Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-11-21
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For ,,iUnitea land owners.

Tine vesr since last planting season, plant
"A -o.,toes about two feet and half apart IL
hills: they came up, did not appear flourish
;ng the 10Th of June came frost and Killed
.bem down. Immediately planted corn On
the same ground between the hiiis OF po'a-
.oes. the season was favorable, and had
fair crop Of both kinds, especially potatoes
they were of superior quality, and the guam
,itv fair crop. Thc corn came TO maturity
and out of it found seed for this year. haV-
inc unexpectedly raised two crops on inc
same ground and at the same time coDciuoeo
20 make the experiment to test the tnins lui-
". For that purpose planted my garden
containing three-sixteenths OF an acre. hao 1t
p!owed Just before planting without manuF-
ing at all. 1t being clayey ground, 1t came
cd in Jumps. without narrowing, proceeded TO
,i,nt notatoes about three feet apart one way,
the other two and hals feet. Then plant
I'd the Yellow York State eight ro"ed corn
between the rows, the widest way in the CEN
.re of four bills of potatoes, which brought
them in rows both ways by Itself
While planting let the Jumps fsnaio'
except breaking them in pieces to OBTAIN SUI
feient dirt to cover the seed planted hen
CANA to hoeing the first time, broke IN pie
eeg all Jumps. and msie thorough work after
this boeing. The rest Of the cultivation Has
essv. and not laboreous. You will under
stand from the planting. that used no cu!tI-
vator or plow among the corn, nothing but
the hoe. Ifycu should cultivate large
piece, you might plant potatoes four feet one
vay. and three feet the other way, then plant
the corn between the wide rows Of potatoes
which would leave the rows two feet by three
YOU might then use small plOw one way.
Il will be important in raising this extra
crop, to keep the ground clear from weeds
and not suffer any vines, pumpkins or squash
but to have the ground entirely devoted to
the crop planted l planted On this small
piece Of ground, about two bushels of Pota-
toes, after cutting and resorving the es'sale
part.
Now for fsR remarks relative to the cToF
this YEAR. | have been 10 CberlIO more than
90 years, have planted potatoes about every
wear; had concluded that potatoes could 10
be raised here to any advantage One year
planted some ground that had been titled; OBJ
tanned good crop for the quantity Of grouuc
and carried them into my ce!ler, in about ~
weeks, carried them out, and carried them Il
let them rot This year there appesrs no TO
L.. .o,,,-,lIr tbsv- ara fair and smoOth Ihi
crop was most productive that | have eve
raised in Oberlin except the one above nam
ed, and greatly superior to that Ny con
clusion from my short experience 10 this dou
bic crop is, that ,he crop Of potatoes is in
creased By the crop of corn. think that th
shade made by the corn in hot weather, or
drou,b is favorable to the potatoes, and fFor
this circumstance the crop Is much increased
The corn. ou ground well prepared would b
fair crop; 1t may be diminished trife doH
ever | think we may safely say that tT
good crops can be raised or the same grouu
at the same time. for the experiment has eE
ceeded my most sanguine expectations. Tn
corn was ashed in the hill, TO forward il
growth, to prevent the potatoes from gettin
the start of the corn. which was benefit /
to the corn, aud no disadvantage to the pots
toes. Ny impression. with the kind Of cor
mentioned, cannot have too much SHADE
planted as described in this statement
JOHN ELAoRz.
Lorraine County. Oct. 1860.