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the hebmisto » same ag Irish potatoes before they the south and east occasionally. I are mature. For these reasons it have been following the hill select . might pay some to grow them in ion method, but it seems that I have sections where they do not mature. not been able to prevent deterioration sPeak‘“K they do not keep to some extent. • I l L L L IIL IIL well in the natural state unless pretty The sweet potato is not a legum ______ *»H matured. The Triumph keeps inous plant, but it has some method better than other varieties. of getting more nitrogen than other A. D. SM ITH IS PIO N E E R J If plantg are shipped before plant- lion-leguminous plants. I do not TUBER PRODUCTION i ing, the roots should be soaked in think it gets it from the air. It you ' water until the stems and leaves are use chemical fertilizer, do not use a Only Few Varieties Mature, His stiff enough to stand up well. This form of nitrogen that is -j/atiabie j indicates they are full of water. all season. Nitrogen late in the sea Experiments Show, But Crop use a transplanter, but if you have son gives too much plant growth at none, use a bricklayer’ trowel or the expense of the potatoes. Prob Proves Profitable. other suitable Instrument to make ably it would be best to apply nitrate holes in the ground and pour in of soda after the plants are set. If By A. D. Smith enough water to wet the ground, if too much is not applied it will be I have been growing sweet pota It is not already wet. Some might gone before the end of the season. toes here for 7 years and I have trie£ prefer to plant them in dry ground In using sulphate of amonia on all the standard early and medium and irrigate them. I made one test Irish potatoes in an experimental early varieties and many that are not with this method, but if the one way, I got more results from It on standard. I have found only a few test is any criterion, this method the second year application than on varieties that do well. The sea- should not be followed. I planted the first. This however wag because sons seem to be too short for the two rows without any water in the I put it on in generous quantities. I late varieties. I have tried a few transplanter and between these two think this indicates that this form of them, but they did not amount to | rows I planted one row with water of nitrogen, if used on sweet pota anything. It is possible that some of ¡n transplanter as usual. I ran a toes, should be applied in such quan the late varieties might be grown I stream of water along side of the tity that it will be exhausted before in some localities by planting them j two rows at once. At digging time fall. If your ground contains as extremely early and taking the risk the two rows combined yielded very much potash and phosphoric acid as of having to cover the plants if a little more than the one row that the plants can use, there is not much cold spell came. This can be deter was watered with the transplanter. danger of injuring the crop with ni mined only by further experimenting. The method should not be condemn trogen. Of all the varieties I have tried the ed without further trial. Something A large part of the people of the Early Triumph. Red Brazil, and the else might have a big influence in Northwest like the Jersey potato from Nancy Hall are the most successful the matter. California better than any other, ones when the yield and market are The yield in the northwest Is so have tried every year to grow this taken into consideration. These much heavier than in the regular variety, but I have always failed. I yielded well for me, and the White sweet potato sections that the meth started a strain of my own of the Yam and General Grant also yields od of digging them there cannot be Jersey potato. thought I might well. Yellow Strasuurg is also a followed here. The average yield succeed by gradually getting them heavy yielder. These arc the only varieties that I have tried that did for the United States is less than 100 acclimated, but when I got them tc yield well. These varieties have bushels per acre. I tried two Irish the point where they yielded at the potato diggers but they damaged en rate of 250 bushels per acre, disease yielded a little more than 500 bush els per acre some years, and none of tirely too many potatoes. I had -a destroyed them all, and I have none them have at any time gone below digger made after my own plans. It left to make a new start again. One 300 bushels. In hardiness they are succeeded better than the others but year I went to an expense of $110 It damaged so many potatoes that I to get plants and seed potatoes of about like the tomato. Sweet potatoes are divided into had to discard it. Some varieties of this variety from all over the U. S. two classes as regards their moisture potatoes are easier to dig than oth I thought I might find some satisfac content. The moist varieties are ers. The Red Brazil grows in a com tory strain by trying a large number grown mainly in the South and the pact hill and is easier to dig than of strains, but all failed completely. dry onies in the North, but there are moBt other varieties. I did not grow The Jersey from California sells so exceptions. None of the varieties any of this variety until after I had low here in the fall that I do not mentioned are classes with the driest tried the diggers, and it might be think it is advisable to grow pny but the Triumph Is always classed as handled with machinery on account variety on a large scale to compete dry or semi-dry. The others are of its compact growth. The best in a distant market with these pota classed as moist, and the White Yam method that I have found is to use toes. I think they should be grown is the driest of the others mentioned. a mattock and dig parrallel with the