1420 POTATO 



Potatoes are useii for market, tlie sinalli^r ones for 

 seed. Many people prefer this lo ilir m .d iMuchascii 

 from Maine or Michigan. The s' • ,i is ru\ ii. ..tic eye, 

 and about two barrels is necess^n) i.. u^r in j. hinting 

 one acre. Some farmers apply l^— r.iiili/.i. |ir..vided 



their land is in good lir.iri ^ir i-; -i n liii.pii; 



some apply a part of the (.nil ■ > m| ti,,. 



drill, and the balance ;u lip n. n tli.- 



dirt is turned away frtHn ilir n^w . * m • _ i r iiMtun^li 



application of Paris greL-u ui- li..ii,l..ii |.ari.k- at the 

 right time destroys the bug, iiltliougli most farmers 

 have to go over their fields two or more times. 



In digging, most farmers use the common two-horse 

 plow, running the plow under the row and lifting all 

 the Potatoes out, still attached to the vine, as the 

 vine is always green at time of digging, and the Pota- 

 toes are firmly attached thereto. The hands then fol- 

 low and lift up the vines with the Potatoes attached, 

 put the Potatoes in barrels at 10 cents per barrel. 

 Barrels are then headed up, by firmly nailing on a can- 

 vas cover, and placed in farm wagons to be hauled to 

 the city or to some near-by watercourse or railway, 

 for shipment to the great markets in the U. S. east of 

 the M'ss'ss'ppi and no-th of tl e Oh'o and all the At 

 lant seaboard na ket The cost of barrel is abo 

 cents ea I n I " tl e co Tl e fre ght 18 



POTENTILLA 



])robability is that the acreage devoted to Potatoes is to 

 be lessened instead of increased. A. Jeffkus. 



Potatoes in the South. — It is an easy matter to grow 

 an early or spring crop of Irish Potatoes in the !?outh, 

 provided the seed tubers can be had. As the crop 

 matures early, it is almost i!ii]H>-. -ii,h i,, Ki i p tlie tubers 

 over the summer and throni , mi- winter in 



order to plant in the follow II: im i.fore it is 



a common practice to impiMi s, 1,1 1 1 NmiiIi. This 



difficulty of keeping the seed Poiai i-iniiil it .'i 



second or fall crop is grown; and tin- i ; : i , j-o 

 be made to afford a staple supply I I • ]■,. -,at 



est problem in Irish Potato-growmij ii •\'i< 



South is the raisingof the fall crop, aliii..uf;li ilir mallir 

 is not diflicult if a few underlying principles are kept in 

 mind. This article is devoted to the growing of tin- 

 second or fall crop. 



Under favorable conditions profitable crops are grown 

 in the southern states during late summer and fall. 

 Dry, hot weather frequently prevails during the early 

 part of this period; hence the necessity of having the 

 soil, before planting, in a condition to receive and 

 to retain the greatest amount of moisture. Heating 



anures o otl er ater al that w 11 cause rap d fer 



en at on sho 1 i not e appl ed to the so 1 ju t a 

 plan ngtenl fi fll f. 



1 c 1 t Po h 



des 

 Dormant tuber of the 



Son( 

 1 ro 



cen per barrel to Bait o e and Wash ngton 20 cent 

 o New Yo k and Ph la lelph a and a o t 30 c n o 

 Boston The Potatoe are 1 an lie 1 by co u on m 

 at the d fferent ma k at 8 pe c co 



The vedw r fo 40 to an lee o80a 

 rels to f -fl $3 I r 



So et es th 

 and berr es are 

 tato crop s f 

 t vo fl e stap 



folk. \ . 

 clinpil 1 

 Potat.H 



power enabled 

 easily and as r 

 grew 2.50 barn- 

 compel the us 



he "Swamp," 

 ingle season. 

 I half mile of 



P n^ 



spr ng : 



tl e early an 1 th ate crop s 1 

 r c^re n prepa a on of land very 

 necessary Once the plants a e 

 o o s gr n h (wh ch con es w tl tl e 

 cool weather the croi develop n ore rap 

 f 1 I an n he spr ng It s seldom nece 

 befo e December 1 Keep ng qua es a e 

 i or tal le use they are e i al to tl o e f o 

 ng 1 a est or even e r the early crop As 

 ed Potatoes tl ey are prefer d for spr ng plan n" 



A. B. McKay. 

 POTATO, AIR. Dioscorea ImlbUcra. 



POTATO ONION. See Onion. 



POTATO, SWEET. See Sweet Potato. 



POTENTlLLA (diminutive of Latin pofens, power- 

 ful; referring to the medicinal properties). Roscieea>. 

 CiNQUEFOiL. PivE-FiNGER. A large genus of perennial, 

 rarely annual, herbs or shrubs found throughout the 



