dry weather, seed will lie in the
ground severed weeks before coming
.Ethyn the surface Seed from first crop
potatoes VII ErsqliantlE lie in the
aground from tlv6.to,slS.. Yee@s before
the plants break thFw the surface.
When the r9Wa are visible, cultivate
at once, throwing the soil up we'll over
the rows. TO will weeds and break up
the surface crust, the rows should be
,cross-cultivated with a light scratch
'harrow, or Weeder. This should be
done several times, as often as the APP
Dearance OF the soil shows the neces'
Hsity of 1t. Don't give the weeds
chance to grow or the soil to dry out
below the surface mulch When the
rows become visible again, cultivation
should follow the rows again. The
t1Ve-tooth pillow cultivator and 14-tooth
harrow may be used for this. At least
three cultivatOrs with the rows should
be given the crop. Use the five-tooth
pillow or other cultivator with the wide
teeth attached and work as close to
the plants as possible without injur-
1ng the roots, throwing the soil we'll
ND about the plants. If cultivation Is
done on small areas with hand hoe,
|pull the soil up about the plant with
hhe hoe at this time. A tWO-hOrse rid
Ang cultivator will save labor and do
more efficient work than any other
kind Of cultivatOr. Three or four
weeks before the tubers will be ready
10 dig the rows should be swept by
running a bull tongue or special po'
tato sweep between the rows which
throws the soil In ridges up about the
plants,
,t@ XIII the Potato Bug.
The Colorado potato beetle is the
worst enemy of the potato, and II al
bowed to go unchecked may strip the
foliage from the plants. AS soon as
1rst signs of the beetle are noticed,
spray with arsenate of lead at the rate
of two pounds to fifty gallons Of wa
Aer. Where sprayer is not available,
make. mixture Of one-half powdered
bead arsenate and one-half air-slaked
dme or sifted wood ashes or road dust
This may then be applied by shaking
1t thru a cloth bag onto the plants,
preferably when they are wet with
rain or dsw.-C e. Brehm, Division of
Extension, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville.
BEAUTY 70 NOT EXPENSIVE.