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rMA PLATTTIITG SCHEDULE
The i urchnse of a portable per.
vlncr and 1ml] cr .Is dcfinitoly
assured. In order to coordinate
the use of the porta.)L vlncr
with the ripening of the peas,
it will be necessary for oil
growers more than two nilos from
the Civic Center to plant at
appointccl tines.
If the difficulty in the use of
the drills can bu ironed out,
canning peas in Camp 7, and in
cluding Jones and Leutoso should
be planted during the first ten
days in May. Camp 4 should plant
from May 5 to May 15. Camp 2
should plant from May 10 to May ‘PC
Camps 8 and 9 should plant during
the the first 10 days in June,
Camps 5 and 6 should plant from
June 5 to Juno 15. any Alaska
peas for cannin^ v ised in the
Butte District should be planted
in the period June 15 --June 20.
Peas raised within two miles of
town should bo hauled to the
vinor at the cannery.
Crops nature at different rates .
in different parts of the Galley .
Feas will he ready for canning in
about PC clays from the Gate of
planting. They will remain at
the canning stage from two to
four days according to Experiment
Station fijures.
Phosphate fertilizers should NOT
be used, on peas'except those beirg
raised for seed, and while we’re
about it, why not devote about
16 % of your acreage to seed.
Peas for canning, if fertilized,
respond best to Nitrate of Soda,
Ammonium Sulfate, or manure ap
plied as a top dressing. Very
little straw 3b/uld be allowed 3n
the manure applied in this manure.
TIE SIIOV; WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING
FOR. THE THIRD DIMENSION WILL
BE AT THE PALMER THEATRE LEY 12.
BE SURE TO SE I THIS PICTURE
YOU WILL EE SURPRISED.
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POTATO VARIETIES
With the effort now being made to
restrict the number of varieties
of potato varieties sold r.s Mat
anuska Maid Ho,Is to a few: simi
lar varieties, and eventually to
a single Variety, it has been
found that there are at least
twenty named varieties which were
raise1 in some quantity last yens
Those.were as follows: White Bliss
Arctic Soodling, White Gold, Car
man dural Hew Yorker, Green Moun
tain, 'darba, Katahdin, Chippewa,
Peanut, Matanuska, Yakima. Gens,
Irish Cobbler, American Wonder,
Watson, Mrrly Ohio, Marly Idaho,
Marly Rose, Danish, and Blue
Victor.
Other possible varieties can be
found in the bins. Gold Coin,
Marly Market, Darling's Favorite*
and li3s Triumph have also been
raised here.
The term "restriction " (’cos not
moan that there will be any ob
jection to raising other varieties.
The present intention is that if
any varieties other than 'Vhitc
Bliss are sold under the trade
name of Co-op products, they
should bo identified with a tag
bearing the name of the barictiy.
This is not a program which can
bo accomplished overnight. But
to this end, it is advisable that
only unmixed seeds be used, and
that each potato grower know what
ho is planting.
According to the Department of
Agriculture, 95.3 % of new and
improved varieties of potrtoes
have been of see Uing origin
while the balance have been from
selection of tubers. However the
improvement of my variety can
best be accomplished by selection
of seed. The •best way to do this
is by hill selection at the time
of digging.