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What varieties will you se lect and how will you prepare the ground to plant and fertilize the crop% These are all leading ques tions, .because the Irish potato is bound to become an increasingly im portant crop to our farmers. Every one should raise some potatoes in the home garden. There is no bet ter all-purpose or general crop to cultivate. In the south preference will be given to the sweet potato over the Irish potato, but at the season of the year when this crop is -ready for us the sweet potato can no longer be obtained, nor will it be available for eating purposes until at least the spring crop of Irish potatoes has been exhausted. The Irish potato has some advantages to its credit which the sweet potato does not pos sess. It is not as tender nor as likely to decay on that account as the sweet potato. It can be kept for a longer period of time and with less care in reference to methods of storage. It provides a large amount of starchy or carbonaceous food which is essential in our dietary. One of the ways in which we can improve the food we use in our homes is through the more extensive use of vegetables. For this purpose there is nothing better, than the, Irish po tato for use at all seasons of the year, but especially during that pe riod when sweet potatoes are not available. Moreover, there ’is a steadily growing demand for this crop not only for local consumption but for shipment into other states. This demand has been accentuated quite materially in th" last three or four years because of the rapid in crease in urban populations. Anyone, therefore, growing this crop and hauling it - with a resonable degree of skill should be able to find a sat isfactory local market for any sur plus which may be offered for sale. Success with Irish potatoes de pends very largely on getting them in the ground at the right time. This is essentially a cool weather crop. Most people make the mistake of planting entirely too late, especially in the spring of the year. Potatoes planted late may germinate all right, but when hot weather comes the vines dry up, the tubers fail to de velop and the crop is counted a fail ure. Land intended for this crop should be ployed immediately. Os course, I do not mean when it is wet,- but just as soon as it is possible to turn it over satisfactorily. It should then be laid off in rows 3 to 3.5 feet apart. I think the narrower rows are better on average soil because there is less ground between the rows to cultivate and keep free of weeds. I would then lay off the rows with a big turning plow. If possible, a bull tongue run behind the plow would be an advantage, as it loosens up the land to a good depth and enables it to store and hold water to tji6 best advantage.'. In, the furrows thus made there should be incor pot&ted., some well composted mate rial. This, may consist of yard ma nure, leaves and litter of various kinds mixed together and broken down through the medium of a com post heap until it is in a relatively fine condition. If this material is put in the furrow before the bull tongue is run through it, it can then be mixed better with the lower area of the soil. A little earth may then be worked into the bottom of the furrow, which should still, how ; ever, have a depth of 6 to 8 inches. If fertilizer is to be used it should be scattered over the bottom of the furrow before or after the compost WOOD’S SEEDS Tested for Purity and Germination They’re Safe Seeds to Plant t orc not to be ity. 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It should also be well mixed with the subsoil. Various fertilizer formulas may be used for this purpose. The prin cipal thing is to supply the crop with an adequate amount of rather quickly available plant food, as the Irish potato crop should be ready to dig ordinarily in 3 to 3.5 months from the time of planting. Hence the potatoes .do not have a long sea son in which to gather and store the plant food necessary to make a satisfactory crop. Os the fertilizers commonly used, one containing say 3 per cent nitrogen, S) per cent phos phoric acid and about 3 per cent potash should prove satisfactory on our clay or sandy loams. On our lighter soils 3.5 to 4 per cent nitro gen. 10 per cent phosphoric acid, and as much as 4 to 5 per cent pot ash may often be used satisfacto rily. As to the sources from which ma terials should be obtained opinions will no doubt differ, but there is lit tle to choose in this respect save from the standpoint of economy. I would personally always use those carriers of any of the above essen tial elements which supply the avail able plant food in the cheapest form. The basis of a good fertilizer for mula may very properly have 1,000 pounds of acid phosphate, 600 pounds of dried blood ami 400 pounds of sulphate of potash. These materials may of course be mixed togethei’ Without danger of unfavorable chem ical reaction being developed. A