Potato Blossoms

After repeated experiments to determine the fact In his own mind, the editor oi The Mark Lano Kxpress ad-vises farmers to cut Off potato blossonis as soon as they appear. The ball, or true seed of the potato, which results from the blossom, are not only unnecessary to the forniation of the tuber below, but are a prejudicial strain on the plant. He says: "I have tried it again and again on a large scale - three rows left and three rows cut - and the results have moro than satisfied me. It stands to reason that the plant which is propagated in acknowledged 'agricultural economy i'rom its 'buddiug root stern,1 must speud itsenergies aud powers unnecessarily in the production of iiowers and seeds which are of no economie value whatever."