Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-10-16
From the Ameriean Agrieulurist.
Raising Potatoes from the Ball.

From. the Ameriean Agricukurist.
Raising Potatoes from the Ball.
took the seed in the fall, pu, them in
piper. and KEEP, them in dry place. The
Is, of April, ls47, | planted The aecd in
Gne, rich earth in a box IN the house:
kept them there until the 10Th Of June,
occasionally in the open air. but not under
glass, as had not prepared :he means 10
force them, which think whould be desi-
rablc to gain time and size. | then, June
10Th, planted them in the open ground. |
2ro,ec, the vines the first year from lros', 7,
10 obtain longer season until the lst OF
N ,vcmber. On digging them. | found
some as large as hens eggs, the largest
portion smaller. They produced seven
varieties such as now give you One
like the English red two like long and
round pink eyes one like the pink eyes.
but no red in the eye one like the dark
purple one like the blue and one like
lady finger. Of large size. The second
year, ls4S, planted The seed raised. like
other potatoes, but in rich earth, but did
not protect them in the fall to increase the
growth. The vines we're killed before
they were entirely mature. dug them
the Goth OF October, when they were the
usual size Of potatoes. This year, the
vines were killed by the frost as early as
the I'd Of October, when they were green
and growing vigorously, and believe
they would have been larger. They we're
dug on The 10Th Of October. One weighed
lib. 10 OF. +; Twelve others, II ID. 10 o.
The long potatoes are more mealy at one
end than,he other, which shows they have
no, their full growth. ] do no, know the
kind of potato from which the seed frCm
the ball was obtained.
The land. half an acre. was pasture !
plowed ohce, lst of Nav, ls4s; carried
OF eight loads manure from the COW stalls,
and eight loads Of leached ashes. spread
them even. then dragged it well, planted
corn about May 10Th, had good crop on
the half acre, plowed il in the fall, abou,
May 18th, Is49, plowed, dragged, and
planted the half acre without any manure.
The soil is fine sandy loan, land rolling.
very mellow. The following is the expense
Of cultivation Flowing and tilling the
ground, $3.50; seed, six bushels, So :;
planting, l,5O; hoeing, l,5O; digging
will cost about SO; also, half barrel of
plaster, when up, 81, making the whole
expense, 10. am confident tha, the half
acre will yield a, leas, 23O bushels, which.
a, four shiIinss the bushel, is Sis
Expense Of cultivation, 10
Which leaves balance Of SIOi
| am confident, | could easily sell The po.
ta,oes for the above sum, which would be
the nice sum Of s2lo per acre, for use of
land and snail capital invested.
The following particulars, consider TO
be important in the cultivation of potatoes:
] plowed the land six inches deep planted
the potatoes three inches deep, laaving the
hills level with the earth, and planted
the rows three fee: apart, and the hills two
feet from the centre 10 centre making Al
hills 70 the square rod, which gives :, ,4sO
hills per acre. Allowing IA hills for a
bushel, (as some of mine yielded.) gives
500 bushels 10 the acre. fully believe
that if had seed from the bulls sufficient
10 have planted an acre, and cultivated
them, as did wha: planted, they would
have produced at least 500 bushels this
season. My land is now mellow did no,
plow between the rows, but hoed the weeds
up, leaving the bills nearly level with the
top of the ground until the potatoes grew
and then raised the hills above the level.
! believe the usual way of blowing deep
between the rows Of corn or potatoes is a
bad practice, especially in dry seasons a
small cul,ivator is much preferable.
Y. State Transactions.
AARON KILLAM.
Merico, Osrego Co.. ls4s.
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