The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-04-02
farmers Department.

70 MULTIpLy THE PorATo CROP
The Gardeners Chronicle says the po-
tato may be multiplied an hundred fold.
1t appears not to BE- generally known
that the potato plant may be propagated
more abundantly and with greater ease
than most other plants. The shoots pro-
duce roots naturally at every joint be-
low the ground, when planted in the
usual way. TO plant for propagation
small piece OF ground will be sufficient.
as the tuberS may be placed close to-
gether. When shoots have grown an
inch or two above the surface of the
earth, the tops may be cut of below the
first iointed root, and planted two or
three inches apart, in fine sandy earth;
in the course Of week or ten days they
will be well rooted plants, and planted
at the distance that potatoes are gener-
ally plauted, will produce a crop of tu-
beers in eight, ten or twelve weeks (ac-
cording to tn" KIND equal TO that pro-
duced from tnhers, and when propagated
in this manner. plants may DO obtained
in great quantities
A mere simple way will be to place
the tubcrs IN a similar manner as before
staen, and when the shoots have grown
to the length of two or three inches
above the soil, to take up the tubers
and strip off the shoots from them;
there will be six or more beautifully
rooted plants, just in order for final
planting, replace the tubers as before,
which may be repeated at least four
times, and this will produce sufficient
plants from lour or FIVE tubcrs of mod
crate size, to plant a rod o. ground at a
distance that tabprS are usually planted.
Lateral shoots taken from Il growing
crop, treated Ike cuttings of other plants
and afterwards transplanted, will also
produce crop of tubers equal IN guam.
tlty TO that produced by the parent plant
PLASTER On WHEAr.--Some time
since, ia one of our finest wheat-grow.
ing sections, had occasion to SOW plas-
ter over a field Of wheat, containing
seven acres. The season previous, the
field had been cropped with peas, and
early in October, it was Sown with
wheat, at the rate of five pecks to the
acre, which came up we'll but grew ra.h-
tr spindlins on account Of the Cut-worms
After the snow went off, in the spring,
! took seven bushels of plaster and SOW
ed 1t on the field, leaving half an acre
through thu centre without any, for the
purpose Of testing It's effect. Within
one week, that effect began to show it.
self, by improving the color on the part
dressed, in two weeks tn" difference
could be seen at the distance of a quar-.
ter of mile, and When harvest came,
the part dressed yielded twenty-six
bushels to the acre, and the part I'M
dressed was not worth anything, being
entirely destroyed by the weevil. Close
adjoining was thirty acre field of We
ny strong clay resting on arglliacious
slate, and nclning to the south, which
had been falowed and heavily MANFRED
before sowing. Mr.. B. the owner, sent
his men to sow plaster on the field,
and it was sown from north to south and
from south to north. During harvest,
] had occasion to pass through this field !,
and found stri pS varying in width, from
one foot to SIX, and running the entire
length north and south, on which the
wheat was entirely worthless, which
strips from every appearance, were
miss ID through carelcssn.ss in sowing
whilst the rest Of the field produced
very good cronp, yielding at least thir-
" bushel to the acre. W.B.
.Nudisoa CountH .7la., 1852.