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WHETHER grown for market or fot borne use only, It to Important that the potkto crop be made to yield as much as possible. With the right kind at care yields of 200 to 500 bushels to the acre can be obtained, maUny this one of the moet profitable crops that can be grown. Even with the most careless treatment the tuber frequently yields most generously. The potato Is very particular In its •oil requirements. A rich sandy loam is the best son. Not all farms have such a soil, but almost any soli can be ao prepared as to make a fairly good potato patch. Two things are eaaenttoL mellowness gnd plenty of rpola- i tare. Clay la too heavy, and sand dries out too rapidly. 8olls which contain too much clay or too much sand can be greatly Improved for the production of potatoes by the addition of bnmus The Ideal way to prepare a field for potatoes Is to seed It to clover for at least a year, manure It heavily, plow It up and plant It to corn. In the fall the corn can be cut for silage or fodder, so that It can be plowed before Winter. The plowing should be fairly deep. Two <11* kings and a harrowing or two the following spring make an Ideal seed bed for potatoesPotatoes are not raised from seed, but from the swollen underground stems that we call tubers or potatoes. Any piece of a tuber that contains an "eye" will grow and produce more of Its kind. A potato vine grown from a piece of a tuber Is really not a nonplant. but part of the old one. If outside conditions are the same the plant will be the same and produce the same kind of a crop. There Is much less 1 tendency to vary in plants propagated ' In this way than In those raised from seed.

Largs Versus 8mall Potatoes. Because of the fact that the potato Is not a seed It has been claimed that small potatoes would produce Just as good crops as large ones. Growers often sort out end plant the tubers that are too small for market The outcome of four or five years of such selection almost always means s decreased yield. If the potatoes planted were small only because they did not have a cbance to develop they would produce nearly as good results us larger ones from the same hill. If. however. they were small because they came from a hill of tubers all of which were naturally small tbey would produce mostly small potatoes like themselves. For this reason It Is not safe to plant the small tubers. Another important poipt is that there la not enough food material In a small potato to give the sprout the kind of a start that it needs to produce a good yield. It Is the stocky, vigorous hills that are full of large potatoes when digging time comes. The start the plant gets while It Is first making Its way to the surface of the ground largely determines the vigor with which it wll' continue to grow throughout the season. The experience of most potato grow era is that it Is best to plant medium sired tubers, about the sire of a hen's egg or larger, cutting 'each one Into four _pleces. In experiments that were

FIG- XV— WXia, SHAPED SEED POTATO.

conducted along this line quarters gave a yield of seven bushels to the acre more than two eye pieces and fifteen bnsbels more than one eye pieces. The seed potatoes should he kept in a dark place until planting time to keep them from sprouting as much as possible. New sprouts will grow If the old ones are broken off, but they will not be as strong. If the seed Is at all scabby It should be treated before planting This Is done by soaking the tubers for two hours In a solution of one pound of formalin to forty gallons of water. Afterward the potatoes should be spread out to dry and then cut. The cutting should not be done until Just before planting, as otherwise they will shrivel and lose some of their vitality. The plan ol I getting the seed potatoes cut several I weeks or even days before planting la I not to be commended. Even If the see<l ' thus prepared Is kept Iff a dark cfellar 1 the starchy part of the tuber to'cer ' tain to loee much of Us freshneM, and ' the vitality of the seed may be im 1 paired. i i Early potatoes should be planted as . anas ss the ground can be worked , Tbe later varieties, which comprise , the bulk of tbe crop, should be planted , about corn planting time or a little , later. In tbe corn belt It is most con- ( ▼anient to mark off tbe rows with the , corn planter Where land la high and i

dro !*,. Wbm, am or won .era > a»b*ller the* .this two or three neighbors can ' often combine to purchase Where hand ' planting to practiced tbe rows should be opened with a stirring plow to o depth of four to six Inches. Tbe practice of dropping tbe tubers In a cultivator track and covering them lightly la responsible for . i many of the low yields. Potatoes send up a strong sprout that b able to penetrate six Inches of soil easily, and the roots need to be well down In the moist earth. After tbe tubers are , dropped' the stirring plow may again be. brought into use to corfr tbem. or I a disk cultivator may be used. Tbe I main thing Is to get them covered . deeply. After covering two qfctbree harro wings should be given to «?Tel tbe i ground and kill any sprouting weeds, i Tbe cut tubers should be dropped from twelve to sixteen inches apart, one In a place. The amount of seed to use per acre will depend on tbe price. If seed potatoes are not too ex- ; pensive It pays to be liberal with them. Where medium sized potatoes are cut j Into quarters and dropped every fifteen Inches in rows three and one-half feet apart twelve to fifteen bushels per acre will be needed. On western farms, where land is cheap and labor "scarce, potatoes are often planted in rows both ways. This can be readily done by running a planter wire across the field and dropping a piece of potato at each button on the wire. Tbe wire Is moved at each end as in planting corn. When planted In this way half a tuber Instead of a quarter should be dropped In a nlace. Such a nlan will not rive ■

