Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-10-05
our own neglect Of the imnutablc laws Of God

our own hcSlect VI lnc iHllluLaDic laws VI hou
and nature.
"1he largest potato, being first from the plant,
and consequently longer in the world than the
small one, is best for seed. This producing ii
tuber) is pototo with twelve eyes consc-
qucntly containing twelve plants. If set it
whole put twelve plants TO live upon the land
of one; in other words, ] put twelve cows to
live upon one cows grass. Therefore, scoop
out the eyes Of the large potatoes for seed, and
use the rest. Let seed potatoes be the largest,
and left in the light until they become green
They are thus best Tor seed but not so good
for the table, the oxygen having escaped. 10
keep potatoes for use, turf char is best; It will
keep them perfect though not a month old.
"'ro give an idea how to manage potato seed
for sale or use Hang mp the apples in the
barn or other clubhouse, in the light, until they
become, white soft, and pulpy, ike ripe
gooseberry then press out the seed into water.
and throw away the hull; wash the gutinous
matter from the seed by change Of water, and
dry it in the sum- or take pulpy apple and
press out the seed between the folds Of blottng
paper, the paper ahsorbs all the glutinous mat
ter, and You will find from 300 to 800 seeds, "a
sufficient quantity for ono tarmer.) Another
mode:-Covcr the apples in sand, which will
absorb the hull and glutinous matter: and in
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WHICH is simply twelve inches Of stable manure
covered with two inches Of earth. | transplant
ed 500 plants from a box four feet long by one
foot wide, when the plants were from four to
SIX inches above the earth, to drills eighteen IN
clns apart, and sixteen inches between each
plant. March or April is the best time for
lransplantiny, and drills should be adopted in
every instance in preference to lazy beds. be-
cause the latter retain rain and grow weeds.
which prevent the circulation Of air and can
not be easily got at. The juices Of the potato
sleep during winter and awake in the spring
therefore. do not plant before February
Tn" experiments stated in this paper can be
tried and tested equally by the learned sage
or unrtered peasant, for one shilling.
"'lhis paper demonstrates from the leaf be-
ing the lung of the plant, that the potato can
not possibly grow after the leaf dies, except
we suppose it to grow upon dccomposing mat
ter; and the diagrams demonstrate that there
never was any disease in the plant or potato.
Why and whence then are these various anti.
dotcs against the mysterious incomprchcn-
sible potato disease leading the pcasantry
Of these realms to lose their land. manure. and
labor, year after year? \ Frenchman tells us
to insert pea in each set to absorb the super
abundant moisture--lc cause of blight. An
Englishnan bids us plant in tan; 4 Scotchnan
tells us to plant in peat char, because, having
ninctv.siN per cent. Of carbon. it is, like the
pea and tan, certain cure. The Royal Agr
cultural Society Of lrcann has a gentleman
that Processes to take the sting disease out
of the potato by some chemical charm; and
there is another gentleman who undertakes to
extract the sting from tho earth; buf neither u
Mem tell liar. These, like other varieties 0:
mysterious cures and causes whispered from
man to man, sagger the senses and make rea-
son real. Therefore, in order that the truth Of
my views, and the virtues Of these charmers.
may be fully tested. have lodged frr hHnd,va
| fo,,nds III the Provincial Bank, which ! now
freely offer to them and the world, if they bring
TO this society, within three years, the follow
ing potatoes. which have been the principal
SUPPORT Of the reasantry of this country
for the last thrty.tour years-namcly, the
old Irish apple. the cup, the English rca and
the Jumper, in the same strength that | show
this stalk with apples upon the top, potatoes
at bottom, and remaining green from the 18th
April to 18th October.
The potatoes now exhibited land which are
open 70 inspection until seed timc) show ten
distinct varieties. ranging from one to six wears
old; these have never been in the world before
and their existence demonstrates that the power
to grow them existed previous to, and since
the blight Of 1915 and 1916.
L"n''nn Farmers Myo.ne.