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treme south no hot-bed is necessary to start 

 the sprouting. 



Another method of obtaining shps is from 

 cuttings from the ends of the vines. Take 

 cuttings from 10 to 12 inches long, from the 

 earliest planted or the most vigorous vines. 

 Having removed all the leaves except those at 

 the very tip, plant the cutting lying down with 

 only an inch or two of the tip showing. The 

 rows should be about three feet apart and the 

 slips in the row 18 inches apart. The average 

 yield is from 200 to 400 bushels per acre. 



Sweet potatoes suffer from several fungous 

 diseases which are discussed in New Jersey Ex- 

 periment Station bulletins on Sweet Potato Cul- 

 ture. Leaf blight may be checked by the use 

 of Bordeaux mixture, but rotation is the cure 

 for tuber crop diseases. 



