Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-06-08
A GRICU LTUR AL.
WORK ON THE FARM FOR JUNE.


a deep fertile loan, which should be twice
ploug he'd and narrowed, so as to be put into
fine filth. They require plenty of manure,
and succeed best when cultivated in drills,
though they may be raised, and will yield fair
crops when sown broadcast, provided the
ground be heavily MANFRED, thoroughly pre-
pared, and the plants be ,hinned out to stand
abou, 6 or s inches apart, and to be kept
clean from weeds. The best plan to raise
large crop is, however, as we have before
promised, to cultivate them in drills.
The ground being prepared as above d.
sec,ed, burrows must be struck off27 inches
apart, inches deep, north and south. In
the bottom of these drills strew about 5
inches of compost, then cover by returning
the soil into the furrow on the top OF The
compost, then make drill one-inch deep,
drill in the seed, and after covering run
roller over the ridge, SO as TO press the earth
down and bring il into contact with the
seed.
Preparation of the Seed.-Soak them for
IL or "a hours in fish oil, then as you are
about TO SOW them, drain off the oil, and
mix the seed, with either plaster or ashes, SO
as to sepera,e and make them easy of being
sOwn. ...
IManure.-The following ingredients will
make an excellent compost for this variety
of turn;ps, and the quantities named will an
swer for al acre of ground
10 double horse cart loads rotten stable,
cow-yard manure, or the same quantity
of woods mould.
5 bushels Of Lone-dust
5 bushels of ashes,
bust'el of plaster, and
busiiel of salt. ......
The whole to be we'll mixed together,
and suffered to remain in pie 9 weeks, then
10 be reshoveled, and remain 9 weeks more
in pie, when it will be in condition to be
drilled in.
When the plants first come up, they
should have fish oil sprinkled over ,hem,-
the following morning. while the dew is on
the plants, they should be busted with
mixture of equal quantities of plaster and
ashes. This latter operation should be
repeated three or four successive mornings.
When the plants get two or three inches
high, than them out SO as to stand inches
asunder in the rows, and weed them with
the hoe. Repeat the wedding in two weeks,
and run the culti9a,or through the middles.
IN two weeks more give them another work
ing with the cultiuator, and relieve the plants
Of any weeds about them with the hoe and
hand, and you may lay them by under the
confident expectation of garnering heavy
product
In another part Of our journal we have
an article upon this subject, and we leave it
,oyou to make your election between it and
this, as to the proper mode Of culture and
most eligible compost, assuring you that
either will ensure you handsome yield
Having prescribed compost for the cul-
ture of this root, we will further observe,
that If you cannnot conveniently get the
materials named, 90 loads of any manure
whether it be that ofthe stable or COW yards,
If we'll roi,ed will answer, but that you can
not we'll omit the application of five or ten
bushels of ashes TO the acre.
PorAToEs.-Ifyou have ct already plant
ed your main crop of fall potatoes, you
should avail yourself of the present moment
10 get them in, during the first week of this
month, as chance for early maturing, is
perhaps, the only security against the rot
Though much ink has been shed, and hun
dreds of suggestions made, as to the cause
of the disease, all that is certain about it, is,
that its effects have proved disastrous in
every country where the root is cultivated !;
in some to the extent of producing famine,
with its concomitants, starvation, and dis
ease unto death. That this lamentable vege-
table affection has been brought about for
wise purposes, all who believe in the mercy
Of Providence must concede. What those
purposes are, must remain a mystery; suf-
fcient for us all should it be, that He who
hath visited upon humanity has done so in
his own good pleasure, and the conscious
ness that such is the case, should arm every
,ilier of the earth with that calm resolution
to the Omniscient will, which makes obedi-
ence pleasure, and converts the direst
scourge into blessing. Weinvoke all, there
fore, notwithstanding the prospect of garner
ing what they may plant rests upon SO I'M
certain tenure, TO proceed in their abors in
spirit of christian resignation, in order that
they may place themselves in position to
merit though they may be disappointed IN re-
ceiving, what, to human thought, may appear
to be the, reward of we'll directed tolls; for of
truth, no visitation ever yet proceeded from
the same high source, but had Some benef-
cent object in view, and was ultimately in
tended 10 efecluate good. Let us then, in
the hope that the mission may have been
fulfilled, 60 TO work at once, prepare our
ground, and commit our potatoes to the
earth.
Straw for the Potato Rot Mr.. Skinner
read, at the Farmers Club, on Tuesday even
ing, an extract Of letter from D. w. Nall,
Of Maryland, stating that gentleman of
Frederick Co., Nd, last year procured some
sound potatoes for planting, from Mr.. NALL.