Identifier: potatoesmoneycro00leav (find matches)
Title: Potatoes, a money crop, how to grow, fertilize, spray and harvest them at a profit
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Leavens, George D., d. 1915
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Publisher: New York, Coe-Mortimer Co.
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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the potato crop.In the Appendix is shown a picture of their K A pivot axle cultivator. D. The Field Force Pump Company, of Elmira, New York, manu-factures special spraying machines for use upon the potato crop. TheirWatson Four-Row Sprayer and the Watson Triplex Sprayer, also manu-factured by them, are shown in the Appendix. E. The Syracuse Chilled Plow Company, of Syracuse, New York,in addition to their well-known line of superior plows, manufactures a specialpotato hoe illustrated in the Appendix. F. The Belcher & Taylor Agricultural Tool Company, of ChicopeeFalls, Mass., are manufacturers of Prouts Horse Hoe, an implement which,although originally intended for use upon tobacco, is excellent for cultivatingpotatoes and hilling up into broad, low ridges. This is illustrated in theAppendix. G. The Hoover Manufacturing Company, of Avery, Ohio, manufac-tures a line of potato implements, one of the best known of which is theHoover Potato Digger, which is illustrated in the Appendix.
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POTATOES: A MONEY CROP 31 H. The Cutaway Harrow Company, of Higganum, Conn., manu-factures a complete line of Cutaway Disk Harrows, and other implementsfor pulverizing the soil. One of their Cutaway Harrows is illustrated inthe Appendix. I. Messrs. John Watson & Co., of Houlton, Me., are the originaldesigners of Watsons Simplex Potato Sprayer, illustrated in the Appendix. The catalogues of any of the above companies will give many helpfulsuggestions in regard to potato machinery suitable for local conditions. COST OF GROWING POTATOES. The cost of growing potatoes will naturally vary with the local condi-tions. The kind of soil on which the crop is grown, the kind of machineryused, pay of laborers and many other factors have to be considered. Per-haps most important is the carefulness and ability of the growei*:- Records kept by the Maine State Experiiiient Station at Orono, Me.,of a ten-acre field of potatoes show the cost to be $699.30. The itemizedexpenses are as follows: Ten Ac

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