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
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*»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
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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
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CELLENT FACILITIES FOR MAX
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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.
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season, no variety of sweet potato gets :
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as sweet here as in the south where
the nights are warmer.
Generally speaking the sweet pota-;
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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
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Hermiston Barber Shop
and
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in connection
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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
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