New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-24

that is pecessay-more tnsn tnae VII te han
ou. ard must be coun,erscted by leaving cf The
cover AZ night, or By applying cold water Wen he
,ls,t, Appear and afterward, they mus Dc vs:s-e6
daily. unless the bed shouif De 700 coz o szowr-
Vain wster from pond or dtcn Is pes t.sest
Of seed If small il expected TO produce az test 30
nlsn,,. sometimes more than double that amounts
ppb,sin.d Large seed don't yield 80 muco Lgh.
sandy soil free from indecomposed 'ege'aoie metr,
/. generally selected for the crop fo~ ss C, oa's,
harrow thoroughly, mark it out - r0t.s se'o" way
for the hills .,,
The manure for sweet potstoes must oe reI rot.ed
by compostrg il, or otherwise. Mar mixed WIN IN
an advantage. From eight to thirteen 'se-nons
loads according 10 quality and sbundarce, are used
per acre for composing. When ro,ted, one bore
cart. load will make from $50 10 400 hLs. lie HIS
.hould be made or the manure covered ss soon Ss
;s nu, in the hills; from four TO SIX gocd hoee
full Of earth are sufficient TO maize hil.
The psnis are taken from the bed and pc. he bills
ab,u the middle Of May, and 50 onward 10 :he trst
of July As often one growth Of plants are pelled
~uErg the plants. 10 hold the potato firmly in the bed
bv nrsssing ON il with the left hand 10 sc..og oai
plants boy drops plant on eacn hii' ,.krg Two
rows Of once man follows, and takrg 'ne Jag. 70
his left hand runs three fingers OF his night hand
tbyoncb The top of the hill into the manure; ss hs
uitbdaws them he quickly thrusts IN the roo: OF The
plspt 10 the bottom Of the hole, and then, ~,n me
thumb and finger of each hand, nrniy p'esses 'se
.srth the plant Plants are bes. 50. out vhep
The Ground Is not too wet and cold-much better betos
rain than after The crop is tended with smsN caia
ystors and hand hoes One hand sAo~ed 20 A,ten
40 600 plants, or about eight acres Inc crop gen
rsy aup with large hoes made expressly iof thst USE
Wien ,tored for Sorng. they are carefully pIaced 10
baskets ip the fed ard then empted mo boxes or
barrels and sometimes covered WIN ufy senu, or
leaves or cut straw, but often without anything -
Keen the air from them but the lid OF the boz which
n tight ls mostly Sufficient but the r om tuas. be
kent dry and warm. If the crop brings soo per scie
II is considered 10 pay expenses. All over taat Il
profit and 25O baskets per acre Is ia,ge ys,o.
~ suhippt | have la'elV had severAi
letters from q. s. Murray Of FOres: HIs, Warren
County Ohio, who does an extensive business grow
ng sweet potatoes and sprouts for tsoee VINO rs,ner
buy their seed than grow 1t for themselves nee We
growing If email quantity is considered 100 ,roaoe
some but more because people have lacked ne very
iormation given them in the letter jas, rao. NJ
Murray says sweet potatoes have Deen ~ ~ ~
vantage in Vermont, and know they nAse 90 tne
no. of Lake Michigan. Mr.. Murray uses opy tne
Nansemond variety. He says; A
We have pever used glass for these an's, pre-
fsrrinp 10 give them mucn air a. p'esole ihAshg
them The more hardy. Put the seed In the ped aoot
the middle of April; transplant AFTER tney Law oe'n
shoye ground two or three weeks, &C cordlng 'ote
rspdy Of the gTSwth any ,e n S Se bed G % thai
,hev will scarcely touch each Others busnei Oh rom
25 10 80 square feet according to size Oh potatees
We keep them through the Winter IN celars prepared
AZ expense for the purpose, warmed reg Larry non
Fall I'm Spring. ON a small scale, with e1penene,
and plenty Of manure, the crop shoa.d o., ID sooa
sessons from $50 TO 200 bushels.
