Agriculturist, February 9, 1924 
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E. V. Hardenburg 
S UFFOLK County, N. Y„ has now 
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tion where it ranks close to Aroostook 
County, Maine, in the production of this 
crop. Suffolk County is credited with the 
production of 8,000,000 bushels of pota¬ 
toes in 1923, the average yield being 208 
bushels per acre, second only to that of 
its neighbor, Nassau County. The greater 
part of this crop has already moved to 
market, most of it selling at not less than 
$1.20 per bushel, f. o. *b. shipping point. 
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tion from now until planting time will 
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tions, controlling carlot movement into 
New York from Maine and other outlying 
regions. 
Grade Carefully 
Although little attention is given to 
shipment under Federal potato grades by 
the Long Island grower, it is the feeling 
of growers on the Island that in spite of 
this fact they are putting a product into 
the New York market which is consider¬ 
ably above the minimum U. S. No. 1 
Grade requirement. Grading on the 
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clusively done by the use of mechanical 
graders in the hands of the shippers. 
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plished directly as the crop is picked up. 
Plan Potato Tour for 1924 
The Suffolk County Potato Improve¬ 
ment Committee is planning to hold the 
usual potato tour at the usual time next 
summer. It is on the occasion of these 
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tions being carried on in this county. 
Use Inoculated Sulphur for Scab 
Because of the recently apparent in¬ 
crease in the scab control problem, Suffolk 
County growers are actively concerned in 
the use of scab control measures. AL¬ 
THOUGH THE USE OF INOCU¬ 
LATED SULPHUR AS APPLIED TO 
THE SOIL FOR THE ELIMINATION 
OF POTATO SCAB IS STILL IN THE 
EXPERIMENTAL STAGE, BOTH 
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PERIENCES OF GROWERS INDI¬ 
CATE THAT THIS METHOD OF 
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In view of the particularly sensitive re¬ 
action of cauliflower, which sometimes 
follows potatoes, to the acid soil condi¬ 
tion produced by sulphur, this crop has in 
some instances suffered. 
The College of Agriculture and the 
County Farm Bureau are now recom¬ 
mending that sulphur be used in relatively 
small amounts on only those areas in the 
field where scabiness is severe. The ap¬ 
plication of more than 600 pounds inocu¬ 
lated sulphur per acre at any one time 
has proven undesirable even under severe 
scab conditions. In case of the larger 
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it may be thoroughly incorporated in the 
soil by harrowing, is recommended. 
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Green manure, mainly through the use 
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these growers who commonly use the 
same soil for potatoes year after year. 
Although it is felt that the resulting in¬ 
creased acidity from this practice is of 
some value in scab control, it does not 
offer a ready solution of the problem to 
the grower whose soil is especially scabby. 
As a result of the tendency of ammoni- 
ated sulphate to increase soil acidity in 
contrast of the influence from nitrate of 
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