for mula of this kind may also be al lowed to stand for some time before it is distributed on the land. How ever, the combination of materials mentioned above is only suggestive. At least 500 pounds of a. standard formula should be used under Irish potatoes. Where one is endeavoring to grow them for commercial pur poses probably 1,000 pounds .can often be used with advantage. The truck growers of some sections of the country use as much as a ton per acre and then grow a second crop on the land without additional fertilizer. In the south this might of course be sweet potatoes. Where large amounts of fertilizer are used, of course, skillful handling of the crop is essential In order to insure a profitable return on so large an in vestment in commercial plant food. As to the varieties of plant opin ions will differ. There are two standard sorts, according to my point of view, for use in the south. One is the Bliss, which presumably is sold at times under other names. There are the Red and White Bliss. Personally I prefer the white potato, though many like the red one. The next best standard strain, as I see it, is the Irish Cobbler. This is a White potato of good size and shape and a favorite wherever it has been grown. It yields well, keeps well, and ships' satisfactorily. Those who prefer other sorts are welcome to exercise their fancy and have a per fect right to do so, but I am inclined to think that if we cultivated the varieties mentioned more extensively the results in the main would be found mo/re satisfactory than from the growth of a greater number of varieties. My reason for this state ment lies in the fact that the mar ket requires a potato of uniform size, shape and color, and hence the fewer the varieties grown the more nearly we can hope to attain the end desired. It appears that Maine or eastern grown seed would be the best for this section for spring planting, and one should take care to see that the seed have been properly examined, graded and passed upon before pur • chasing. We wish to avoid the intro duction of certain diseases of the po tato, and this is the best way to in sure the attainment of that end? Potatoes should be cut so as to leave two eyes to each piee’e. Per- —ii 1 jx. m7vn.xni7, ni-xxjrirrsmq vxr>« x-ivum-i , <x, sonally, we plant only one piece in a hill, though some prefer to use two. Our idea is to put the pieces 18 to 24 inches apart in the drill. Pota toes cut fresh and immediately plant ed have given us the best results. Some like to use a little gypsum on the freshly cut potatoes to keep them from bleeding. There is no objection to this practice, but we have not re garded it as essential to success. Closer planting than that indicated is not desirable. The potatoes should be covered to a depth of 6 or 8 inches. The planting should be done in south Georgia in late January or early Fer ruary. In north Georgia it is desir able to have the potatoes in the ground by the 15th of February. This is not always practicable, but it Can frequently be accomplished by plan ning the work well in advance. I have rarely failed to be able to plant at this date by breaking my ground in the fall and laying it off in the early winter. Planting may be done, of course, as late as the 15th of March, but with more or less indiffer ent results, depending on seasonal conditions. I would hardly under take to grow this crop for home purposes if planting were delayed be yond March 1 to 15, and I do not be lieve I would try to raise it on a commercial basis unless I could plant in February. In covering the potatoes a plow may may be used, leaving a heaped up ridge over' the top, or where the drill will later stand. When the potatoes begin.to sprout upward this ridge should be knocked off with a harrow, or a hoe in the home gar den. Light and frequent shallow cultivation is then to be followed. Keep a dust mulch over the ground all the time. The drier the season the more frequent the cultivation should be. Side applications of fer tilizer are not necessary from my point of view. Fight the bugs by watching for them first appearance. Hand-pick ing is then the order. A pair of old bugs destroyed when they first make their appearance will prevent the development of literally thousands of bugs later on in the season. It is not a very difficult matter to go over the patch rather rapidly and pick off these old bugs and destroy them in a bottle of kerosene or in such other manner as may be most convenient. The eggs laid on the back 1 of the leaves should be picked of also. The use of Paris green as a spray will prevent the develop ment of the bugs when they become more numerous. Spraying be done frequently enough to hold them in check. A wet solution may be used for this purpose, or a dry solution. Fifteen' pounds of slack lime into which has been thoroughly mixed a pound of Paris green is a very effective dust spray. I prefer this to the wet solution. It should be put on when