POTATOES UNDER STRAW.
f>.«rpdjingl,v_ good..rj}sulL=uha-vo (says'an Australian paper) been received, during the past couple of years. by Jlr. A. Crisp, of-Springtlale, , 'in "growing potatoes under straw. Last year the tubers -nevo planted an inch under ground, and covered with straw to a depth of about ten inches. Tho. result was a .heavy crop, somo weighing as much ns 41b'. ench. The straw protects'the plants when young from late frosts in September, and they do with far less water than when grown in oprii land, besides being less, trouble. 'hie straw keeps the-ground very moist, llr. Crisp has had experience, growing potatoes in. the Jlonarp counlry by this method, and claims farmers-, hereabouts can make, the venture. profitable if cultivated the right way.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1197, 4 August 1911, Page 8
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122POTATOES UNDER STRAW. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1197, 4 August 1911, Page 8
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