Farm crops, their cultivation and management, a non-technical manual for the cultivation, management and improvement of farm crops . Some growers in the seaboard states apply one ton of ahigh-grade complete fertilizer per acre, and many growers on naturally. A Potato Planter.^ fertile soil in the Central states use none at all. It is a common practiceto apply all of the fertilizer in the row, and when the amount is in excessof 1000 pounds per acre, there is danger of injury to the plants as they startgrowth Lime is not applied to land immediately before potatoes are planted,as it favors the de
Farm crops, their cultivation and management, a non-technical manual for the cultivation, management and improvement of farm crops . Some growers in the seaboard states apply one ton of ahigh-grade complete fertilizer per acre, and many growers on naturally. A Potato Planter.^ fertile soil in the Central states use none at all. It is a common practiceto apply all of the fertilizer in the row, and when the amount is in excessof 1000 pounds per acre, there is danger of injury to the plants as they startgrowth Lime is not applied to land immediately before potatoes are planted,as it favors the development of potato scab. Acid soils are more free fromthis disease than alkaline ones, but clover demands lime and is needed in arotation with potatoes. The best practice is to use finely pulverizedlimestone rather than burned lime and to make the appHcation immediatelyafter the potato crop in the rotation. The Planting.—As the potato thrives best in cold latitudes the plantingshould be made as early as possible in the spring in the Southern states and * From Farmera Bulletin 365, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 178 SUCCESSFUL FARMING the southern tier of the Northern states. The only exception is in the caseof midsummer planting with the aim of secur
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