Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1857-05-20

pirate position is that OF a companion and as
sistant to man.
believe in woman's right to submit un-
reservedly to her husband in everything, save
in matters of conscience between God and
her own soul.
l believe in mans right to love his wife
even as himself to regard her interest and
welfare before his own, to cherish and protect
her as the apple Of his eyes.
l believe in the right Of each to labor, to
suffer-if need be, to shed their hearts blood
for the other.
POTATOES d. THEIR GROWTH.
The potato crop is attracting good deal
Of attention at present. Besides the COM
munications which we give in this number,
we have quite list of Others, for all of
which we have not room; but will give the
substance in condensed form. We are glad
to see an interest taken in this crop. Very
indifferent potatoes are now retailed in this
city at one dollar bushel, and at wholesale
from wagons they are taken at rs to 80 cents;
the half of which ought to be considered
good remuneration to the grower, if he un-
derstands the art of raising full crop.
Mr.. Almon Harrison, of Blissfeld, was in our
office few days ago, and remarked that he
would not plant potato again, until he was
certain that the ground was warm and ready
to receive it. He had endeavored by early
planting to get an early and full crop last
year, but the weeds and grass got the start
of the potatoes, and remained masters of the
field.
Mr.. Hathaway sends us long comnluni-
cation which is in type but crowded out, sus-
tanning by course of psychological hypoth-
esis, the idea advanced by Mr. Clark, that
the produce of potatoes is affected by the
flower being fructifed by the poled of differ
ent varieties With this we cannot agree,
but will state our reasons in another number,
and probably publish Mr.. HIS. long letter.
We occasionally give place to little theoret-
ical speculation for the purpose of letting our
readers know what ideas are brewing in the
heads Of the farming community.
Mr.. d. d. Tookcr opposes Mr.. Clark's opin-
ion. He has cultivated some fifty different
varieties, and always found the tubers to be
true to the parent set, whether planted mixed
or separate.
E. j. B., of Edwardsburbgh, writes:
latter | have plowed my ground, l mark
it out in rows four feet apart, and six or eight
inches deep. | then select the largest and
best potatoes l have, to plant. I never cut
them, for if a part of a potato is good to
plant, whole one is better. When have
dropped my seed, | 60 over the ground again,
and drop small handful Of plaster in each
hill; then cover them deep. never hoe
them, but work them with fuke each way;
and when they are large enough, I do the
same with shovel pillow. This ends my
work till it is time to dig them. And last.
though not least, cover them with coat of
earth, after which put on another covering
of manure or chaff, and do not lie awake
nights when the mercury is 81 degrees below
zero, for fear my potatoes will freeze.
81 see by the remarks of Mr.. Clark in the
April number, that he entcrtains the idea
that farmers are not good scholars. l beg
leave to differ from him. Perhaps we may
not all be able to solve problem in Euclid,
or calculate the length of the days and
nights of the planets, or write treatise on
chemistry or botany; but farmers are not
fools, by any MEANS"
Mr.. s. A. McGeorge, of West Berlin,
writes:
"In 1887 paid one dollar for bushel
of potatoes not larger than hickory nuts;
planted 50 rods of land with this bushel, and
am of the opinion that had l planted two in
a hill as l begun, there would have been
enough for half an acre at least; but finding
that 1 had more seed than ground, put
three tubers in hill-plenty of seed yet
put four in the hill; lastly, to finish up, put
five to the hill. Now for the result. Where
put five in the hill, the produce was equal
to the seed; four to the hill, something bet
ter; three, passably good; and where / put
but two in hill, had as large and fine po-
tatoes as | ever raised in Michigan. Again,
in 1912, l planted nine eyes in nine separate
hills, two of the eyes were badly injured, yet
l harvested over one bushel of large tubers.
| gave away some of them. The next spring
planted 43 pounds of seed in single eyes
from these large potatoes, putting 2, 8, and
eyes to the hill. In this case, 1 found
when l put three eyes in I had the most
potatoes, and tho most sizeable ones for eat
ing; when but two were put in the hill,
the tubers were very large. In reviewing
the ground, found there was not more than
sixteen or eighteen rods planted. You will
see by this, that I have raised good potatoes
from both large and small seed; but to cut