The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-02-27
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THE POTATO CULTURE.

In several of ON agricultural exchanges,
the potato culture has this winter occupied
more than usual attention. in Consequence of
the Partial fal'n'c Of III" crn,' last year The
following We fini in The Cautry Gentleman,
from Mr. g MCMAHON. Of Milford, CT
My plan has been fpr the last eight wears.
TO change my seed a. often as once IN every
two years, even if plant the same sort -
/ have fn the last six years i,ken the trouble
to send from rs to $50 miles for my seed
and think that hsve been pnid for i, in a
t"atoli proportion The sorss tina have
been most successful with are the Prince
Alaert or white NAPOLEON the Irish nmnsrS
snd the p, ach Blnws These three kind.
never have showed any symptoms of the
blight in this section Of he country Will.
many Of my neghhnrs hsve kept their old
sorts and have los all or nearly all. the two
past seasons. | planted IN Nav last $40
rods Of ground with white Napol Gus, and
gathtId over three hund e,l and seventy five
bushels III October las,, AS nice potatoes A.
ever any man need look ut. Ttev are adj
mired by sl they are very wh,te and
smooth many of them measured from eight
to ten and half inches in lugth the ton,
oil remained in perfect ate If heal /, n,I'
they were cnr up By tire frost The tops OH
TIN Peach Bows do IT,, s,ne.
my plnn Of cul.ivaiiun is to take stalk
ground Or else pillow it in the fall Iren.,4!ly
select the smallest cn's tia, raise for nv
own use 20 pInnt -cut each potato. be it ever
81 small. | seldom ever use over four and
half OF five bushels # seed to Tie acre.
M''sm Of Cnh'rmion generally u>e
sh.u, 90 loads Of coarse straw MANURE TO the
acre -si'read and pillow in-lhsn plant my
seed three BY three AID half foot apart
when The plants begin to show llsn. Ives USE
= top art ssiHe" f h" manure plaster Of PARIS.
ind lcHrh,d ashes. mixed together. full
hand TO the hill which have found to be
great hcn,ti, 10 me-"
III the Ohio Cat,ro'o-. Mr. ROBERT
81 vrE.. h Oskaecsa Iowa, b,gs to lie
lss,d. He snys:-
Permit me t" add my experience in the
cultivation of POTATOES as additional evidence
in favor If he fact. that VT are onl, Jus,
row in the nin"'e"nth century beginning to
II hoE to cultivate potatoes 1t seems q
hal. suHrer. ,'o Mat The discovery of GER
tain r. Cts in relation to this matter. appears
to have been simult IN, o.s in different and
distant placss.
Last spring I took one peck Of Pea pnta-
toes. and cut them into very small pieces
conainmg. some ~ o. but most of them only
one eye in each hill plsnted them in hills
stput thee and n half feet apart each way.
putting only one piece in each hill, and from
that peck dug and measured 25 bushels OF
good potatoes. after throwing away some
or bushels that were affected with rot
The ground occupied was little over 8
square rods, and was cultivated tolersbly
w,N.
Your correspondent. W. G. johnson.
says" am Of the opinion that it s II loss
10 plant or whole potatoes in hill
] add. there is not only loss to pc atues
plan',d but an actual damage done to the
coming crop. 70. | An Convinced that more
and larger uota.oes can be raised by planting
one eye in each hill. than Gun be raised b.,
putting 2 OF 3 hole postoe> in a hill. The
more SEED you put in hill, the more small
potatoes You will have in proportion to the
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