White Potato 



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113. Good sample of seed potatoes. 



On keeping potatoes in the South from the spring crop 



to the fall crop, McKay makes the following discussion (in 

 ^----»v Bull. 54, Miss. Exp. 



Station) : " If exposed 

 to the hot sun a few 

 hours Irish potatoes 



'ti'i-\: -MT. '-^ .Uiiii^H^JiMr^ will become blistered. 



To prevent this, dig on 

 cloudy days or else ar- 

 range to remove to a 

 shady place or cover in 

 some way shortly after 

 they are dug. Several 

 methods of keeping po- 

 tatoes during the hot 

 summer months are 



practiced, and with varying success. Upon examination 



it will be found that, as a rule, those left in the field, 



scattered through the soil, keep better than those that are 



carefully housed. Taking 



this lesson from nature, we 



have tried the method of 



bedd.ing the potatoes in the 



field, somewhat after the 



usual plan of bedding sweet 



potatoes for growing slips, 



and with good success. We 



are careful to see that the 



potatoes are covered to the "*• '^^^ "™^ "-^^^ °' i""^'"- 



depth of 6 or 7 inches with dirt, and that the bed is well 



drained. We have practiced the same method of bedding 



