Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-05-01
From the n. Z. Farmer
POTATO PLANTING THIS SPRING


POTATO PLANTING THIS SPRING.
Ii is higl, time for our farmers to consider
what will be right for them to do respecting
the cultivation ofPotalocs this season. And
the consideration Of this question becomes of
the greatest importance since Dr.. Liudlcv,
the editor OF the London Gardeners Chron-
icic, in the latest number received by the
last steamer, boldly, we think rather unphio-
soplicallv, advises the farmers Of England
not to plant any more potatoes; founding his
adviees on the fact, that all the potatoes
forced for early consumption in England "a
practice by the way whicl, is there carried on
to an enormous cxtcn,) had already got the
disease aud we're worthless; thus showing
that it had not, rs many expected, exhausted
Itself, bat would in all probability prevail this
year with the same virulence at least. On
reference to our paper Of January rs, page
243, there will he found an extract of a let
ter from most valued correspondent in n.
Hampshire, stating that in 1915 he planted
the sound pieces cat from diseased potatoes
and applied, according 20 the advice Of Mr..
Teschcmachrr, nj the first horinp. a LARGE
iadle fall of mixture Of equal parts Of salt,
lime aud ashes ia eacI, Lin. aoJ ,I,,t he lead
M, % I;.o,s.J ,,..,.,.,.:,
that most. bat not all, hi, noighhurs suffered
very severely f.tili il,. ii>ras. W., IA ,,,..
lay before eur readers part Of Another COM
munica,i1u from, q m,>, ic>p.cIal.l. an,;-r,.
turis, in West H,,fo,y c,,,,i.ol.;,..f.,...
T., c;,I.
WEST toXHURY, March II. 1916
MY potatoes (VTlrr vr'iriy) were last
year planted GA the , lin April, ON piece Of
groani measuring II!e more than an acre.
naturally wet and sprIngY, but wairh had
thoroughly drained the year previous; good
SOIL At very fail Of small stones. The ma
nurc was taken from the hain-Nlrd long and
unrotten, and was dropped hy the fork in the
s;,,J ra,.,,aa ~ WIZ ''Nfn from en"d
rolled in GRAND n,,s,nr uor.. |,,,,al
the manure, two In each bin. and the hil,s
were made three feet apart each way. A
s"'' "'>' u' ''' "'-'' 81 'n' I'm OF May
=, ,h,' ' 'y'Ir, '''' -" 81 ''"''
L,. s,,,,,Gi or (,i.,,,,r, s,L. l.,l,I,-,,, ~
sod j dn( air Si1rEsI Egc. o,iypI in rnn,l
parts, 10 ctcl, p',nr lnl his was mmcdite-
~ covered VIA 'Nn noe.
S''S'' WY ,' ,''- rrm'No'rcu as
e;,Lt t,,.i.I. r.. .... H..
the o,antitv was sm.l ,br o,.I;,y w,s ,o.
markedly good, as you may satisfy yourself
from Tue s'mp" send y"n. They were
IT, '.,,n 't "',,' ..'' N'' ~ "'n'" as posi-
bin. in nv vc,r,.hln car.r ,'a ~ ="
Of frost The rot has hcrn urry,i. in nv
nelghbolhood, aud of the ctop r,,cd in tie
"'At "e'' gong fr'S' "r''evr) large pro-
,n'" WIS ',,',i ''',' vs. was 'Wl'S 10
sloulJ have c;vo,, ,. H. .'r.,.,, I,'
,holeht il mos, ,....ent .uog ~ sl6.sH tu
OUT Of tie wood
The latter part of this communication
seems to rebut the opinion ,lnt ainlosnhcr,,
Influence occasions the disease. rs no Groc,
between two fields could possibiy prevcp, II ,
exrrtion of this influence on two aliaioin,
crops: nor according to evidence can III,
Cariervaricty claim absolute cxrmntion from
the disease. 1t seems to us that the genera
character Of the poiat5 has drteroratcd, an,
that the sets will therefore offer more favor
able circumstances for the disease than be
fore. 1t also seems to us tia; on the funsu
theory the spores must be more general
disseminated ii'an last year, and probah'
.'' nus ''"H "''F
anu '"'S oI'"'on Is strengthened ny the tact
reched by Dr. Lindley. The general mas
of evidence we have seen seems t. point vii
much force 10 the probability ,ha, lima an
saline MIXTURES viII accord;,,,, :, mi.
'o"' o"''"'u oy ''' i'S'"'h''"er' prov
remeu'a'' we therefore ask our iirmeI
not TO lose courage, but to try carefully sue
remedies as have been offered. and so dc
a., M, ,o ,ry ,oo ,,.,,,,, ,,,..,.. ,...,,.
"'
all a' o"'c-S' ''"' ""''"'r 'he exp rm'n
succeed or TAI they may know To what to al