72 Potatoes 



Potatoes should never "be planted twice in succes- 

 sion in the same spot. The substance required by 

 them will be eaten up the first time and some other 

 vegetable should come in between, preferably 

 peas or beans, the tops of which should be plowed 

 into the soil after the bearing season is over. 



All seed potatoes should be treated for scab before 

 planting. An approved method is as follows: 

 Soak the whole seed for two hours in a mixture of 

 one half pint of formalin or formaldehyde dissolved 

 in sixteen gallons of water. Next, dry and cut 

 the seed and plant at once. 



Potatoes should be sprayed with Bordeaux-ar -sen- 

 ate of lead mixture every ten days for two months 

 after the plants are up. This will prevent bugs 

 infecting them, while to wait until the bugs have 

 started trouble, will mean a hard task getting rid 

 of them, and perhaps they will get their mischief 

 in before the task is accomplished. 



When~~ growing potatoes on irrigated land, the 

 ground should be carefully leveled and should have 

 a fall of nearly two feet to the hundred. There 

 should be good drainage for all surplus water. 



