Potato Culture.
An authority on potato culture has expressed the opinion that maturity may be hastened in three ways:—l. By planting sets in pots in a greenhouse and transplanting to open ground. 2. By sprouting, that is, planting sets thickly in a cold frame, and when ready to break transplanting them to the field. S. By budding. For the last small potatoes the size of hen's eggs, are given heat and light for six weeks or so, before planting time, thus causing a strong bud to develop and roots ot form. The budded potatoes are placed in the field with the care given to onion sets, etc. It?is said that a gain of 32 bushels per acre was obtained by this method over the ordinary way of planting. In preparing land for the reception of seed potatoes whether by hand or mechanical means, much labour is involved. If good results are to be got, it is absolutely necessary that the land should be got; into a friable condition to a certain depth. Thus the chief essential to be aimed atjs a thoroughly good bed.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 98, 11 September 1908, Page 3
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184Potato Culture. King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 98, 11 September 1908, Page 3
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