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cover the potatoes with pine straw. There are six inches of 
it over the top of the ground. I do not plant until the 1st of 
February, and about the 1st of April I put on about 200 
pounds of sulphate potash to the acre. When my potatoes 
are ready to dig I rake off the straw, and in gathering the 
potatoes I leave the small ones under the ground; the large 
potatoes are taken from the ground. I then spread my straw 
as evenly as I can, and my second crop is planted. That 
makes my fall crop of potatoes, and if any fertilizer gives 
better results than my stable manure I would like to know 
how it is done. I consider stable manure as one of the most 
valuable fertilizers we have. There are a great many things 
in stable manure which are very valuable to the soil of Flor¬ 
ida. I get from my pine straw a great deal of potash, I 
think, and I find it valuable. As for the worms, I am not 
troubled by them at all. I get rid of those by putting on 
/finely powdered tobacco stems. 
Mr. Montgomery— In regard to straw for Irish potatoes: 
We find almost any kind of straw—pine straw, or any kind 
of litter tramped up a little so as to break it up—put on Irish 
potatoes will do. We have used broom sedge more than any¬ 
thing else, but we have used pine straw. No fertilizer is 
better than manure for oranges. 
! he Best Lawn Grass For Florida. 
H. A. Stoddard—I want to ask a question before the liext 
report is taken up. I am very desirous of raising a lawn. 
Some recommend one kind of grass and some recommend 
another. I want to know if there is anyone present who is 
using Bermuda grass ? 
G. P. Healy— If there is irrigation I do not see how any¬ 
one can make a more beautiful lawn than with Bermuda grass. 
I have used Bermuda grass for this purpose ever since I had 
it. With irrigation it makes a beautiful lawn. There is 
not a time in the year when it is not green. The only trouble 
I ever had with Bermuda grass was when it had gone through 
an unusually hot summer, but with a good coating of fertilizer 
