[National Crop Improvement Service.!
“Sprouts” or “slips” are obtained by
placing the seed potato under the prop
er growing condition of heat and moist
ure.
The sprouts soon start from the
tubers and are quite sensitive to cold,
and if plants are wanted early in the
spring some form of artificial heat is
necessary.
When stable manure is used for heat,
be careful not to bring it from feeding
lots where diseased vines or tubers
have been fed.
Fresh horse manure containing ap
proximately one-third litter (which can
often he obtained from livery barns
where only clean hay is used), is bet
ter.
A fire hot-bed may be used in case
manure cannot be secured, but this
type of hot-bed requires closer atten
tion and is difficult to handle.
When, making a propagation pit or
hot-bed, select a well drained place
having a south slope protected on the
north side by a fence, trees or build
ings.
Build a plank frame four feet wide
as long as desirable, making tbe north
side a few inches higher than the
south side. Bank the frame to keep
the water from collecting around it.
Inside the frame excavate to a depth
of eight or ten inches. Place first a
thin layer of light material, such as
straw, leaves or pine needles. On this
place a layer of six to ten inches of
fresh horse manure, the amount de
pending upon the climate, season and
amount of forcing desired. Moisten
thoroughly, level and pack firmly. Then
place a layer of sand or light soil from
three to four inches deep. The temper
ature may run rather high for a few’
days and the tubers may be planted im
mediately if desired.
In bedding, place them so that they
do not touch each other so that the
tops of the potatoes are from two to
three inches under the surface. Have
the top of the bed come above the level
of the soil on the ontside of the frame.
The bed should be kept moist, but not
wet.
At first the temperature may run to
85 or 90 degrees Fahrenheit, but It
should be kept at SO to 85 degrees as
near as possible. By planting time,
which should be from five to six weeks
later, the temperature should stand at
about 60 degrees. All of this is de
scribed in bulletin No. 124, which may
be had on application to the agricul
tural college at Fayetteville.
For a late crop, cut a piece about
eight to ten inches long from the end
of the potato vine. The leaves, ex
cept at the top, are stripped off and
all but the growing end covered with
soil. Some growers prefer to plant
a portion of their crop by means of
slips and then' secure plants for the
rest of their acreage by means of vine
cutting. The vine cuttings have the
advantage of being free from disease
and are cheaper than slips, and some
claim that vine cuttings give the high
est yield.
rnVinhifi+wiMAn fha
of pulling slips from the bed. The
seed potatoes should be held down
with one hand while the slips are be
ing removed. They will not all be
ready at one time, and only those
which have formed good roots should
be drawn. If two or more hang
together, they should be pulled apart
to avoid trouble in the field. Pud
dling the roots in mud is desirable to
keep them from drying. After the slips
are pulled, water the bed to settle the
soil where it has been disturbed so
that the other slips may come on
later. ,
A bushel of small potatoes will bed
from 15 to 20 square feet. It will re
quire from three to six bushels per
acre, according to the variety. A
bushel of seed should produce from
2,000 to 5,000 slips. If beds are made
from April 10 to April 20, slips will be
ready as soon as it will be safe to
plant them.
SELECTION OF SEED POTATOES.
la selecting seed for bedding pur
poses there are two factors to con
sider, namely: type of tuber and free
dom from disease.
Small or string potatoes may be
used for bedding purposes if they are
from % to 1% inch in diameter free
from disease and from bruises or cuts.
Smaller strings or mere roots may not
have the vitality and should not be
used. Many of the southern experi
ment stations have tested the differ
ence in yields between large and small
potatoes for seed but without resulting
in a strong plea for the large potatoes.
Sweet potatoes may be brought up
to type by using the hill as a unit.
For instance, If we are breeding Nancy
Halls to a size and shape, it is neces
sary to keep in mind the standard to
be attained and at digging time, go
over the field and select those pota
toes for seed from those hills which
show vigor, productiveness, resistance
, to disease and a large number of
smooth marketable potatoes.
The ideal potato should be about
seven inches long and approximately
three inches throughout the thickest
part. They should be smooth, shal
lowed eyed, free from disease or blem
ishes of any, kind and represent high
quality and flavor, color and texture.
In selecting strings do not use culls
and especially do not plant seed pota
toes from poorly matured hills.
McCrory Public School
GRADUATING EXERCISES
EIGHTH GRADE
Wednesday Evening, May Twelfth
Nineteen Hundred and Twenty
At Eight O’Clock.
Program
• - Class
Song..
Invocation......
Piano Solo.Erdna Wilson
Salutatory...Mary Ethel Jeffrie
Class History. Dorothy Tav or
Class Prophecy.Lyndelle Dilliard
P>ano Sol°. • ■ • -AlmaXandlish
Efay ..Frankie Henderson
Class Poem . Alma Bronte
Vocal Solo.Thelma Phillim
Cluss Will.Ruth Pierce
Valedictory.Eloise Ravmond
Piano Solo.Miss Cazort
Address..
Presentation of Certificates
Presentation of Scholarship Awards
Benediction
Never Saw Anything Better.
Mrs. A. B. Griffith, Box 154
Andrews, Ind., writes: “Last
winter my family all had the
‘flu/ I tried Foley's Honey and
Tar and never saw anything
any better. From now on I
wTill not be without Foley’s
Honey and Tar in the house.”
For sale at the Red Cross
Drug Store. Adv.
For flowers for any occa
sion see Walter W. Raney,
Undertaker and Licensed Em
balmer. He is the authorized
agent for all leading florists in
Little Rock and Memphis, and
can save you telephone ex
penses in ordering.
WARNING ORDER
In the Woodruff Chancery
Court for the Northern Dis
trict May Term, 1920.
James Mosley, Plaintiff
vs
Jennie Mosley, Defendant.
The defendant, Jennie
Mosley, is warned to appear
in this court within thirty
days and answer the com
plaint of the plaintiff, James
Mosley.
Witness my hand and seal
this 27th. day of April, 1920.
GEO. HARALSON,
Chancery Clerk.
Dated April, 27, 1920.
H. M. WOODS, Atty.
Adv. 4-304
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ted States to print at stated intervals a full and com
plete and accurate statement of the Bank’s resources
and liabilities The reason is not that the oniciais
of the State or Nation shall be thus given an insig
into the financial conditions of the bank, tor tn
Government Bank Officials have made their myes -
gations before the statement was prepared, y J
have gone into the bank’s affairs with the m -
minute care, examined all of the notes and securi
due the bank and have carefully scrutinized
bank’s assets, and have been convinced that tne
fairs of the bank are in first-class condition, else
statement would not be permitted to be prepared.
The Bank Statement.
Is given to the public so that the public may seeJ?'
itself just the condition of the institution. ,
amount of deposits, the amount of money t>o ,
by the bank on time loans, the amount depo . ,g
savings depositors, all are shown. Also all tn
resources are shown, so that any man may r ,
statement and know just the condition ot the
Our Statement Appears In This Issue.
BANK OF McCRORY