7yrosbins and Winter Work.-This regular Guee-
ton being called up, the following vaiuaoe 'n'orms'
Solos RoBIssoS-I have nothing further 70 say
upon this subject but hold letter rom the Hon.
Geo. Geddes an Opondsgs County farmer, winch
will read, ss follows:
"FnRMousr, Onondsga County, n r.,
March IS, 1859.
81 see by the papers that you have used my name
in the Club and quoted something have sad aoo1t
the merits of thrashing machines and ras; 40 NJ,
know exactly how have been uaaetS' noe. oSs ne thuh
that the na s better than the large tnrsshlng ma-
chimes for most of the farmers OF Central
except in those cases that require the grsh 70 oe
| thrssbed soon after il Is harvested The ordinary
| price for thrashing whest with the uayelng ma
Chimes here s five cents per bushel the o~reI OF the
machine having with two men ana four bofses tnst
| the farmer must feed. The farmer must provide six
| more horses and from five to eight msn-say so
| average of seven. AL the expenses will bIngrp the
cost OF thrashipg TO ten cents bushel b.ve paid
that for thrsshiDg large crop. Wheat sire only
crop that makes so good comparsoa Tor the ma.
chine for ten ceuts is just fair price tor hsilng Out
wheat in the Winter-the thrasher binding up the
long straw, and feeding the short straw fonng the
| day to the sheep, &c.
BARLEY can be thrsshed with asl for three ceBt'
less than BY machine. Oats about the ssIne and yet
there cases where we use machlres Lsst "a
we could sell our wheat for 81 so and or barley tor
ST. So we hired machine and put the crop INTO mar
ket, well knowing that the prices must fail before
Winter. We appeared TO save about half dollar OF
sch bushel, but there is some drawback on that cas
cuatiOn. Our being thrown out of this thrashipl
in the Winter We have had TO look up work for them
that We really did not want to do, and b0vs los
our straw nearly, the heavy rains OF October snt
November could not be kept from going down through
the stacks and ipjuring them very much. Though ou
| sheep have had vast amount Of good nay they am
not good order usual at this time ef the year
hos the farmers in OnoLdsga raise gram moks
butter and cheese, raise few cattle horses and sheep
ard intend during the Winter to mako their stock es
and trsmpe under foot the straw Of their grain % o.
to get it into shape to manure their helds The psI
stamping It out with horses wide floors, thrash
| ing with very small machine, that two horses and
three or four men can handle has this advantage ths,
all the short straw Is fed from day to day 90 il is
thrashed and thus nearly every grain saved in
way The long straw is either sold in The towns or 10
the paper makers, or otherwise disposed Of This
plan of dong business makes the manure ready 10 b.
cast INTO heaps a. sOOn a. the frost 10 out OF the
ground, where 1t will rot IN time to be put mesdo~
OF wheat in the Fall Using machines as We did last
| Fall, we now have immense stacks Of pooy stained
straw IN the yards that cannot be roted in tine for
neIt Falls manuiirg.
" W Len the country bew had and 10 clear
add lumber 10 make In the Winter. This has gone BY;
| aud what can We find for the men we mSst have 10
'he summer to do in the Winter if we hire these @-
mebse teD-horse power machines " c0Ie aud in .
week do what these do, cheaper ard quite ss
| well, in the course Of the Winter Ia countries
where the grain cannot be housed Of course IL must
be thrashed at but where il can be housed un.
less there sa strong prospect OF great faD " pncss
as wss The case last season the farmer VII hod t.
his profit to keep this Winter work for he men that
be cannot do without in the Summer, and by doing
this he raise few sheep cslyee aud colt or t~S
without lOsiDg money on them.
"The large ten-horse thrsshing machine il moving
out OF this State, and Emerys other ,tse affair
study in every branch OF farming or 10 behind; and
here in Onondsga find that graiD.raiipg doe, be,