NEW POTATOE PLANTER.
( Forfessor Blasingame herd of the
agricultural department , Pennsyl
vania State College has published
t he following information).
A recent survey show3 threo-f c*urth
of Penn.'ylvania' s 400-bnshel pota
toes .rovers using a plantor do; -
signed t or deep p."U nting and shall
ow covering of the seed. Popular
ity or the machine is duo to better
control . of blacKleg disease.
Experiments indicate that shallow
convening of the seed is the best
preventive for thie disease.
Potatoes must be planteu three to
throe and a half inches below the
surface, to have room to develop
a big crop. This r.equirrucnc can
be mot by setting the seed pieces
in a deep trench, to be covoi’od
shallow. Sprouting is quick. Sub
sequent cultivations cover the po
tatoes to the required depth.
The machine for deep planting and
shallow covering, accomplishes
tn ‘ s b’j the use of two very snail
adju:. tu~lc covering dl3ka at oho
r ;aX‘« this machine has other- <vat
star.c i. s> c*ne be-ins r-^~
ju static pi ikes or the oight pick
er 01*313 to suit th, sjZO of eta;
tutors being planted, The man
ufacturer strongly advocates that
the size of the see bo uniform,
even grading it, just as corn : nd
other c?Ow.d .o. car. fully selected
to iit olenteo plates.
This machine can be equipped v/ith
a speer attachment; which takes
each soph. piece dev/n a boot on a
p .ddlc chain . .nd dope sits it at
exactly the correct place in the
drill. This planter is so design
ed that the automatic planting,
mechanism.can bo replaced quickly
with, the assisted food device.
Th- fertilizer distributor will
sow from 3.CO pounds of high-ana ly
sis fertilizer to 0750 pounds of
low-analysis per acre, based upon
32-inch re .vs.
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