The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-05-07

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<<f 49, ~fss fu' cS tSIi uic Why
ers gre mol more particular in making
5msnlsi Why they Try expert
4 and then guess a, The results is a
tffy thai | sm unable 10 solvp. |
ldevsh IS easy to make experiments
>rmlng. and ,hen to arrive a, the IT.
viii accuracy as i. is To keep hook
unis. and then 10 strike the balance.
even niere easy. FIR any one who
measure with a rod pole and cuuu, a
lre,I, may experiment! in such man,
that il will give eulire satisfaction,
be free from these errors and incon.
ncies arising from the common prac-
,of guessing. will,now proceed Ia
y how completely people have been
,ded, aud wsia, Immense losses thu
nc have sustained fran tie TOO cnm-
practice Of guessing in relation to
ing po,aioes fH plating,
rqtcn have heard farmers asscr, that
does would do qnne as well and be
y as large, when cut, as they would
10 planted whole, and in many IN.
ices have been 8, completely delu-
That they have cu, out the eyes IN
Estimating they should raise as
Y crops in this way as il they hal
Pited The whole rotaloe. This il a
mon practice iD many parts of Ire.
ny nsighbors used 70 say that was.
ny potatoes. aud raised no more. and
SO large ones, as if thcy had heen
y They would assure me, that they
tiled il 10 their satisfaction! One
told me last spring, that lie once
tied whole ieli. 10 which he cut
y other row, and at harvest he could
over no kind Of difference. TO nv
III, however, il was evident, that their
irilons ought not to be received As
y. For could not learn that any
sof them. had taken the precaution,
dther weigh. or measure their po,a-
separately, consequently, after all ii
nothing bu, guess work.
as, spring ! selected piece Of.
End. which was very level, f1nr hun
feet loag. AMI Ihirly.ive feet wide.
soil sanded l,am, with potatoes
atcd on both sides. Manure was
al on as ovealy as possible. | then
10 twelve burrows, the length Of the
lie, being a lille short OF three fee, a
In these drills | placed the pota-
about one foot from each other.
Peirst. Two drills Of the larges, ro,a-
RI | had.
/ iecond, Two do. lhe same size. cui
e or in halves.
third. Two do cut into quarters.
Hourih. Two with potatoes as large rs
r. eggs.
Nifh. Two, the same size, cut cnce.
Sirih. Two small ones. very small in.
III. many Of them not larger than
ices.
|H'he large ones came up first, and
|ew fastest, and looked the most prom
he through the season. Nexllo Them
Second whole size, ones. The cut
is there was bur lille difference in the
KS Of The vines.
|.yhe small ones looked miserlbly
ugh The fore part OF the season; tie
es being small and slender. I'u, az
The first Of June they gained consider,
III. These were planted out Of CUT.
kly, | did no, expect to get paid Tor my
or. Blu, ! was as,onishcd at the re.
~, and so were all who wi!uesse it
the nett profit exceeded those thai
re cut in quarters.
lThe whole crop may be considered as
ffreity good one. Bat as this has moth
to do with the experiment, and Tor
sake of making II appear more plain
IN showing the relative value. Of eacl
lid separately, shall state the large
Fiole ones, at one hundred per cent
hen it will stand thus
hGhe first column Of figures shows the
heount Of seed TO the acre; the second
10 yield deduc,ing the seed.
|rrge ones, whole, rs bushels 100 bush
+. Gu, in2 peices, RI &" 1915
cut ind 6! Z" 1910
.ond size, whole Is " 9s,G0
Il cut in 2 pieces, u 1919
Fall ones, I" $3.50
~ account Cor the difference in the
|,,ld between the large cut ones, and
second size cut, from the fact that TIT
nL size, are more round, and woi''
\, suffer as much by cutting, IS those
Ia were larger, longer, and Il hter
|I'This calculation may be depended on
ng mabe with the utmost precision
/ ] it shows, a, once, in bushels, ant
|.cimsl parts of bushel, the loss sus
Med. by no, planting large or secon,
Re whole potatoes. Being 1890 bush
N, loss ON every hundred bushels, io
(,se lha, were Gu, into four pieces, an'
IN almos. as mnch, on those that wer
n ones. On the whole must consiJ
Rlhe second size whole potatoes fall a
E,fiablc TO plant. 1t being less work /
M them, and less trouble to carry her
'sshe field. than II is the large ones.