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VII. Planting 133-169 



Tillage tools — Results of tillage — Planting — 

 Hill and drill planting — Planting tools — Hand 

 planting — Seed potatoes — Cutting seed. 



VIII. Care of the Growing Crop 160-169 



IX. Potato Insects and Their Control . . . 170-182 

 The Colorado potato-beetle — Flea-beetle — 

 Blister-beetle — The three-lined leaf-beetle — 

 Tortoise-beetles — The potato plant-louse — 

 Leaf-hoppers — The potato-stalk weevil — The 

 stalk-borer — AVhite grubs — Wire-worms. 



X. Diseases of the Potato 183-205 



Classification of causes of disease — Early 

 blight — Late blight — Rhizoctoniose — Fusa- 

 rium wilt — Verticillium wilt — Fusarium dry- 

 rot — Silver scurf — Potato wart — Common 

 scab — Black-leg — Bacteria wilt — Powdery 

 scab — Tip-burn — Arsenical injury — Spindhng 

 sprout — Net-necrosis — Curly dwarf — Mosaic 

 leaf-roll — Constitutional degeneracy and other 

 weakened conditions of plants. 



XL Control Measures against Diseases . . . 206-225 

 Control of curly-dwarf, mosaic and leaf-roll 



— Field inspection — Seed treatment to prevent 

 disease — Disease from organisms already in soil 



— Treatment for potato blight — Preparation of 

 bordeaux mixture — Other remedies — Disease- 

 resistant varieties — Summary. 



XII. Harvesting the Potato 226-236 



Time to harvest — Methods of digging — Pick- 

 ing and sorting — Labor and cost of harvesting. 



XIII. Markets, Marketing and Storage . . . 237-258 

 Marketing through local dealers — Marketing 

 the crop — Grading — Packages — Shipping — 

 Early and late potatoes — Markets — Range and 

 prices. 