only for local markets and home use. Do not waste the vines. They By experimenting other more worthy row. This requires far less work than digging across the row. They have a higher feeding value varieties may be found. I have tried My experience indicates that it is than qjfalfa hay. The protein con some of the new creations that are better than any old varieties in some necessary to bring seed potatoes from tent is not quite as high as in alfal- parts of the U. S., but thiey failed with me for some unknown reason. It is possible that a variety might fail In one locality and succeed in another. They succeeded with the Red Bermuda some places in Wash ington, but I tried it twice before they tried it, and it was a complete SWEET POTATOES YIFI il WFI I HFRF Generally mmmoroy, oaagoy. fa, but ths fat contsnt la higher. On account of being coarser they are harder to curs than hay. I have fed them after they had frosen, and the horses did not show that they had any bad effect, but I think it i8 best to feed them before they are badly frozen. HERMISTON HAS CHURCHES TO SERVE IN RELIGION Settlers coming to the Umatilla roject can find within Its bounds church affiliations with almost and denomination. Almost before the first families were well settled, a Baptist missionary car, oddly enough in the charge of a Rev. Mr. Her- miston and his wife, was run onto a siding by the town and a meeting held for some time. The Baptist church was one of the first ubltc buildings to be constructed. The Catholic and Methodist churches now have fine buildings also, and the Episcopaleans, Christian Science So ciety and Free Methodists have reg ular meeting places. Recently the Christian church has united with the Baptist organization. The Ladies’ Aid societies of the Methodist and Baptist churches and the Altar society of the Catholic church are active in their work and have good memberships. Saturated With Ego It was not the fee that Sandy to look so sorrowful, as he staggered from the palmist's tent '•Mon, Sandy, whit’s wrang wl’ ysf" exclaimed a friend. ’’Ye’re lookino' awfu’ glum." Sandy pointed to the tent he had Just left and answered. "That wum- man in there told me my wife’» sec ond husband was tae be very hand some and clever." "But," said hie friend, “ye're no needin’ tae worry aboot that. It’ll be all the same when ye’re dead and awa’.” "It’s no that," replied Sandy. ■‘Whit's maktn’ me sad Is tae ken Jean wls mairrlt afore an' never telt caused me!" Those who come from afar or just home folks are equally welcome at the hotel that serves for Hermiston. HERMISTON HOTEL European Plan Excellent dining room service and lunch room in connection. Mrs. C. C. Durtay, Proprietress Hermiston, Oregon •\{i. { • • f t By all means-- KEEP WELL failure with mo. Diseases bother the sweet potato about as much as they do the Irish potato. The Triumph, Red Brasil, Yellow Strasburg, and Red Bermuda all belong to the Spanish group of sweet potatoes, and this group is far more resistant to diseases than any other with which I *m acquainted. I have grown the Triumph here 7 “ItjPays to Look W ell” BUT IF THE TIME COMES WHEN YOU ARE ILL, TAEE ADVANTAGE OF OUR SKILLED CARE AND EX CELLENT FACILITIES FOR MAX ING YOU WELL AGAIN w OUR RATES ARE REASONABLE, years and no disease has bothered AND USUALLY YOU WILL BE it, and I have grown the others ol MONEY AHEAD TO COME TO THE the Spanish group here without any , HOSPITAL WHILE YOU ARE SICK. disease, but I have not grown any of the others as long as the Triumph. This is one great point in favor of this group, because disease will come in time. The last few years disease MATERNITY CASES ARE OUR has damaged the Hall variety to such SPECIALTY. GRADUATE NURSE an extent that I am not recommend ALWAYS IN ATTENDANCE. ing it any more, although it is the main potato grown in the south to ship north. So far as the market is concerned the Triumph seems to be the best variety that I have feund for the northwest. It is light yel MRS J. D. HARRAH low both inside and out, but it has not as good a shape as some varie ties. The Yellow Strasburg and Red Bermuda are of rather poor quality. On account of cool nights late in the i ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ season, no variety of sweet potato gets : : as sweet here as in the south where the nights are warmer. Generally speaking the sweet pota-; : : to likes a sandy soil, but some var-1 ieties do well on a heavy soil. The | Hall does well on a heavy soli and it seems to be at home on a sandy I ■oil, exoept possibly where the soil is extremely loose and sandy. All _ varieties tend to grow too long and ■ stringy on a soil that has a loose sub ■ ■oil. This can sometimes be remed- ied by using a garden cultivator or a a spring tooth harrow instead of a*H turning plow. If tnere is not too much [■ trash on the ground. If there is too much trash for this, plow shallow ! with a turning plow. I plant rows 3 1-2 feet apart with ■ plants 1 1-2 to 1 1-2 feet apart in rows. If your ground is inclined to be wet, plant on ridges; but it is ■ necessary to plant on the level if your ground does not hold the mol»- q ture well. Soils differ so much that ■ it Is impossible to My how often they ■ should be irrigated. Those who have had experience in Irrigating'_ Equipped for minor operations Hermiston Hospital : S A V E IT W IT H I Meadowbrook i Î Ice Hermiston Barber Shop and Hermiston Beauty Shoppe in connection One of the Best Equipped Shops in the State. Agency Domestic Laundry Hermiston, Oregon Phone 461 J J J g J Concrete and Plaster Sand Shipped Anywhere J ^ T looks k s of ^ the T plants X r when ^ from ¿ the they need water. The sweet potato can he dried or canned like fruit, and for this reason It can be grown where it does not mature They «an be paten fresh ORON O. FFLTHOUSE Phone 901 W. M. SHAAR, PROP.
