The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-02-25
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From The F.rmsrs Cabinet.
POrAToE PLANTING.

P0rATOE PLANTING.
Ma. EDiToR: laa. must beg psrmis
sion 20 endorse The seeaunl xhlch III
lows. hase rssssd IL. tlaer.f..re sps Il
with coahdsnee As To- The tesnii.. H.
.Isn % On excellent agriepliufisi. I fodns
him cutting his pola'oes or seed. ans
prevailed upon lam 90 select The tops on,
" Tor planting. Me remslndrr Of The po.
tree &c cuI'asiy rarpose,; lie will 81
this time. have taken up the crop. and
sHu'd he--he - one Of four subscrlber.
-infofm " af The result
Ia my mensnrsnsam.bonk find these
clries:-29b Mach, pl,altd. This day,
dry pound. weigh, of The ,nps of poi.
ISes which hsd been rsser,ed, while pre-
p1ring bulbs for cooking for lie use 81
Ihs hAusshali. BY merely cutting of =
lhin slice and shroaing il in . basket,
during the winter. which wss placed OUT
a he reach 81 HE frost. 2ilh Seplem
her, dug ~ tie potatoes which we're rails.
VI from The cn,Iings from the tops of The
r'nis SL,le preparing them Tor lie house;
they are aniformiy large and line. parii
rnisriy eieaa from sc.b. and. wihoui ex.
eeptinn. the besl crap ever gov: The
qusnii,y pl.nled vas Just ffiy Iaunds,
and from them have this day ilken ~
one Ton hut row all,w me 10 tarn 10
the secann. sp,ktn 81 sbays. which l.
rnpie'l from the Asrieullnrsl Almanac for
1879. md which Is never HE worse Coz
keeping. p. @.
The fplloSing improvement in Tie
culture Of pottoes. il taken from The
Anerisn Farmer. and 10 extracted Tor The
Almanac. mt only under conviction II
the rea.onablensss Of the practice. bul
from aciusl experience 0f iis verify.
Whatsoever the writer las himself. ~.
reiinieaded the Getting II bis seed po,a
loe.. he has rniTnrmly succeeded ia ,his
mode Of preparing The seed. bot Wien
the persons employed were LEI, 10 their
osn government. al The parts Of The 20.
ls,oes we're in,'iscriminsIely cut and
planted; The difference in The crop has
rvineej the necessity Of the farmers Al.
ien,ion TO the whole detail Of the sirair;
THE brsnch Of the culture 10 too generally
committed 10 boys or ignorant aud care.
less lsborers. The boilcm Of The pols.
Toe 10 no better than The starch OF grain,
intended by nature 10 aonrish The iendrils
thrown ont in the first ttfnris nf yegets-
lion; the residue rails and reri.hes in tho
ground; therefore the practice Of presery.
INC Il Zoe the use Of HE household 10
saving instead OF ws.ir. By judicious.
y cutting the bulb. there will be enough
81 the pabulum for the iendril or young
hbre thrown out By the eye. 10 subsisi
upon; indeed. il ariy the cot eontaining
The eye. were generally used in planning.
u is cleat that the crop would be mos,
abundant; this practice had been known
10, and often proved by n.e, many years
befcse the accoun. u il in the following
extract WIS seen.
fsom lac Am ticsn Farmer ofihe i2th Of
April, 1872.
=" A correspondent has requested Us 10
insert tie followins:--The fret year. he
SAYS, | cut The potatoes in three pieces.
he top. the middle. and The bottom parts.
and planted them in three rows. The
Top plan, vas thee days earlier than the
middle plant. and a much greater crop;
The middle plant was earlier than The bot
ton and better crop, the bottom pro-
ducing but very indifferent CROP.
For some seasons past. | have only
planted the top eyes, and ! may safely
say have the beet crop and the dI'sss
Poia,ors in Tie country. None need be
deferred from this plan on the ground Of
waste. for aIier line top is cGt oil, the re-
msinder keeps he,,cr and longer a, Tor
nse Than il The po,a,oe we're preserved
tntlre; anil as proof of ibis, lay whole
Po,aioc on The ground. OF ia any exposed
iisce, and il viii show that the top plants
grow and arc many inches 10 length be-
lore there is any grOs,h from The bot
TOM" '' *T "@+
y. S. II housekeepers in towns we're
10 arsser,e the cuttings Of The tops OF
their potatoes during winter, and preser'e.
,hrm as above, there would be more Than
suifcien, +, plan, all the country. wl'hou'
The cost u sinsle cent for seed! So.
Tin has been discovered IN New
Hampshire !, The base of The White
Mountains, in ore so pure as to ylria
from 40 u so per cent. ..........
lie Mississippi Union Bank hsa aeapl'
ial 81 $4,000. 1000. OF the assets 81
100000 ATE returned "nnavallaole resour'
ces." This comes from advancing on
co',oa; on most vf winch The Bank io''
SD per bale. .-.~....