Second Crop Seed 
These Potatoes, as the name im- 
plies, are made from the second plant- 
ing. They can be planted in the 
Spring in the ordinary way or placed 
In cold storage until wanted for a 
second planting in July or August. 
It frequently happens when the (irst 
crop is a failure that by planting 
"Second Crops,” if the season is at 
all favorable, that a larger yield may 
be secured than from the first crop. 
By some Second Crop is preferred to 
Northern stock; we, however, recom- 
mend Northern stock for first crop 
and the Second Crop for late. The 
following are the varieties of Second 
Crop most used: 
Triumphs, Cobblers, Early Hebron, 
Queen, Bovee, Thorburn, Puritan and 
Blush. 
If Dissatisfied, 
use 
BRENT’S PREMIUM 
SEEDS. % 
Seed Sweet Potatoes 
Many people hesitate to grow Sweet Potatoes, 
believing that a great deal of extra work is nec- 
essary to produce the crop. The only extra work 
connected with it is in the production of plants, 
and if you are not prepared to grow these your- 
self, they can always be purchased at a reason- 
able price. It is not, however, difficult to grow 
plants. About the only difference in the field 
culture is that the ridges are made for Sweet 
Potatoes before setting out the plants. The only 
secret is to keep them free from weeds and the 
ground mellow. After the vines begin to run 
they will keep down the weeds themselves. A 
light, sandy soil is best. 
The Seed Sweet Potatoes which we offer are 
grown, stored and handled especially for Seed 
purposes. They are not cold storage stock on 
which the germ has been killed, but are fresh and 
vigorous. It is absolutely necessary that they be 
handled quickly in Spring, as they do not keep 
well after being taken from the storage bins. We 
cannot guarantee them to all be sound upon arri- 
val, and we try to protect our customers by 
prompt service. For this reason we hold the Po- 
tatoes until the weather is settled and then till 
all orders at once so as to get them to our cus- 
tomers promptly. 
It does not pay to buy Sweet Potatoes in small 
lots. Better buy the plants unless you will need 
more than 1,000. 
CULTUBE. — Put the Potatoes into hotbeds in 
April, covering with three inches of earth, and 
after they begin to grow give plenty of air on 
sunnv days and water regularly. In May or June 
set out in rows three feet apart and fifteen inches 
apart in the rows. The land should be plowed 
shallow in order to produce the short, chuntoy Po- 
tato most largely in demand. Apply a fertilizer 
having only a small percentage of nitrogen and 
a large amount of potash. 
We can supply the following varieties in April: 
Yellow Jersey, Red Jersey, Red and White Ber- 
muda, Southern Queens and Brazilians. 
Sweet Potatoes. 
“VACCINATION” INSTEAD OP SPRAYING POTATOES A SUCCESS 
Speaking before the American Chemical Society, Dr. George Cavanaugh, 
professor of agricultural chemistry, of Cornell University, ^related [the striking 
original experiment of vaccinating the Potato field t° sta\ e off the blight Dr. 
Cavanaugh said the experiment was tried last season in this state WmYorl ), 
by a farmer who, instead of using the Bordeaux mixture of calcium hydroxide 
and copper sulphate, decided to try vaccination on his Potatoes. .*L e .“‘d tjis 
by sprinkling in the trenches some copper sulphate before planting the seed 
Agricultural experts told him that sulphate would kill the vines. There 
was no blignt that year, but what occurred was amazing. The vines grew 
well,” said Dr. Cavanaugh, “but they forgot to stop when the season was sup- 
posed to be over and it was not until a heavy frost attacked them that they 
finally fell down. When the hills were opened it was found that there were 
fifty more bushels to the acre than had ever been grown before the sulphate 
was used. 
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