DRY-LAND CROPS 



before plowing, in order to form a fine 

 seed-bed on turning over. 



Potatoes on dry lands should receive 

 deep and thorough cultivation. When 

 the plants are four or five inches high, 

 cultivate deep and near the rows. This 

 may be done each week or ten days, run- 

 ning the cultivator shovels farther from 

 the plants as they grow larger, and 

 throwing the soil toward the rows. If 

 potatoes are to be grown on a large scale, 

 a good potato planter is necessary. The 

 seed should be planted from four to six 

 inches deep in rows three to three and 

 one half inches apart and twelve to 

 eighteen inches in the row. The culti- 

 vator and harrow should be used to level 

 the soil and form a moisture-saving 

 mulch. Large potatoes are not desirable 

 and the farmer should strive to raise a 

 medium-tuber, uniform in size, shape and 

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