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ever, that is warm, mellow, and contains the requisite plant 

 food will produce good crops. It would be well to enrich the 

 soil with well-rotted manure the fall previous to planting. 



Preparing the seted-bed. All potato soils should be made 

 mellow to a good depth. It is best to plow up the ground 

 in the fall before the winter rains and snows begin. Fre- 

 quent harrowings in the spring up to planting time will con- 

 serve moisture, produce good tilth, and keep down the weeds. 



Sow bone-meal fertilizer broadcast over your potato plot 

 at the rate of 300 pounds per acre, and harrow it into the 

 soil before planting. 



Seed potatoes. Such varieties as Early Rose, Early Ohio, 

 Carmen No. 3, The Burbank, etc., are standard varieties to 

 plant. 



Seed potatoes should not be smaller than a hen's egg, and 

 from that up to six ounces in weight. When potatoes are 

 cheap it will pay to plant medium-sized, whole tubers. Seed 

 potatoes should be smooth and free from scab and warty 

 spots. 



Treatment for scab may be necessary to insure a good crop. 

 This disease causes rough, warty spots on the tubers. Tubers 

 should be treated in the following way before planting: Add 

 one ounce of formalin, which may be obtained at any drug 

 store, to each two gallons of water used. Place unout seed 

 potatoes in a bucket or tub and cover them with the diluted 

 formalin solution. Allow the tubers to soak for two hours, 

 then spread out to dry until planting time. 



Cutting the tubers. If only small-sized tubers are used it 

 will not be necessary to cut them. When large tubers are 



