Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-03-12
The FARM
The l.ardcn---The Orchard.
Raising new varieties Of Potatoes
from Seed Balls.

Ia order to raise new varieties Of po'a-
toes from seed balls, select the seed balls,
when fully ripe, from the best varieties Of
potato-plants you have, and keep them in
4 dry place till about planting time. Then
squeeze their seeds out over a basin Of wa
ter, SO that the seeds may be separated
from the other parts of the balls By their
sinking, from their weight, down into the
water; after which, the water should be
poured of, and the seeds spread thinly
over cloth and nicely dried iu some warm
or suany place.
The best time for planting the seed in
our climate, is about the second week Of
May, Immediately after all danger from
fr9s, is over, as a frost would destroy your
tender plants. The seeds may be advan-
tageously prepared for sowing by sookln.
them for some six or eight hours in luke
warm water, and then, after draining Of
the water, mixing them with q suiiiclence
Of sand, fine earth, wood ashes, or plaster,
to enable you to SOW them broadcast over
the ground the more thinly and evenly,
and then rake TIE seed into the soil. Or
you may, if you wish, plant them in drills
ranging from Is to SO inches apart, and
from to IS iuches apart in the drills, and
about one quarter Of an inch deep, in
good clean aud mellow soil. Ifyou adopt
the broadcast system of sowing,you should
transplant your be-. aud hardest plants,
from three to six inches high, in moist
weather and in drills as aforesaid, and a
little deeper il the ground than the plants
stood before. And as young potato plants
are apt to suffer very much from the effects
Of hot sun, i, would be well to plant
them where they will be more or less
shaded By the growth Of other taller and
broader lcayed plants. And the only cul-
turo they will need will be to keep the
ground loose and free from weeds, until
they begin to blossom, as they require no
culture after that. Those plants whose
tops die off first, should be carefully mar
ked, as they will produce the earliest ri
pening varieties, and should, therefore,
when the crop is gathered, be Kept separ-
ate from the rest. And when you gather
your crop, you will find grea: variety of
new potatoes, varying from the size Of a
pea to that of pullet's egg, and of all
shapes, colors and qualities-which must
be carefully sorted and planted the next
year, in separate divisions, when their re-
lative productivensss and excellence, when
cooked, may be fairly tested, and the best
saved, and all others thrown away.
Some plant the seeds of their potato
balls in hot bed in early spring, and af
terwards transplant them as above; but
as this process is more troublesome, and
produces very tender plants, the better way
is to dispense with the hot beds
in our latitude. So let every Que fond of
good potatoes: collect such seed and make
such experiments, if convenient (See
Ag. Rep. 44G p. G23, GGi, $40. 1919 p.
300. 1852 r.306, l62 1855 p. 2o5. 1856
p. $50, Fessenden) This is the most sue
;essful mode of raising new and hardy va
rieties of superior excellence.
Ftb. 1853. WEST BRANCH.
BE A FARMER-lf young man wants
70 engage in business that viii insure him,
n middle life, the greatest amount Of
eisure time, there is nothing more sure
han farming. If he has an independent
urn of mind, let him be farmer. If he
wants to engage in healthy occupation,
ct him till the soil In short, if he
would bo independent, let him get a spot
f earth, keep within his means, to shun
he lawyer; be temperate, to avoid the q.
octor be honest, that he may have
lear conscience; improve the soil, 50 Us
o leave the world better than he found I
/; and then, if he can net live happily
nd die content, there is no hope for him |
REMEDY FOR LEAKs.-A correspon-
ent Of the Lynn News says: "Some =,
ears ago | had leaking a. Every ,
ortheast storm drove its waters in. e,
lade a composition of four pounds Of ros.
!, one pint linsecd oil, and one ounce red
,ad, applied it hot with a brush to the ,
art where the l. joined the house 1t +,
as never leaked since | then recon-
londed the composition to my ncighbor, ,
ho had window which leaked badly.
lc applied it and the leak stopped. !,
.ade my water cask tight by this compo-
tion, and have recommended it for -,
rimneys, windows, &c, and it has al
sys proved cure for leak"
GET A HoME.-Get home, rich or b
Dor, get a hon,e, and learn to love that
ome, and make i, happy TO wife and t,
Iildren by your beamipg presence; cI
arm to love simple pleasures, flowers of
cd = own PLANTING. and music of his own: h,