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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



culture should be thorough and care 

 should be taken not to break or injure 

 the roots or underground stems. Repeat 

 the cultivation in 10 days or two weeks. 

 Keep away from the plants, as deep close 

 culture destroys the tubers. Cease all 

 culture after bloom buds begin to ap- 

 pear. At the last cultivation the vines 

 should be hilled up well. 



Should the plants be bothered with 

 potato bugs, spray with the following 

 solution: 



2 pounds arsenate of lead. 



3 pounds pure rock lime. 

 50 gallons water. 



Should the bugs appear in quantities 

 another application of the above solu- 

 tion could be made. 



If the vines are affected with blight, 

 spray them with Bordeaux mixture made 

 up as follows: 



4 pounds copper sulphate (blue stone). 



5 pounds rock lime. 

 50 gallons water. 



The first spraying should be given 

 when the plants are about four Inches 

 high and repeat in 10 days to two. weeks. 

 To obtain the best results all parts of 

 the vines should be well sprayed, espe- 

 cially the underside of the leaves, and 

 those lying on the ground. Two or three 

 sprayings should be sufficient. 



The best varieties for yields are Bur- 

 bank and Peerless. For a very early 

 crop plant Bliss Triumph or Irish 

 Cobbler. At Auburn, Alabama, we plant 

 March 1st, but the time will vary with 

 the locality. 



If the potato fields exceed 10 acres in 

 size and help is scarce a machine digger 

 will be found economical. With a five- 

 acre field or larger a power sprayer 

 should be used. 



W. P. Williams, 



Auburn, Ala. 



Potatoes— Acreage, by Diyisions and 

 States: 1909 and 1899 



DIVISION OR STATE 



United States 



Geographic Divisions: 



New England 



Middle Atlantic 



East North Central 



West North Central 



South Atlantic 



East South Central 



West South Central 



Mountain 



Pacific 



New England: 



Maine 



New Hampshire 



Vermont 



Massachusetts 



Rhodp Island 



Connecticut 



Middle Atlantic: 



New York 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania 



East North Central: 



Ohio 



Indiana 



Illinois 



Michigan 



Wisconsin 



West North Central: 



Minnesota 



Iowa 



Missouri 



North Dakota 



South Dakota 



Nebraska 



Kansas 



South Atlantic: 



Delaware 



Maryland 



District of Columbia 



Virginia 



West Virginia , 



North Carolina 



South Carolina 



Georgia 



Florida 



East South Central: 



Kentuckv 



Tennessee 



Alabama 



ML«isissipt)i 



West South Central: 



Arkansas 



Louisiana 



Oklahoma 



Mountain: 



Montana 



Idaho 



Wvoming 



Colorado 



New Mexico 



Arizona 



Utah 



Nevada 



Pacific: 



Washington. 



Oregon 



California. 



1 Includes Indian Territory. 



Acreage 



1909 



1899 



3,668,855 



2.938,778 



233,095 



180,025 



729,323 



676,403 



1,106,032 



957,193 



783,813 



637,184 



239,762 



157,481 



119,541 



80,138 



117,761 



72,876 



169,678 



80,226 



169,850 



97,252 



135,799 



71,765 



17,370 



19,422 



26,859 



28,353 



24,459 



27,621 



4,649 



5,816 



23,959 



27,148 



394,319 



395,640 



72,991 



52,896 



262,013 



227,867 



212,808 



167,590 



99,504 



84,246 



138,052 



136,464 



365,483 



311,963 



290,185 



256.931 



223,692 



146,659 



169,667 



175,888 



96,259 



93,915 



54,067 



21,936 



50,052 



33,667 



111,151 



79,901 



79,025 



85,318 



9.703 



5,755 



39,299 



26,472 



226 



194 



86,927 



51,021 



42,621 



30,123 



31,990 



23,619 



8,610 



8,068 



11,877 



8,477 



8,509 



3,752 



65,750 



37,160 



40,963 



27,103 



14,486 



9,505 



8,342 



6,370 



29,719 



26,486 



19,655 



9,220 



32,295 



» 15,360 



36,092 



21,810 



20,710 



9,613 



28,341 



9.313 



8,333 



2,809 



85,839 



44,075 



6,230 



1,122 



1,151 



626 



14,210 



10,433 



4,864 



2,235 



57,897 



25,119 



44,265 



30,035 



67,688 



42,098 



