Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-02
LTURAL.
tFrom the Country Gentleman.t
Small Potatoes,

MEssRs EpfToRs-It seems to me as vet or
undecided subiect with ,nanv farmers wbctb-
or small notatoes nrc suitable ror saed or
whether tbev ore no eood os lor,o onos ~
nlont sone asserting tbot tbev aro ond 9th.
crs os straniopslv denving tho r,ct A, tbo
,rosort t;,no whom ,nt,t1,s hoor 90 L;nh =
rr;co md ,Io rrosroct bo;r, tho, In ,ar,o
600. ions II ,;ll he diecr,t 70 obtai, sng;-
ciort oportitv or sood e,r tbo rovt cror il
onnoors to mo to bo ~ cars;dor'tJo ;rn,or-
tonco tbot r,c,s in roI,tion 20 ,ho snh;oct
sLo,ld bo d;ssor,;notoJ an,o,, ,ho c,r,,ors
,r,,o oro oo,,,,od l., rais;r,, ,L;s avon inro
.us .,c.. ~ IL ,.
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So,no oi,,h+ ro,r. s;noo =. .Lo .;.o r.
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"nSW'r u'.' n,M ;, "croru,nS Ic the oln 'nr9-
~. n n"7I e'V''r 20 anu u"y more sect
I,'s ''..u Is.., a. LiI'J vi pu. ~
S'.'ie "'',-l Vr"', WI Hiy n,uu Tn'cn was "tVtu
.or tpvat.eS' l,s"lItu 10 90 nsn9nnr snp notn Tnt
toes the inrrast be,ng NO abant The sizn Of com
mon plums hut the most of them being
smaller. | carried several bushels Of these
EtIc thin rs to the field and commenced plant
ing them, putting from two to four in hill.
Nv father. who was at work with me at the
time LAUGHED at me some. saving he "puessed
;r the cron was os small az the send that T
should cot sick of diuc;ng them :, and 7
thought so myself Indeed it looked like
small business anv way could fix it. How
ever finished nv planting with them, and
waited for the result. The notatoes in the
different parts Of the field came up at the
same time. but the vines from the small pota-
! toes vere not as LARGE and thrifty as those
| from tho LARGE ones At the first hoeing
| tboro ,vax soma difFaronce in tho TONS bnt
ortor that tbn Tons ron +bo snail poto Zoos
IooLod ne VOL, os anv of tbo said ond oon
tinned to tbromch the season When I cana
to dig tbem found the notatoes where the
small seed was PLANTED, to be as GOOD in eve
rv resnect as those where the LARGE notatoes
wore nlantad There wore as many in n Hill
and the notatoes were as large. and with as
| few small ones. as those from the large seed
| Ar the time commenced using small nota-
.,os e. GOOD Tho Formars oround mo said
,,orbons rou will cot ono or two cod
crons but Then vour rotatoes will run ont
| tbev will he ali small ones. and they will not
vioid onv. and Won will have 70 90 nlantino
/ ior,o ,,9totoos oc,;r Rrt os 1ot boye
| f,rnd- -pn occosion to rotnrn ~ NV farmer
| ,,o.i,'..j 81 ,lant;r,, S;nno +ba+ .;;,o bara
,,sod S,noi, ,o,atrns r,r snod NO. 60 snail os
s,,,o 81 ,blso .botJ tlontod ~ frs, ,roro
bnt s,,ob as ore TOO small to cat and which
the dealers in potatoes will not buy for mark
et In going about among the farmers who
use large potatoes for seed, find no better
looking or better eating potatoes. than those
which I ra,sc from small potatoes. and other
things being equal. | get as large crops. One
sprinr, soon after commenced using small
potatoes for seed, a farmer ofthis place came
to my house to purchase potatoes for seed.
On Going into nv cellar. where my potatoes
were he remarked "What fine lot of pota-