the leaves are moist with dew, either late in the evening or early in the morning. If effec tively applied the. potato bugs can most certainly be held easily ir; check. There is no reason why the aver age family in Georgia should not haVe Irish potatoes ready for use from the first of April to the first of May. The spring crop, if allowed to mature in the ground and then properly harvested and stored, ’ will supply the family with all of this crop needed until sweet potatoes are developed in late August or early September. In fact, I have kept Irish potatoes throughout the sum mer and used them with entire sat isfaction up to January 1. In other words, they were stored successful ly under our climatic conditions for a period of six months. The storage space was under my own house ".o the cost was nothing at all. All that was necessary to do was to keep the potatoes in thin layers and break off the sprouts when, they started to develop in August or September. There is no more desirable or valu able crop for us to cultivate on the average farm. Every home should be well supplied with an abundance of this desirable foodstuff. Make your plans to have a small or large patch in proportion to the needs and requirements of your family. Re member that by taking forethought you can insure yourself against loss ard failure with this crop. Early planting is the secret of success tn producing a large and profitable crop of Irish potatoes. Do Not Flant Alfalfa in the Spring' W. W., Acworth, Ga., writes: I have aoout an acre of red land that is in wheat; it was in wheat last year, fol lowed by peas, but the crop was very short on account of the drought. I wish now to try alfalfa on this land. How should 1 proceed? The land is only fair. If situated as you are, I would not think of seeding alfalfa this spring. If you have a good stand of wheat, let' it alone and harvest it. If it shows evidence of providing a fair yield; you can improve its condition by 'broadcasting one hundred pounds of nitrate of soda over it immediate ly. Put it on when the wheat is dry. Scattering it over the surface the.ground will be a satisfactory method of applying it. As soon as you can harvest the wheat, break the land rock over the ground and harrow it in. Sow the cowpeas im mediately, using three hundred pounds of kainit per acre as a fer tilizer. Plow these peds down when in a good condition to make hay. Bury the whole mass of vines deeply '.n the soil. Roll the land to com pact it. Put on two tons more of lime. Work the land as a fallow until October Ist, then, if seasonal conditions are favorable, sow twenty pounds of selected, western grown al ialfa seed. Inoculate it very care fully according to the directions sent with this material. Seed on a cloudy nay or towards evening. Cover with weeder. Mulch the alfalfa when it develops to a stand with a heavy coating of well rotted yard manure, in the spring, fertilize it with five hundred pounds of acid phosphate and one hundred pounds of kainit. "his material should be broadcasted and harrowed into the soil. Fighting the 801 l Weevil With Poison A * S- ’. J'hulison, Ga., writes: 1 wish some information on the use of calcium arsenate as a spray for killing tie bod weevil. When and how should it be applied and in what quantity? The use of calcium arsenate in fighting the boll weevil is a com paratively new thing and very much remains to be learned about the best method of application. Our results indicate, however, that benefit will accure from the use of this material in excess of the cost involved We believe that ordinarily it will be nec essary to make about five applica tions a little over a week apart. There is no use of beginning to’ spray for protection against the weevils until a marked infestation has developed, this means when about thirty per cent of the squares have been at tacked. The material to use must' contain forty-two per cent of arsenic pentoxid and not more than one per cent of soluble arsenic. Remember that this is a matter of importance and do not. purchase material which is not guaranteed to be of the quality indicated above. If the material con tains less than forty-two per cent of arsenic pentoxid it is too weak to poison the weevil effectively and if it contains more than one per cent HATCHING DUCK EGGS HAS INS AND OUTS-BE CAREFUL Duck raising is conducted success fully both as a side issue on general farms and as a special business on a large scale. The sale of these birds is not confined chiefly to the holiday season, like turkeys, but the de mand is an all-the-year one. On a general farm they add variety, both in meat and in eggs, to the farmer’s table. Ducks lay thir eggs early in the day, and should be confined to the house or pen until 9:30 or 10 o’clock In the morning. If allowed, to roam early in the morning, they' may lay in a pond or stream and the eggs may be lost. Period of Incubation The period of incubation for ducks’ eggs is 