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potatoes to grow successfully without their 

 pushing out of the soil. The tubers need not 

 only a loose soil in which to enlarge, but it 

 must be so that the air can easily penetrate 

 all through it. The growing tubers must be 

 kept covered with soil to prevent sunburning 

 and having their cooking qualities injured. 



Tractor hauling W*/ 2 tons of Potatoes (340 bu.) to 



car on state road. Maximum grade 7%. Syracuse 



Gardens Co., Syracuse, N. Y. 



Spraying. The grower has two or more 

 purposes in view when he sprays the grow- 

 ing potato vines. One of these is to kill or 

 drive away the flea beetle, another is to kill 

 the Colorado potato beetle or bug. The flea 

 beetle may be driven off with application of 