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good a yield as drilling, provided *" the drilled potatoes are kept free from weeds. The checked potatoes can be j cultivated both ways and kept clean |

with but little hand labor and will yield more than a weedy patch planted ° twice aa thick. The feaalblllty of the 1 jjlaD depends entirely upon the rela8 tive cost of land and labor. 8 A good harrowing after the plants 8 are two or three Inches high will de8 stroy many weeds and loosen the dirt In the row. Deep planted potatoes are not Injured by such a harrowing. A J few days after this the cultivator j should be started and the field cultivated once a week or oftener until the blossoms appear It pays to hoe or pull any weeds that come up In the r rows. No one thing will reduce tbe 1 yield of potatoes more than weeds. The ground should be left nearly level ' at the last cultivation. Deep planting f makes hilling unnecessary. t Spraying For Inaocta and Diaaasaa. The potato beetle is the one serious ( Insect enemy of the potato crop. The I most prevalent disease other than scab , Is blight This affects the leaves, cans- 1 , lng them to turn black and curl up. , Both blight and beetles can be readily , controlled by spraying with bordeaux I parts green mixture, nils Is made as i follows: Four pounds copper sulphate, four pounds freeh lime, four ouDces parls green and fifty gallons of water. Dissolve the copper sulphate In twen-ty-five gallons of the water and the ! Ume In the rest Then pour the two , solutions together. Make the parls , green Into a paste with a little water and stir it Into the mixture. It pays to hare a good hand sprayer to apply this solution or a power machine If many acres are grown. A hand sprayer can be bought for $5 or $& If equipped with two nozzles so as to take two rows at once It will not take more than j an hour to go over an acre. The en- i tire expense. Including the labor, will j be repaid several times over by the in- ] crease In yield. Three or four spray- ! lugs will be sufficient, starting about j the time the illants are six Inches high I and continuing at Intervals of a week j or ten days until they are In bloom. I Digging ths Crop. Where a large acreage of potatoes Is grown or where several neighbors each raise a few acres every year, a digger Is a paying Investment It leaves the tubers on top of the ground In good shape to be picked up and gets practically all of tbem. Where only a few are grown they can be forked out, but this Is a alow Job. Tbe most common practice Is to plow them out. By picking them up after the plow, then harrowing twice and picking up after each harrowing, few will be left If the field Is so located tt^at the bogs can be turned in on It they get all that were missed. As soon as dug. which should before severe freezing weather, tbe potatoes should be piled up and cov«ed with straw and dirt Here they be left until the ground begins to freeze, when they may be put to the cellar or tuutied to market If the pile ob a" well drained place It may be covered with a foot to eighteen Inches of straw and as much dirt and safely 1 aft till spring. There are many pouto especially those of foreign exwho never keep their crop In other way. While the dry Indoor method has numerous advantages, such aa readiness for use lh all weather and convenience of handling, there to much commeDd the outdoor storage plan. . are even those who contend that ; tbe flavor of the tuber to only to be d t

