Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-05-07

It's ,uu sou previously turned down, ala
will form light moist bed, which win
leave little labor for the hoes, and in
which with any degree of care in plant
ing the plants will hardly fail to live and
thrive.
MANUREs The manures should be
applied and mixed with the surface soil
by the second blowing, if barn-yard or
stable manurcs are used We should
not recommend the use Of manure having
with it much coarse or undecomposed
litter; it keeps the ground too spongy
and porous for the good of the young
plants.
The best Of bought manures for To-
bacco is an equal mixture of Peruvian
and Phosphate Guanos many planters
use Peruvian alone OF the mixture
the least quantity to be used is three
hundred pounds per acre, and two hun
dred Of Peruvian if used alone. Some
use in more liberal quantities, and think
the application sufficient for the tobacco
and the wheat crop following. These
or other portable manurcs may be APP
piled just before the ground is laid off
and crossed for making the hills A
great advantage in the use of these ma
nurcs is that of their help, instead ofap-
propriatng only certain of the best por-
tions of the farm to the tobacco crop, the
poorest may be used for the purpose.
Those who plant in drills, open a
furrow and strcw the guano in the fur
row, throwing over it ridge from each
side, on which they plant. These ridg-
es are three and half feet apart, and
the distance between the plants on the
ridge eighteen inches or two feet.
Again, those who plant in hills, not UNI
frequently drop the guano in the centre
of the check, drawing the earth over il
for the hill A small spoonful is enough
for each hill Where Peruvian guanc
alone is used we recommend that an
equal amount of plaster be mixed with it
POTATOES.
The crop next in Importance which re-
ouires attention at this season is that Of
the potato. There is no farmer, we sup
pose, but plants at least small crop,
and in the aggregate it is one of great
value to the community. 1t should be
planted and tended with more care than
it usually receives.
SOIL. The potato adapts itself to eve
~ variety of soil. 1t yields most album
dainty on rather heavy and moist soils,
but light free soil makes them Of better
quality. They should by all means be
planted on sod land, the richer the better.
The crop would be more likely to be ex-
empt from the fatal rot, if it were always
on turf rich enough to produce full
crop without the direct application Of
manures.
MANuRrs. Unless the ground be
rich an abundant supply of manure should
De applied, Tho most economical meta
cd of applying ii, as regards the crop,
is in the drill Stable or barn-yard
manure should be placed Immediately
over the potatoe paintings before cover
ing. The advantage Of so applying il
is that it preserves uniform moisture,
about the roote,s, a point of especial
Importance during the dry season to the
potatoe. The coarsest litter and ma.
nure may thus be used auvantageously
for this crop Should the nAnure no
be rich in quality it is advisable to give
besides two or three hundred pounds o
mixed guano, or Peruvian mixture Will
one fourth its bulk of plaster. Ashe
and plaster mixed in equal parts, MAX,
an excellent top-dressing, dropped upol
the plants after they come up.
PUMPKINS.
This is valuable crop if well cultivo
ted for mich cows, and for the earl
feeding of fattcring hogs. 1t is yer
customary to plant it through the corr
field, where it ia raised at little cxpen'
of cultivation. In this case. it shou
have extra manure in the hill, otherwi
il will be raised at the cost of the cor
The labour of gathering them howeve
when scattered over large field is co
siderable. II is better to devote lot
ground to their exclusive use. IL MI
be the poorest part Of the corn shift,
you manure them well in the hill. ii
and lay of the ground eight feet squar