
The market for potatoes should continue excellent 
over several years. In dehydrated form potatoes 
are being sent all over the world to feed starving 
peoples as well as our own soldiers. Yes, you'll 
have a market—make sure you have the potatoes 
by planting good, healthy, true-variety seed on 
well-fertilized ground. Plant Hoffman Seed. 
“IRISH COBBLER” (Certified) 
Of this old reliable we are able to offer you extra- 
fine Maine-grown seed. A fine, early, heavy- 
yielding potato. Delicious, mealy. Shallow eyes. 
Stores well. Popular favorite. 
MICHIGAN “RUSSET” (Certified) 
A hardy grower, easy to harvest and store, re- 
sistant to many diseases. The iron-clad rules of 
the Michigan State College inspection service pro- 
tect you when you buy this seed. Our seed is 
produced by famous Tuber-Unit method that re- 
moves everything undesirable. Once gave a yield 
of 629 bushels per acre in Bucks County, Pa. 
“KATAHDIN” (Certified) 
A very mealy variety. Oval-shaped—very smooth 
—shallow eyes. Matures a little before ‘Green 
Mountain.” Fine yielder. Vines dark green—thick, 
heavy foliage. Popular. 
“SEBAGO” (Certified) 
One of the newer varieties from Maine; late and 
blight-resistant. If sprayed will continue to grow 
until the frost gets them, consequently a greater 
yield of fine-appearing tubers. Many reported 
that Sebago lived through the dry weather to 
make good crops after the late rains. 
“GREEN MOUNTAIN” (Certified) 
One of the best-liked standard potatoes grown, 
very finest in eating qualities. A later-maturing 
Maine-grown seed—with many friends. 
For More Potatoes Treat Your Seed With 
“SEMESAN BEL” 
You can't get good yields from disease-weakened 
plants. Even the best seed can be affected by 
some of these soil-borne diseases. ‘‘Semesan Bel’’ 
offers you easy, low-cost control of Rhizoctonia, 
scab, and other soil-borne diseases. 
Results are remarkable. Practical applications 
show an average incrase in yield over a period 
of years of about 10 per cent. Yet it costs so little 
—z2 cents per bushel, one pound treating 60 
bushels. Simply quick-dip in solution and plant. 
Don't let disease rob you of potato profits. Treat 
ALL seed, including certified. 
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Fertilizer for Potatoes 
Potatoes will usually pay for liberal fertilization. With 
manure and a good legume sod turned down, apply 600 
to 800 pounds of a 4-10-10 or 4-12-12 or 160 to 200 
pounds of plant food in a 1-2-2 ratio. Without manure 
the 1-2-2 ratio furnishing 200 to 240 pounds of plant food, 
such as 1000 to 1200 of 4-8-8, seems best. For early pota- 
toes the total plant food might be increased to 240 or 
260 pounds using the 1-2-2 or a 1-2-1 ratio, such as 1,200 
to 1,500 pounds of a 4-10-5. 
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To Guard Against Late Blight 
Spray early and late with bordeaux mixture. That means 
early as soon as the rows can be seen and at weekly 
intervals as long as the vines are alive. Bordeaux mix- 
ture is made with 8 pounds of bluestone and 8 pounds 
of lime, hydrated or burned, and 100 gallons of water. 
A program of continuous and thorough spraying with 
bordeaux mixture insures the grower against late blight 
and promises the best crop that conditions will allow. 
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Cover Crop to Save Labor in Orchard 
A mixture of crimson clover and winter vetch with a 
light addition of millet or rye as a nurse crop has given 
encouraging results. This is not worked down until the 
crimson clover is past full bloom and much of the dead 
cover is left on or close to the surface of the soil. This 
makes the scil so loose the new seeding must be firmed. 
Soil should be firmed by using a cultipacker. 
Rye grass makes an excellent ground cover, but must 
be used with caution in the peach orchard as it will check 
tree growth if not worked down at the proper time. 


