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. 11 MINIMS "SUEABSPUDS" Suggestions for* Care of Sweet Potato Beds and Setting of Plants to the Field. Clemson College. April 18.?At this season the sweet potato slips should b# coming up la the sweet potato bed. Cfere should he taken that the bed is Kritfwpt moist at all times in order to enMHbur&ge growth of the slips 1 sually W four Inches of sand or sandv loam soil Is placed over the potatoes in the bed. This will force the slip^ to come Up through four inches of soil or sand. When the slips are three inches above the surface of ti e arc tin 1 tnc-y win be large enough tc. set to 'he Held. Care should he ' tken to wet i the sweet potato bod fh vouthly two or three hours before th * -slips are drawn; otherwise they may be broken in arawmK. It will require three bushels of potatoes to furnish suffcient slips to plant an acre. One acre transplanted early In the season, say during the middle of May, will provide enough vine cuttings to set five acres more. After the vines have made a growth of from ten to Twelve inches they are cut and transplanted in the same way as slips. These cuttings are usually Vtoom eight to ten inches long, and set their full length in the soil, leaving two or three buds only above the surface. In order that a large number of cuttings may be available early in the season, it is desirable to transplant the first acre of slips on comparatively rich soil, or to fertilize the I land heavily with a commercial ferL tilizer in order to stimulate a vigorous growth. H Use Vine Cuttings. Potatoes grown from cuttings will jfjff be freer from disease than those H grown from slips. Therefore, it is desirable to have as large a per cent of Mm the crop as possible produced from W vine cuttings rather than from slips. W Three or four drawings may be made } from the potato bed. provided the slips are not allowed to grow iuu iuu8 before removing them. The slips are supported by the plant food contained In the potato itself, and after the third drawing is removed, will not sprout freely. In order that the slips or cuttings may be transplanted to the field as soon as they are large enough, the ground where the potatoes are to be planted should be prepared in adrance, so that advantage may be taken of a good season; otherwise it may be necessary to water the plants aa they are transjffanted to the field. Tfcis, of oourse, is very expensive and "Snould be avoided wherever possible. | Distance for Setting. The usual distance for setting the . plants Is from fifteen to eighteen lpches apart in three-foot rows. When set eighteen Inches apart it will require 9,680 plants to set an acre; tf set twelve Inches apart, as is sometimes recommended, It will require 14,520. Potatoes are seldom set as * *? k"? " ?)i? mw >CiOI6 &B IWC1Y6 iuuuoo iu vmv v, and this is done only when the tendency Is for the potatoes to grow too Urge. By cloee setting a larger sumI her of potatoes Is produced, but Tory tow of the large or jumbo type are feond, the idea being to produce as urge a percentage as possible of the No. 1 potato, that Is one that is not to*re than 3% or less than 1% inches in 01am eter. Preparing and Fertilizing the Land. After the land for sweets has been thoroughly plowed, the rows should be laid off three feet and a deep furrow opened with a shovel plow. The fertilizer should be applied in this drill at the rate of 600 to 800 pounds per acre, a ridge formed over this furrow by running two furrows with a half-shovel turn plow on each side. The plants should then be set on this bed. A fertilizer analyzing 8 percent phosphoric acid, 3 percent nitrogen, and three percent potash is recommended fer the Peidmont region, whose the sells are clayey, or clayeyloam. In the central and southern parts of the state, where the soils are iaaa Mndr. a fertiliser analyz XUU1C V* *vw? ? ^ , __ _ _ lug 8 perceat phosphoric acid, 3 percent nitfogan, and 6 perceat potash Is nAmmendad. The greatest care Kofcild be taken in the preparation of the land and the subsequent cultivation in order that as high a yield as possible may be obtained. We should endeavor to produce not less than 150 bushels per acre. Two hundred to 225 bushels are frequently harvested where the fields are properly plowed, fertilized, and cultivated. Varieties Recommended, f The Porto Rico. Nancy Hall, and Triumph are the three varieties now k being grown most extensively in the South. The Porto Rico is the most B popular variety in this state. The B Triumph is an early variety and is m planted extensively when the pota^ f toes are shipped green to the northern markets during August and September. L In an age demanding efficiencj there is no place for the scrub. " /lain- farmer can Tne progrcosnv not afford to be without a silo. A good sow is a gold bond yieldlnj fix to eight coupons semi-annually. ^ There is no equivalent or substl tnte for good milk. BP^FapHI and May are good monthi W' f0? preserving eggs in water-glass fo: { falf^nd winter use. ipa<n* is insurance against decaj j of farm buildings and farm eeuip neat USE PUREBRED BOMS [ I J Inferior Sires a Great Handicap. > Clemson College, May 2.?With the < Increased interest in swine in the ! stat), there will be a large demand 1 for breeding animals. On account of ! this demand, a number of persons will ' be tempted to use inferior boars and sows. While it cannot be hoped to have all of the sows purebred at this time, yet there is no excuse for the J use of grade or scrub boars. There ( are sufficient purebred boars, if prop- J erly distributed and properly man- . aged, to make every market hog in J the state at least fifty percent pure- ? bred. J Why the Purebred Sire? ; There are six goods reasons for us- < ing a purebred boar. \ 1. Larger and stronger pigs are ? produced. ! 2. The pigs grow faster and make ? cheaper gains. J 3. The pigs reach market weight ? sooner. J 4. The pigs are more uniform. j 5. The pigs meet the market de- . mand, thereby bringing a higher ; price. ? 6. Pork production is made more ' profitable. On account of the increased value J of the litters produced, any farmed . with eight or ten sows could well af- J ford to keep a purebred boar. At i least, several farmers in a neighbor- J hood can co-operate In the purchase < and use of a purebred boar. Through J judicious management, a purebred < boar for every twenty-five or thirty J sows is sufficient. < At this time when every advantage \ must be taken to realize a profit from farming operations, let no one handi- * cap himself by using inferior stock. Let your animals march with the purebreds." . 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