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VL-Tto Quarter, Aug. g 1909. a> | , THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES. of the Loaain,' I 'liito. v, Mtmory VarsM. 16-18— Gridwi ToXt, I Thou, v., 15— Commentary Prepared by Rev. D. M. 8teern«. 1900. by And« Fm Awriettm l • The topic of our lesson to Paul's to- ' •tractions to the Tbeesalooians, and < yet we are assighM a very small portion of Oils most Helpful epistle. Let those who would profit most by our study today note how mock Paul has to say about the word of God. tbe foepel of God sod the faith of these people. Bee in chapter I where this great salvation placed them and places •very true believer "In God the Fattier and In the Lord Jesus Christ," that might walk worthy of God. who hath called us unto His kingdom and glory while we wait for His Son from whom he raised from thedsad. Jesus who delivered us from the wrath to come (11. 12; i, 10). The word "comfort" In ;lv. 18; v. 11. reminds us that, being In God the Father, we are to Him who to "tbe Father of mercies aind the God of all comfort" that we who enjoy Him might bear His comfort to others, the comfort of Hto great salvation, of Bis continual care of H|S redeemed and of the glory of kingdom. In the opening verses of tbe portion given us as a lesson we are exhorted to esteem those who bring ns this comfort to His name, which Bust, certainly mean that while we ' esteem tbem. we give Him always the pre-eminence In all things, that the Lord alone may be exalted (CoL L 18; la a. u, 11. 171. Having obtained peace with God through Him who made peace for us and who to our peace and j Who will give us peace always by all , If We will let Him (Eph. U, 18. 14; Col. L 20; II Thesa. ill, 16), we are exhorted to be at peace among ourselves, for all envying and strife are r from beneath, not from above (Jas. 111. In chapter lv, 11, we hear of ambition to be quiet and to attend to one's own business, for the word "study" in that verse to a word used ° only In Rom. xv, 20: II Cor. » ▼. 9. and really signifies a bo'.y ambi- P tlon In these matters.

There will always be some disorderly ones who need warning, some feeble minded who specially Deed comfort and some weak ones needing support. and with all classes we are to manifest the love of God and the patience of Christ U I Thess. ill, 5). CoL 11, to a most wonderful word on patience and the need of It and the kind the Lord loves To return good for | evil to Christ-like and to bless those j who curse us and pray for those who persecute us (Matt. v. 44). A CbrtoI tlan should be a happy person, rejoicj lng evermore, rejoicing In the Lord I and before tbe Lord and In spite of all j manner of circumstances (Phil, lv, 4; : Dent xl!. 12. 18; Hab. UL 17, 18). beI cause He to worthy to be praised, ali ways loving us. always caring for us ! and fulfilling Rom. vliL 28. 32. It to j our privilege to be in constant touch ; and communion with God through Jesus Christ, to talk with Him about I everything and thus to pray without j ceasing, be free from all anxiety and I enjoy the peace which passeth all understanding (PhlL lv. 6. 7). If we only I the blessfngs which we might { bring from God to people in tbe name - I of Jesus Christ and the strength and | encouragement we might bring to 1 j many a lonely, weary missionary. It . ' does seem as If we would be most ! gladly talking with God about some 1 | one all the day long. To say, "Father. I thank thee." thus accepting all that : | comes or that does not come as the ' j will of God for ns Is the only proper attitude of a child of God, knowing | 1 that He so loved us as to give Hto ' , ■ only begotten Son to die for our sins, ; cannot withhold any real good, but j I

- j will with Him freely give us all things I (Pa lxxxlv ; Rom. vili. 32). Compare ' Eph. v. 20. Unbelievers resist the Spirit by re- j fuslpg to receive Jesus Chlret Be- ' llevers grieve Him by sin or quench Him by disobedience or by despising His message through the prophets. God has told ua by the prophets all that He intends to do. and if we would wa(k with ,Him as He would like us to J we must be perfectly agreed with [ Him by believing all that the prophets ha ve spoken: otherwise our Lord will count us foolish people'(Amos 111. 8. 7; 1 Luke xxlv. 25). We cannot believe all I that men teach, but must try the spirits. for there are many false teachers. I All who do not accept Jesus as God I manifest in tbe flesh, truly a man, a { I sinless man. but truly God. the Creator of all things, are not sent of God. Those who deny the supernatural birth of Jerus or Hto literal resurrection from the dead and His ascension to the right hand of the Father are not la accord with the Scrlpturea. Those who deny that Christ died, for, our sins, the Just ft* ti*j|»nJusi, .4ns(toi»Jn;f9r us. and Hid "Crimps, W on» 'Mtt.'-'fiy H*?Wd w# rimrt *M9s<alj . things and reject AD that to «ot' according to- Scripture, holding «iat ths faithful word <Tit i. 9). AgtF« here to Christ's stead to manifest Hto life to these mortal bodiea, we cannot be Hto faithful witnesses if anything unholy to Men . to as. There to a klthlness of the spirit as well as of the flesh from Which We mart ctoanV ouraHves if we would be such sons and daughters as the Almighty desires (II Cor. vl, 16-18; riL 1). ■ ' 1 (I

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