The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-05-14

| town in the United States where or
des for carload lots of these particular
seeds can be filled.-St Augustine
| Record
Fertilization and Cultivation of
The Sweet Potato
The sweet potato is one of the most
important field crops of Florida and
for this resOn care should be observed
i'm preparing the soil, fertilizing and
cultivating. This crop can be planted
later i'm the season than most of our
staple crops, thus allowing a crop OF
winter grain on the land before the
potato crop. The land should be we'll
drained and thoroly plowed in adj
vance of planting time.
According to c. K. McQuarrie, state
agent. Florida farmers are producing
too many varieties of potatoes thus
preventing the standardiZing of the
crop for shipment to northern mar
kets. The farmers would do we'll to
confine themselves to about two va
rieties, an early and a late. The
Triumph would be a good early va
riety. BY planting in April the pota-
toes would be ready to market in Au-
gust. EOl NnC AubC CAOp thC vi "
Rico yam is a desirable variety. 1t is
heavy yielder and keeps we'll if al
lowed to mature thoroly before har-
vesting.
In preparing for the crop low beds
about four feet apart from center to
center should be made. When stable
manure is available. burrows about 4
feet apart should be opened and the
manure used at the rate of to tons
per acre. This manure should be bed
ded one furrOw from each side and
left until planting time. Then apply
400 to 900 pounds per acre of CONNER
cial fertilizer on the half beds. Where
no commercial fertilizer is used it is
commended to apply about One-third
the amount in the furrow and a few
days before planting time apply the
rest TO the half made bed.
! In the fields where weeds and grass
are likely to prevail it is recommend
ed to make the beds at first without
any fertilizer and remake them just
before planting time BY doing this
the weeds and grass will have started
to grow and the remaking of the beds
destroy them and will give cleaner
condition for the growing crop.
The main part Of the crop should
be planted from vines obtained from
draws set out earlier in the season.
The "iVea should be cut about u
inches long and laid on the bed 10 to
Is inches apart. the butts all point !
ing one way. then push the joints |
next II the butt into the soil about /
S inches using forked stick. If this |
is done on freshly made beds the soil |
will naturally pack and a better stand |
will be secured than on beds made a
week CT more previous to planting,
The average yield from this crop !
in the tate is about 50 bushels per
acre. With proper methods of soil !
ION fertilization and planting |
the vie q should be materially increas-
ed. Tt Florida product is yearly be
coming more popular in the northern
mrkets and we urgently stress the i'm
portancn of this crop to the Florida |
farmer
Danish cows average from 30 to |
s 900 pounds of milk per COW. The |
United States average 1000 pounds !
per COW. 100 Danish COWS will there |
fore make as much as 200 American |
cows. The remedy is to build up
better strain. Danish butter is now
coming into this country. 1t will be
hard To undesell Denmark if it re-
auires two of our cows to produce as
much IS one Danish cow.-State Mar
keting Bureau.
Corn S: Guild be Cultivated Unf
silks are Dry
| Corn being one of the most impor-
tint crops of a southern farm, with
farm labor scarce and expensive this
lyear il will be necessary for the farm
Ter to make a strong effort to get the
IIlarges. Weld possible from the area