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distance as' recommended on low land and cover with a 

 hoe about one (1) inch deep. Some may object to the 

 extra expense of covering with hoe, but as this expense is 

 very light and it insures the potatoes being planted at the 

 proper depth, one is justifiable in going to some little ex- 

 tra expense. 



This crop requires a little more potash than most vege- 

 tables. A fertilizer running ammonia 5 per cent., phos- 

 phoric acid 6 per cent., actual potash 8 per cent., is about 

 right. The potato is a tender plant and will not stand a 

 lower temperature than 32. However if they are killed 

 down when just up they will recover and make a good 

 yield. 



The great object of light covering is to insure a good 

 stand in case of cold or wet weather, and one rarely ever 

 fails to get good results when potatoes are planted by this 

 method. 



CuLTIVATIOlSr. 



Just as the potatoes begin to appear through the ground, 

 the land should be gone over with a sweep or cultivator 

 and the furrows filled up and the ground left in a level 

 condition. This answers two purposes; a cultivation is 

 made, as weeds and grass generally appear with the pota- 

 toes, and at the same time the potatoes are covered to a 

 greater depth, which postpones the danger of being killed 

 by frost for a week or ten days longer besides if they are 

 hurt by frost after being covered in this manner, they will 

 recuperate more rapidly on account of being covered to a 

 greater depth. 



After the potatoes have grown to be about eight (8) 

 inches high, by which time another crop of weeds will 



