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largest profit, other things being equal.— 
And so it is with potatoes. If small unripe 
potatoes are selected for seed, the difference 
may not be so noticeable if the season is fa¬ 
vorable, or if the seed heretofore has been 
good and this is the first time that the small 
ones have been selected. The great trouble 
is, that if by any means a fair crop is raised 
from the small potatoes, the plan is very 
apt to be repeated and before the farmer is 
aware he finds his potato crop a failure and 
is certain to blame everything else but the 
quality of the seed. 
There is certainly little economy in run¬ 
ning the risk of a failure of the crop to save 
the small difference in price between the 
large and small potatoes. 
Small potatoes can be better used for feed 
by cooking them and are worth the price 
usually given for them for this purpose. 
My plan has always been to select good, 
smooth, healthy potatoes for seed and cut 
them to one or two eyes, then drop two cuts 
in a place. I do not beiieve it to be a good 
plan to plant whole potatoes. First, they 
have more eyes than are necessary and you 
can better keep up the quality by cutting 
large potatoes and planting the pieces. It 
is no economy to plant large, whole potai oes. 
If cut to one or two eyes they will go much 
further and the crop will be better. My plan 
is either to cut them three or four days be¬ 
fore planting, so as to let the pieces dry up, 
or else take pains when planting to lay the 
cut part of the potato to the soil, pressing it 
firmly down. 
In selecting seed use smooth, clean, me¬ 
dium-sized potatoes, free from roughness or 
knots. If you are careful to select the best 
in this way, there is no necessity for pota¬ 
toes to U run out,” as many farmers claim 
they do. All that are not marketable can 
be more profitably fed to the pigs than used 
in any other way. 
Eldon, Mo. 
Garden Maxims. 
Keep the hoe bright by using it. “Better 
to wear out than rust out.” 
Wreak out vengeance on the weeds. 
Clean culture during the entire season is 
the rule. 
Don’t crowd in the garden. Plants need 
an abundance of air, sun and room. They 
grow better by having these requisites. 
It is best to plant an abunnance of mel¬ 
on, cucumber and squash seed in each hill. 
A good stand may thus be secured, and 
“thinning out” can be pursued to suit the 
fancy. 
Before setting out plants give their roots 
a mud bath using good rich soil. When in, 
always press the dirt firmly to the roots, 
using the hand or a flat stick made for the 
purpose. 
Corn, radishes, turnips and lettuce are 
good all through the summer. Plant some 
of the seed at intervals until July. These 
old “stand by’’ vegetables may then be had 
in abundance after harvest. 
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