The Potato Field

During the gram harvest the potato field is apt to be neglected. This was bad enongh in the days when weeds were the only enemies to be feared. Since the potato beetle has beoome common, there shonld never a day pass when some one does not go through the field and destroy all the larva: in sight. It is easy to see by examiiiing the leaves whether eggs are numerous. If they are not, hand picking of beetles will sufïïce. A dose of poison applied, diluted with water at the rate of a teaspoonful of the poison to a pail of water, will kill the larvae so soon as they get to work and prevent most of the damage. It is very difficult to have this done so promptly that part at least of the hills will not be stripped before the poison is applied. But in harvest time there are several hours of daylight early in the morning, when dew will prevent doing inucli in the harvest field. If this makes too many hours1 work per day, take a longer nooning. If the grain harvest and the care of potatoes conflict, most farmers will be wise in giving the preference in care to the erop that is most profitable, and, concludes The American Cultivator, it takes several acres of grain to equal in valué a largo potato erop on one acre.