The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-05-10


toes are the crop, leached wood-asLe' are
used to considerable extent with good
results. They cost about one cent a
bushel, and are undoubtedly cheap ma
nure at that price. From fifty to one
hundred bushels per acre are used. On
these sandy soils, plaster, from enc. to two
bushels per acre, is also considered prof
table manure for potatoes. 1t may be
applied in the hill at the time OF planting,
or when the potatoes are up. Just be-
fore che potatoes break through the ground
a light harrow, with the teeth knocked
out to stradd!e the rows, is passed over
the grcuad with advantage. 1t breaks
the crust and checks the growth of weeds.
Peas We believe it will pay to raise
peas, even where the bug is most de-
structiye, for the purpose of feeding out
early to hogs. They might be fed out on
the land while still green. This would
enrich the soil ; and the refuse and ma
nure might be turned under and the land
sown to gheat Wbsn eaten early in the
fall. the bug does the pea little injury.
Undoubtedly it would have been better
to have sown earlier; but it is not yet too
late to cAtain fair crop. Peas DO we'll
on sod land They should be sown thick
for the above purpose-say three or four
bushels per acre. A good crop will moth
er the weeds 4 bushel or SO of plaster
per acre, sown broadcast with the seed,
or soon after the peas are up, frequently
produces a very marked effect.
4Hangel Furzel-This is one of the
best roots adapted to our dry, hot climate.
1t eoatains about half as much again nu-
tritive matter as turuips, and will produce
much heavier crop per acre; but it re-
quires rich land and good cultivation.
The soil should be warm, deep and thor
oughjy pp!Yerlzed. It will grow on heav-
jer land than the tQrnip or ruta- baga.
Prepare the land this month, and SOW
about the first of juno, 10 rows p to 3
feet apart, and Il INCHES apart in the
rows. If the seed is soaked thrse or four
days in warm water and then rolled in
gypsum it will start earlier, and the plants
will be more likely to get the start of the
weeds. The plants should be tbinned out
when about two inches high, and if posi-
Bile the work should be done when the
ground is moist after rain. The same re-
marks will apply to white and yellow 81,
gar beets.
White Bcans-We desire to see the
cultivation Of the bean greatly extended
in this country. Like clover, peas, and
root crops, its growth and consumption on
the tttrm will greatly enrich the land. At
present it may pay better to sell the beans
than to feed them to sheep; bat if the
market price should be reduced by their
extended cultivation, they would still be
a profitable crop for the farmer to raise
for feeding. They draw lightly on the
s0i!, and being planted in rows admit the
be nearly as well cleaned as ~ a sud can
fallow. There is perhaps no crop SO well
adapted for planting among young fruit
trees as beans. There are number of
excellent varieties, but for field culture
the small white bean is believed to DC as
profitable as any other.
Beans DO we'll Qp any good corn land.
The general opinion is that light, warm.
sandy or grayeIIy loan is best. Many
think that the sci. should be rather poor
than otherwise, as rich land is apt to pro.
dqca too much vine; there is, however,
a difference of opinion on this point, pro
badly owing to the different signlfcaticn
which Is attached to the terms erich er
"poor" land. What one calls "rith''
another calls poor" land. In this case,
as in most others, a "happy medium" is
doubtless best.
Some prefer to plow early in the spring,
and clean the land as much as possible
before planting; others think il best to
pluw under clover sod, fiat, just before
planting, say the first of June, as such
land is more likely to he free fran weeds.
Harrow down smooth, and make the soil
as fine as possible; then plant in rows q
feet apart and ID inches in the rows, using
to 6 beans in each hill. Cover with
mellow earth, not more than two INCHES
deep, Some prefer to SOW in drills 4; but
by planting in hills, the labor of cleaning
is greatly facilitated. When sogn in
drills with a machine, It should drop a
single bean two inches apart in TIE drills,
the rows being q feet apart. If the
weather is fine, plant the first week in
june, Some, however, prefer to plant a
week later.
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