Potatoes. ^"^'^ ^°^ 



Plants 

 As is well known this crop must have a deep mellow '^ 

 soil, inclining more to sand than clay. The soil must be 

 fined to a considerable depth, and kept free of weeds through- 

 out the growing season. The most successful growers use 

 only commercial fertilizers, and the amounts applied per 

 aci'e range from 200 pounds to 1,000 and even 2,000. The 

 fertilizer used should be high in potash, and this potash 

 should be of such form as to be free or nearly free of 

 chlorine, such as sulphate of potash. Early potatoes have 

 a short season of growth, and the Nitrating action in the 

 soil is insufficient to keep up a high pressure of growth 

 during the earlier weeks. For this crop Nitrate of Soda is 

 indispensable, top-dressing along the rows as soon as the 

 plants are well above the ground and at the rate of 200 

 pounds per acre. For fall potatoes, an application of 50 to 

 100 pounds of Nitrate will be sufficient. 



Heavy yields of potatoes can be secured only with good 

 seed. Many of the most successful growers cold-storage 

 their seed potatoes, that the vitality of the seed may not be 

 reduced by freezing and thawing during winter. Seed 

 should be cut to two or three "eyes," and only tubers of the 

 best quality used." The rows should be about three feet 

 apart, and the seed dropped fifteen inches apart in the rows. 

 Formula for Potatoes: 



Amount of Fertilizer Used Per Acre. 



Nitrate of Soda 200 lbs. 



Muriate of potash 100 



Superphosphate 3'^° 



Hops. 

 A Record of Four Years' Experiments with Hops. 



The experiments were conducted at Golden Green, 

 Hadlow, near Tunbridge, England, and under the super- 

 vision of Dr. Bernard Dyer. Seven plots were arranged, 

 all except No. 7 receiving equal and ample quantities of 

 phosphoric acid and potash, but varying amounts of Nitrate 

 of Soda, and (plot 7) thirty loads of stable manure. The 

 fertilizing of the plots, arnd the average crop, kiln dried hops 



