. The sweet potato; a handbook for the practical grower. Sweet potatoes. Tillage, Fertilizing and Eolation 93 tion down through the middle of the stick. This will leave jaws on either side that stand erect but are readily clasped together. On being released from the hand, they assume their natural position. An instrument known as a shovel or punch may sometimes be used. This may be made from a narrow board with the ends somewhat sharpened, with which a hole is punched, the root inserted in the hole and the ground packed around it. When a large acreage is planted, hand-setting is too slow and e
. The sweet potato; a handbook for the practical grower. Sweet potatoes. Tillage, Fertilizing and Eolation 93 tion down through the middle of the stick. This will leave jaws on either side that stand erect but are readily clasped together. On being released from the hand, they assume their natural position. An instrument known as a shovel or punch may sometimes be used. This may be made from a narrow board with the ends somewhat sharpened, with which a hole is punched, the root inserted in the hole and the ground packed around it. When a large acreage is planted, hand-setting is too slow and expensive, and transplanting machines are used which are capable of setting several acres of plants in a day. With these machines it is not necessary to wait for a rain, as they automatically throw a small quantity of water around the roots of each plant as it is being set These machines will set from three to five acres a day. Cultivation. (Figs. 8-11.) After the potato plants are set in the field, ordinary. Figure 8.— Five-tooth Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hand, T. E; Cockerham, Kirby Lee, 1893-. New York, The Macmillan Company
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