Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-03-21

~ nc.s si-H ~ The hinr. ries ups aoe snn ns-
II with til. plough he. JUS, as may bes, suit your
o.nv-nisncr.
Time Of Planting Early Pafafoes This must be re-
culsied by the lea I'm aud the srssn ~ = general
rule. hawever. IL mat assumed safe practice. TO
plan the ffpsi may b. entirely out oil ground
Ne hsv ncrssion psried .aly as the 2Oh "i
| March. in dry warm ,iosin. The s'll bring hlh'
lam and have known ib~m planted NJ early as Inc
9Th # the m"oih. aud do we'll ho as We lave pre-
mis- d. III. tme must be regulated by III" season FAIRY
tst,oes may be coniinupd 10 be planted throughout A
pril.
3n,r epii,r,--If rlsn ed II stifT .oll, ii is gooi
nr,. &c IA, run the harrow the the
plans begin shaw themselves this npens the soil To
atmospheric action warns up the earth gn"d
stand as working, snd destroys pany weeds
Ii planted IN light s, tins process not - Necessary
hut even lhereii viii be productive al good When the
plants ell up sly lwo of three inches high. plough
futtow frua The rws and reutn II ~ M la leave a
Sigh ~ hill IN twn weeks plough rgiin Increasing
he II the hill IA two az three weeks more. femht
the plmghlug taking Ia sl increase the size o he
hllng aud preserving tlerabi fiat surface II at any
one OF these work nss-whlch all lhn necessary.
the plans 10 the not freed iian weeds aud
grass these must I've removed by hoe aud hand II weeds
arpeaf between the u,ws these may be csprdtnnsly
removed by he cultivaor. Al the first working Of tho
prstass il custom u brua east over The
siHrs aud rows, mixture of2 bushels Of salt, 0i ashes
, oil lime and II plaster. per acre.
We have ~ the beginning ut his article advanced The
opoin that the textuf. AID character o the sui were
moi matters II moment. The sol being well pfepar lib
erali, manufed and iha paat0es we'll cultivated. This
qualified SENSE, feel shed N saying. is true )
that Is. far quantity ia CONCERNED NE believe that
pr'at he grown in 90 ~ound well Wrought
cay soil hsn any other bat then they are neither ~
mesy Will they come 10 maturity 81 rstv
For early p,'aors prefer a light snil. say sandy
Ia -: aud iur ibis purpose Il moi ~ important that II
should have been either grass cluver For late po-
iatoes however should always select II we had the
opium, land eiihe In The hr olhe and particular
" 50. II object waste grow potatoes o fine flavor for
the table For such putpusrs. ground is probably
he hest 81 all others We ree,lec one year OF raising
acre ii mn-l excellent lolatp,s an old cav pas
tne that had Mt been punghel before lof twelve years
the gfnued naturally tln--a sahdy loam-had been
av"rwDtked and turned 10 fec'u, IN miuufng the
pataoes. srei upon the belief thst had not been
hen fitted much by res aui therefore manfred highly,
cultivated nicely aud consequence, reiped our
ward.
Quantity Of ,ed per .7cre As sme kinds u p tsiees
have nnfr eyes hat oihets, 1t "a impossible 10 say how
many bush : vii plant arrr, bat generally speaking,
ft,m : Ia bushels VIII a7~nrr-the great nblrcl br
IN secure each At least eyes. II Is sad, ,
hat hat prtt It the plats that forms the Il
produce tubes from ~ l. II days earlier than any other
part. II this be true. IL wnpl b. anphnct Gr those whi
desire 10 have them early Tor market Ia this
pat II HE praue fr HAT purpose.
ficd As Ia the yield At ttiaes. that Is a hing
Nhfh IL peUHs upon many CIRCUMSTANCES wa pfepif
ain ii the sui. It's character ,hs appropriateness aud
quality uf the manuto applrd the kind Of potato, the
cHlnfe aud t the much any thing else. In
irmet years. the average cup rated at 100 bushels,
at later period two hundred bushels per acre, sill
a'e NJ 5O bushels and sinre the appearance of the
rot, no calculation could he safely made uf average pro-
ducts and he who made hundred bu,hplsto the
felt thai he bad rails d good emp few growers reaching
that point. while many Jd MOI save imm the effects II
HAT vegrsb'e pes'eoce. moe hao from 30 TO 90 bush
els. and ~ numerous instances the whole nearly the
whole c5np rotted IN the ground But the disease has
we'll nigh ahaled the farmer has dghi hope ur mure
fruitful yields; and under favorable concurrence ii cir
cums'a nces-n ausplc'u1 so1~ns. IN god sols, vol
mannrcd. we'll prepared. aud cultivated we do no,
why from 300 10 itO bushels Ia the may be cal
cuated upon. We do know, that The latter quantity
has been raised upon that quantity Of ground. and
what has been line, he done again. farmer should
despair IT lis accomplishments bu, The cnnlfnry set
himself In work with the firm determination to raise that
NUMBER bushels acre.
Gen BarnUn. Of Vermont. many years ago raised
Thousand bushels Ia The bu his process, Of culture
involves much tu aud hand labor that we doubt lha
economy OF growing lhen after his plan lis mode was
this:
Tie ploughed. narrowed and rolled tho ground 81 "a
!" hfng II nio state Of perfect iilh, having previously
prepared nch. light compost Tor The PURPOSE Of
ing ana raising the rows The pllnts should require
~ painting tho set' the surface he had them covered
Two or three inches derp with the prepared compost
W hen the plants came and had grown To he size Of
inches height he caused his men t. 90 through the
patch AMI place along sde at the a sufficient nan
my OF the comp Ia form slight billing; at the second
and thrd workings the killings were increased aud IF
'ecled IN similar way, the compost lhus smolhtrng the
weeds immediately near the plants generally, while the
ws were during The season. kept clean by running the
cnltvatlr through ,hem.