. The potato; a practical treatise on the potato, its characteristics, planting, cultivation, harvesting, storing, marketing, insects, and diseases and their remedies . sy Cornell University, FIG. 25—PLANTING BY HAND A—Tuber planted by hand in furrow opened with a shovel or double mold-board plow. B—The covered with shovel plow. C—l,and har-rowed level a few days after planting, to destroy weeds, leaving thepotatoes four to five inches deep. Few farmers plant at this depth, evenwhen they mean to do so. required distance apart. It has been deemed necessaryto place the potato in positi
. The potato; a practical treatise on the potato, its characteristics, planting, cultivation, harvesting, storing, marketing, insects, and diseases and their remedies . sy Cornell University, FIG. 25—PLANTING BY HAND A—Tuber planted by hand in furrow opened with a shovel or double mold-board plow. B—The covered with shovel plow. C—l,and har-rowed level a few days after planting, to destroy weeds, leaving thepotatoes four to five inches deep. Few farmers plant at this depth, evenwhen they mean to do so. required distance apart. It has been deemed necessaryto place the potato in position, and fix it so that it willnot move when covered. In England this is done byrequiring the planters to press it down by hand, andin this country the potatoes are often stepped on forthe same reason. The stepping on them may injure lOO THK POTATO buds, and hence is detrimental. The rows should bemade straight, and care should always be taken tohave the potatoes planted in a straight line and at auniform distance apart. The former facilitates in-tertillage to such an extent that it is worth** of atten-tion. On a dry, hot day it is inadvisable to open the. FIG. 26—SECTIONAL VIEW (il ASIINWALL ILANTER rows much ahead of the planters, and the seed shouldbe covered as soon as possible to prevent loss of mois-ture. Frequently the rows plowed out before the noonmeal hour and left ojien for this time show the injuri-ous effedl of the loss of moisture, especiall}^ if the seedis cut. Wherever hand-planting is done and thetubers are not sprouted, the hand-planters, which are PLANTING lOI somewhat like hand corn-planters, may be used withprofit. They cost $i .00 to $, and it is claimed thatan adlive man can plant at least one acre per day. Every large grower of potatoes requires a horse-planter. From six to eight acres will warrant theuse of such a machine, and it may be made to pay foritself in a short time by hiring it out—preferably with
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