28 days, except for the Mus covy duck, which is 33 to 35 days. The eggs may be hatched either nat urally or artificially, but on practi cally all of the large duck farms the hatching is done in incubators. Strong, fertile eggs are a prime es sential in good hatching, and are ob tained only from stock properly mated and kept under the best pos sible Conditions to secure health and vigor, say United States department of agriculture specialists. Eggs from overfat breeding stock do not usu ally produce a large percentage of strong ducklings. Pekin and Indian Runner ducks rarely sit; consequent ly, if natural methods of incubation are to be used, the eggs are usually hatched under hens. Ducks’ eggs should be washed if dirty. Washing does not appear to injure their hatch ing qualities. Before setting a hen dust her thor oughly with insect powder. In ap plying this powder hold the hen by the feet, with her head hanging down, and work it thoroughly into the feathers, giving special attention around the vent and under the wings. If several hens are sitting in the same room, confine them on the nests, allowing them to come off only once a day for feed and water. Sitting hens should be fed whole or cracked grains, such as corn or wheat. Place 9 to 11 ducks’ eggs under a hen, de pending on her size and the season of the year, using the smaller num- Fewer Farm Animals Reported Last Year A slight increase in the number of milch cows and mules and a mod erate decrease in the number of other cattle (calves, steers, bulls and cows not for milk), horses, sheep and swine are the outstanding features of a survey of live stock on farms and ranges of the United States on January 1, as compared with a year ago, made by the bureau of crop es timates, United States department of agriculture. Milch cows have increased about 272,000 head, or 1.2 per cent; mules increased 41,000 head, or 0.8 per cent; “other” cattle (as designated above) decreased 700,000 head, or 1.5 per cent; horses decreased 373,000 head, or 1.7 per cent; sheep decreased 251,000 head, or 0.5 per cent, and swine decreased 1,675,000 head, or 2.2 per cent. The estimated number of animals on farms and ranges January 1 are 21,109,000 horses, 4,995,000 mules, .23,747,000 milch cows, 44,385,000 other cattle,' 48,615,000 sheep, and 72,908,000 hogs. The total of all animals is 215,760,000, which is 2,- 686,000 head,' or 1.2 per cent, less than a year ago. The total value of all farm animals on January 1 was about $8,561,000,- 000, which is a shrinkage of $266,- 000,000, or 3 per cent, compared with a year ago. It is an interesting ob servation that mules and milch cows which increased in numbers also in creased in value per head; whereas all other classes of animals decreas ed in value per head, as well as in total numbers. Early Annuals From Seeds Most of the annual flower seeds can be sown in cold frames or hot beds in March for early flowering plants. The plants can be gradually hardened off late in the season, so they can be set out in the beds quite early. Nearly a century ago a couplet was often repeated regarding win ter weather. Last autumn and our present winter seem to indicate the truth of the rhyme: “A cold, sour autumn, they sternly maintain, A long, severe winter will bring in its train; If summer and autumn be both dry and warm, Calm opens the winter, it closes in storm.” of soluble arsenic the material will burn the plants. Calcium arsenate is the trade name of this material. It should be ap plied only as a dry dust. When ap plied in the liquid state, it' does not cover the plants so thoroughly as a dust spray. This spray should b s put on the late afternoon or at night or in the early morning when the plants arc moistened with dew and the air is still. This permits the dust to adhere to the plants better than under any other condition of ap plication. Uniformity in the distri bution of the spray is essential. On a small farm a hand sprayer can be utilized to advantage. On a large farm a power sprayer should be pur chased. The use of calcium arsenate in fighting the weevil is a “means to an end,” but is not the whole propo sition by any means. Therefore, do not make the mistake of supposing that you can overcome weevil dam age through merely utilizing calcium ar senate as a spray. Planting Acorns to Make Fence Posts L. B. M., Commerce, Ga., writes: I would like to know when and how to plant acorns? I want to raise the trees to plant around my pasture for posts. Acorns should be planted as promptly as possible. You might plant these nuts just where you wish the trees to grow. It might be a good idea to put sev eral in each place or at least close together so that' in case some fail to germinate there will be one likely to grow and develop and provide the necessary trees. We do not know that any special arrangement need be made in planting the nuts. Our idea would be to bury them to a depth of two or three inches in soil that is