New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-09-25

". P,ods4s.-Gra~. Hay and Beef .re u eouf-'
the dsple products 81 -uea Alarm Mo.e 'hal t"ohh
ord acres OF this home farm are annually NOVEL;
yielding from two 20 four tuns pr acre. ana averaging
from a TO tuns. -ngle stack rear ire pno"p1
barn contains one hundred and twenty load. cse-
mated at eighty 10 ODE hundred TIME. "hra' Hna
Indian Corn are grown 10 but moderate eztsn,' q
he latter, one piece. planted June ~ The inee-ah'
Of the lat Spring forbade al earlier preps'n'n'
viii yield fifty or si1;y bushels o s1eed CON- WIZ
twenty wsgon.losds Of Pumpkin, pr ere; st"A"
piece il bit fair OF Buckwheat, many acre are
growing; il IL good crop. and 10 more luriT' .ne
grasehoppers have taken care Of. III hs- been ny
here for some weeks previous 10 today, and th coz
n,orants are very abundant OF Peas, there =
large and thrifty field, sowed late, AM Just beginning
n blossom Should frost hold of I'll October me
yield mus. be large, and Il .ent green to NeN-iotA
they would probably pay well. The Kitchen tisIosn
shows q greater abundance Of Beets, CaTcts' as~
ni,~. Onion. &c. than ever before saw on 50 anal
an area. The Grapes are equally uIurisnt
Blu. the pride OF the farm s it, displsyof TIE Plato
Eighty.fve scres are covered with the IRISH stafri
whereof ZONE thirty acTes were planted early and Hs
DOW nearly If not fully ripe, while the residue were pun
in from the middle to the last Of June, AID are ncv
Just coming into blossom. No where in America,
hardly in Ireland Itself were such fields OF Potatoes
ever seen. Trey are mainly Of Bermuda stock, o1<
remove from the semitrcpical island, the seed having
been grown here last ysr from imported potatoes OF
that years growth. Tie row. even where nai NE
long are straight g. an srrow's fgt there il 10.
weed 10 each row and not missed bill per screi and
IN one large field not one 20 ten acres. Should frot
bold of TO the let Of October the usual time on these
breezy hght. the yield cannot fall short Of three hun
III Ill. srI p,av oh I'm lfef
Nothing Ike rot is seen; in fact glance q, those
hardy vince SO rank 20 green, thrifty, would Goa
vince any one that rot is here all but impossible. Let
me give as well a. may from wha. learned on the
root some notion Of the means by which slch result
has been so nearly a;tsined:
The ground is first plcwed deeply ard thoroughly,
each land being marked out by the help Of guides ana
no crooked rurow allowed, whatever the excuse
fr IT, 1t is then furrowed three feet apart, With equa
exsctness a. to regularity. A subsoi plow is Their
rm in the furrow, mellowing and pulverzng the soil
to as grea, depth Is the strength Of the team wiz
allow. The seed, previously cut so IS to sppo'tor
but two eyes TO each piece, dropped the mellow
coil thus puverzed being zigzagged from side to side
of the furrow so that though each piece is distant
one foot from the preceding IT Is eighteen inches from
that which lies directly behind it, broad twO-horse
pillow follows covering tie potatoes e. deeply as pos
sible then roller rols the surface fat and compact
end the planting is done. The next week, the fed u
throughly narrowed, and then unooyering
potato, but roofing up the embryo weeds and breaking
w any crust which have formed over the sprOIt
ING potato. So the have fairly appeared
blowing between them is commenced, and continued
Till the lst Of Selember-some Of thesc fields ha're
been thus plowed dozen times, though they were
planted but little more than two months ago. No hoe
is taken into the field but any weed that may have
escaped the harrow and the plow is pulled ont b,
hard OF this however, there il little to do. Wien
the crop il rpe potato-digger drawn b. two hcrses
turns them out a. fast ten men can pick then Up
and thus the work is DONE estimate that this yeaTs
crop delivered at Corning will have cost Mej. Dickinson
$50 per acre. and that should untimey frost blast h
hopes they will sell there for $50 per acre, giving
him clear profit OF at least e 900, and perhar.
$500 on His pOtato-crop alone. For loJs, call thai
doing well.
The principal, almost the only, fertilizer sppieito
these spacious potato-felds was Tun Ashes pre-
pared by the process shall endeavor t. describe
V. PAIRING and BVrHire-I have read much of this
process in English works, but like mos; people, had
little faith in what WAS grossly ignorant Of | here
il in progress and viii endesvor 10 give some idea
Of il.
Along Inc SIDES t' tit fnh', there = tpl 10 De q
pretty Thick turf especially where the so i clsyey
and moist and has not been disturbed for years The
is plowed up thoroughly and left to dry few days.
then fire is kndled upon one end Of it, fei by any
chips, roots, pieces Of suinp-, &c.. which may bc
cessible and, when well started the dryest sod
piled on, then Others until small pit IS constructed
from which white smoke family issues. While thI'
kindng the operator has started another; while
this is getting hold, lie is GOVERN. this, and On
Two hours after starting, weeks rain would not
e1tingui,h Of these pits; may burn more slowly
bat with few sods thrown on wlene, erthe fire SCENE
the point Of bursting out, ii viii burn till the al
tuh las become ashes. The land being plcwei
Maj. ID. estimates tha, good, experienced hand VIII
burn two hundred bushels per day. and that one hundred
bushels Will suffice for An Cf potatoes. The tots
cos, Of the two hundred bushels need not exceed g.,
their value i. from 81 to SO OF course, any othei
grass land may vel Cor this purpose road
Sides but where these are abundant and convenient
there is no reed Of looking further. Aud, though #
is very true that gravey sandy lands sffori turf
equal in value 10 that obtainci from clay losn, ye,
doubt that there is one farmer in state who NIGH
not obtain suitable turf at le OF 10 cost if ne would
here is ole rhowH Try.
Salt and Plaster are extensively used fertilizers By
Mai. u. He procure- the former ',i->e "a. 10y tie
boat-load om Syracuse at cost here Of some twenty
cents per busbel Plaster costs hin - per TIN Cor
ming. He attributes his immunity from rust IN good
mart TO salt As to plaster he consider it good up
Piled to any crop at any time but he most Of
grass land especially meadows. | an not sure
whether it was be- or another friend Who said be should
prcfer 10 SOW il immediately AFTER taking of oIop c.
Hoy.