March 18. 1922 
Growing Sweet Potatoes in Michigan 
We sell plants, ami started selling sweet 
potato plants last year. We planted a 
few in the hotbed, but they did not seem 
to get very long roots. How deep should 
they be planted, ami does it make a dif¬ 
ference whether they are laid f I at or on 
end? We have never been able to pro¬ 
cure many potatoes to plant, and most of 
them rot, but we try to have a few, so as 
to have some on band at all times. We 
'b'Oend mostly on getting them from the 
South by the thousand and selling them 
1 s the hundred, Wo bad some Big Stem 
and the remainder were supposed to be 
Jersey Sweet, but could not all have been 
true to name, as some were line, large, 
thick potatoes, while otlieis were long, 
thin, and full of libers inside ami out 
Will you advise ns of difference in the 
varieties and which would be most suit¬ 
able for our climate and trade? 
Berrien Co.. Mich. m.j. w. 
It matters little about the length of the 
roots on the plants from the bed. They 
seldom make heavy roots. The plants 
arc made from the stored food in the po¬ 
tato, and make better roots bedded and 
covered in pure pit sand thau in rich soil. 
Plant cuttings of the vines in late June 
or early July in your climate to make 
small potatoes for bedding the next 
Spring. Dry the potatoes off at a high 
temperature, and then put. them where a 
temperature of not over 50 degrees can 
be maintained, and they keep all right 
The curing at temperature of 85 or 90 
is the important point. These cuttings 
are planted thickly, pushing them into 
ridges with a forked stick, and dropping 
them 0 to S in. in the row. These small 
potatoes, grown late, will keep better 
thau the early plants. We have here 
storage houses holding 20.000 bn., as thou¬ 
sands of acres are planted in this county 
alone. The Big Stem Jersey aud Gold 
Skin are leading sorts for shipping north : 
Nancy Hall and Porto Rico of the yam 
class arc used at home. The potatoes are 
placed Hat in the bed. and so they do not 
touch each other. Our growers bed a 
great many more than could he made to 
furnish plants, because they want to plant 
the whole crop from the first drawing. 
Climatic conditions have a great effect. 
The potatoes prefer a sandy soil and lib¬ 
eral fertilizing in the rows. While we 
can make 300 and more bushels an acre. 
I doubt that in Michigan you can make 
much of a crop, or potatoes of fine qual¬ 
ity. Better buy the plants you retail. 
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Destroying Sumach 
T have a piece of land, about 10 acres; 
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being poisoned? What part of the wood 
has the most poison? Is the dry -wood 
poisonous? J. D. 
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