fairly friable. You could plant them, of course, by means of a dibble, but if they are set out in this way it is important to remem ber that the earth must be packed firmly around the nut so as not to leave an open air space about it, which might easily otherwise happen. There is, of course, another way of handling this proposition and that is to take a row of ground in your gar den, fertilize it well and plant the nuts about 12 inches apart. Then cover the row and firm the earth down well. You could cover it dur ing the winter with a mulch, which would help to protect the nuts and also furnish a desirable cover to the ber of eggs in cold weather and the larger number in warm weather. Con fine the hens at hatching time and do not disturb them until the hatch is completed, unless they become rest less, when it may be best to remove the ducklings that hatched first. Duck Eggs Require Moisture Hens must be well cared for in hatching ducks’ eggs, as the period of incubation is a week longer than that of hens’ eggs. It usually takes ducklings from 24 to 48 hours to hatch after they pick the shells; therefore it is advisable to allow the hen to get off the nest for feed and water when the first ducklings pick the shell and then confine her to the nest until the hatching is over. Ducks’ eggs need more moisture than hens’ eggs at hatching time, as it takes the ducks much longer to get out of the shell. The eggs,, therefore, should be sprinkled with warm water pre vious to hatching. Incubators for hatching ducks’ eggs are usually kept at a slightly lower temperature than for hens’ eggs. Keep the machine at 102 degrees F for the first three weeks and 103 de grees F for the last week. The tem perature may go above 103 degrees F, and sometimes will go as high as 104 degrees Fat hatching time. Op erate the machines according to the manufacturer’s directions. Methods of Brooding Ducks are much easier to brood artificially than chickens, but they may also be raised under hens suc cessfully. If raised by the latter method, it is advisable to confine the hens and allow the ducklings free range, as the hens are apt to wander too far away with their broods. After the ducklings have been con fined to the incubator for 24 to 36 hours after hatching, remove them ■to the brooder and give them their first feed. The brooder should be operated at a temperature of about 95 degrees F at first and gradually reduced to 80 degrees or 85 degrees within a week or 10 days. The tem perature may be reduced quite rap idly, depending on the season of the year. Aim to keep the ducklings comfortable. Makes Money With Canning Outfit Two boilers fitted with trays, two tubs, two wire baskets, two paring knives, a small dipper, a measuring cup, a kettle, and a can sealer com prised the equipment that a young Washington school teacher used to can enough peaches to clear S6OO in two weeks last fall. One of the things which the home demonstration agents, sent out by the United States department of ag riculture and the state colleges, teach Is the use of inexpensive equ'.p men when it impossible or inadvis able to buy expensive utensils. In the Yakima Valley, Washington, there is a high percentage of waste peaches in the orchards that supply the commercial canneries. It is im possible for them to use tree-ripen ed Alberta and Slappa peaches be cause they will riot stand up well under the high pressure used in proc essing. »A young school teacher, living in the vicinity of these orchards, and her aunt decided, with the advice of the home demonstra tion agent of that county, to utilize these tree-ripened peaches. With a stove mkde of bricks and the above equipment they were able in two weeks to make a profit of S6OO. They found little sugar was necessary with the tree-ripened peaches. They also made 600 quarts of peach and pear conserve and 215 quarts of grape and apple jelly. Special recipes were worked out for the pear butter. Cattle Ticks Given No Rest Preparations are under way in the tick-infested Southern states for ac tive resumption in the spring of the campaign against the destructive cat tie parasite. Last year’s plan of beginning dip ping operations as early as possible in March will be followed this year. In fact, it is expected that the early dipping this year will largely sur pass anything done in previous years. Thus the cattle tick will be killed before he has a chance to acquire a large and activq family. In some sections where weather conditions made it possible, dipping has been kept up through the Win ter, and the costly little bug has been given no rest in the season >when it has been customary to sus pend active field work. An area of 219,581 square miles remain to be freed from the do mination of the tick. Officials of the Bureau of Animal Industry Unit ed States Department of Agriculture, are confident that a large slice of this area will be taken out oX quar antine as a result of the 1920 cam paign. young