WAUPACA REPUBLICAN

April 7, 1893

 

Growing Potatoes Under Straw

 

            About growing potatoes under straw, Judge Miller says in the Rural World:  “What I have seen of it, is simply to have the ground rich and mellow.  Line out the ground the usual distance, then put in the tubers or pieces as they may be used, just covered with earth. One inch is sufficient.  Then cover the whole ground with clean straw a foot deep when slightly pressed down, so thick that no weeds can possibly come through.  Then there is nothing to be done until the vines die, then clear off the straw and the parties will be lying bare. It is well to have the ground to slope a little, for in case of a very wet season they will not do so well.”