Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1838-03-01
From The Gsuessee Farmer. rs

SUCCESSFUL CULTIVATION OF Rooq7.
Mr.. Tucker: My business is TO work, s.
not 10 write for The press, but as YOU ask
COMMUNICATIONS from the farmers. will in
my plain way, state what | have experienc-
ed in the cultivation OF the Potato, Ruia Ba
ga, Riangel Wurtzel, Carrot, aud Sugar
Beet manner OF feeding, storing. &c. and
the quantity Of roots raised this season.
he Potato with the for ten years, The last
excepted, has heen fair crop, but by ADJ
herring TO the old method of ,illage. has been
mOre expensive than is necessary. as find
by The course have adopted this season. I
planted three acres the 29th and 3O;h of Nav ::
first ploughed, then manured with coarse
barn>yard manure then pioughed again and
narrowed. Struck out the rows three feet
apart with one>horse plough, say five in =
ches deep ; dropped the seed eighteen inches
apart, turned back the lurrow, and the work
was done. For hOeing first and second time
The cuItIvator so gagged as to fiji the whole
space between the rows, was passed through
followed by the hoe, giving slight dressing
but making little or no hill and the whole
labor, after the ground was fitted. did moi
exceed three and half days work per acre.
! BY the use of the plough, The seed was plan
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direction. The cultivator loosenod and mel.
lowed the earth 50 as 10 allow the roofs 10
extend, and 10 occupy nearly The whole row.
Get an expanding and contracting cuftiya
tor. Get one Get one ! The prodnct was
over 40 bushels per acre; 1900 bushels
| from the three acres
The Rutd Baga had cultivated 10 con.
siderable extent for three years with success
This year ] planted three acres IN drill,
;wenty-one inches apart, 26ih and 2?th OF
June SO soon as up, siited house ashe.
! and plaster, mixed in equal quantities. a
the rale Of fifteen bushelf per acie, with wiz,
Sieves, row 10y row, over the whole. Tn,
| effect more than answered my expectations
that iHtle pest, The iurnip bug, or il
faVaSes, was not seen at all, aud the growtI
was most vigorous One acre of Tie pjec
had been planted with carrots, only abnu
One-fourth OF which we're standing, by reason
/ OF 'he insect, bad seed, or both, and ruia TIA
! ga was planted in all The vacant places in th
rows. They were ihinned cut and hoe
! Twice they soon covered, and the worl; wa
done. The product was over 1000 bushel
| per acre. 3OOO bushels the whole, not ijh
standing one acre was partially seeded " ii
carrots, aud produced 200 bushels. AbOu
one acre OF The land is fine sandy loan, an
The remainder is slate washed from ravine
all very highly manured.
The rula bagaJ think draws more fror
the atmosphere, and less from the soil, tina
any other vegetable for have always iouu
IT retained the dew longer, and held il !
greater quantities, than any thiog else |
leaves The ground in fiaer condition than an
other CROP, and cannot he too highly valued
The carrot u excellent for fateniog call,
mich cows, &c. but is not so sure a croI
and requires much more labor in tillage
does not always come up we'll, and is yer
liable TO tie destroyed by the insect.
/! Ihe Mangel Wurizel. or this root