plants when germination takes place in the spring. You could let the young trees stay in such a row for a season and then thin them out and transplant into wider rows, or into the field where they are to stand, as you see fit. Onions as a Profitable Winter Crop J. T. N., S't. Charles, S. C., writes: I want to raise some onions for winter use. Please tell me when to plant them and what kind to plant, and what kind of fertilizer to use. Presumably, you are talking about the onion crop which you wish to start in the fall of 1920 for use or sale during the spring of 1921. In that event, I would plant out the seed very soon of whatever varieties I preferred. I have found the Weathersfield and the Globe very satisfactorily for planting in this climate. The seed should be sown about the fifteenth of February in drills fifteen inches apart. The land should be made rich with a liberal application of chicken manure which should be well worked into the sur face of the ground. Fertilize with a formula containing from 4 to 5 per cent of nitrogen, 9 to 10 per cent phosphoric acid and from 4 to 5 per cent of potash. Use this material at the rate of five hundred to one thousand pounds per acre. Two or three side applications wil-1 prove helpful. About the first of July they will have attained the size of small sets and then die down. These should be allow r ed to dry out and should be carefully stored and set out again as soon as the season opens up, say the fifteenth of September to the first of October. When this is done, you will have young onions for use during the fall. They can be sold at this season to advantage. They will continue to grow through the winter and will be ready for market in the early spring. If you allow them to stand, they will develop big bottoms and grow to a surprisingly large size between April and June. They must then be put into a storage house where they can be dried out and kept free from mold or they will decay. It is best to dispose of them as soon as they come to maturity. There is a big demand for green onions when they attain the size of a lead pencil up to the thickness of the thumb or forefinger. You will be surprised to see what a large number of onions of this size you can produce from a small area of ground. Build Houses for Birds— They Increase Farm Yields Birds are desirable to have about the premises, not only on account of their beauty and song, but because of their economic worth. The little feathered songsters are especially useful as insect destroyers during the breeding period, when they have to work early and late to obtain suf ficient food for their nestlings. One way to increase the number making your property their summer home is to put out feathers, bits of wool and twine during the nest-building sea son for the birds to use in building their habitations. Another way is to build safe retreats for them in which they can rear their young comfort ably. Most of the houses will be oc cupied year aftei* year. In fact, no attraction for summer birds is more effectual than plenty of houses suit ed to the needs and habits of the various kinds of house birds. Dur ing the idle hours in the winter months the construction of a few of these bird dwellings is fascinating and useful work. Farmers’ Bulletin 609, prepared by the United States bureau of biological survey, gives clear working direc tions, with illustrations, for a large number of bird houses—both of the single and apartment house variety. This bulletin may be had free by writing the department of agri culture, Washington, D. C. State of Sonora Under Same Regulations as All Mexico WASHINGTON, D. C.—The state of Sonora, Mexico, is no longer ex empt from the regulations of the Unitdd States department of agri culture governing the entry of rail way cars and other vihicles, express, baggage or other materials from Mexico. When the regulations were promulgated July 1, 1917, as one of the measures against the pink boll worm of cotton, the states of Sonora and Lower California were made ex empt from inspection and disinfec tion requirements. It has recently appeared, however, that railway cars and materials entering from Sonora byway of Nogales or Douglas, Ariz., may have, come from the in terior of Mexico, and are likely to be more or less fouled with cot ton seed that may contain the pink boll worm. The secretary of agri culture, therefore, has promulgated an amendment to the regulations placing Sonora on the same basis as the rest of Mexico, except Lower California. Lower California, the other state exempted under the orig inal regulations, is not affected. .... L 1 > J t J X r A -1 | | i I Automatically /, I efficient, labor-saving operation. For instance, when you reach the end of a row it is not necessary to pull the marker over there is a folding marker on each side and the pressure of the soil automatically swings as you turn the planter. 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