The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1860-03-21
VO.46


m NM ~FH~--Ff ~"'f 80 = @~-~~-@s
\ di-h otnrw. iaca.y potatoes. about
iiic middle 81 June, j. rus to be dcs-
pissed. They arr gos,i upon the table,
and by no means Tax. in tie barrel. on
their WAY - 4 lirels market, 1t one
~ two dollars l,rshe'. and upwards.
There diiI.rsHce ia month Or two
in the time required ~ diilcrrr, vari-
dies. I. mature. This j. often over
l"nkssl ls iarn,vrs. AMI HEY continue
planting cnlv Tie late sorts. and have
~ nsw pD'aFpvs Until August. arly
varieties area :ir-t &C. initial in getting
ali early harscf:. Tie Mercer or Che
mango viii ma:ue ia ai,out twelve
weeks. and wiin iorcins. in ten. II
IL nyt 50 AFT ~ rot when forced. as
when PAINTED iatc. Tue early Sovcr-
riyn. Carpcnisr. Ssn,iley's Seesiling,
WraleI.'s Scc.liing Dyknan. and ti.c
early June, require siili shorter sea-
sen, cav iron six to twelve days. In
.lnnost every sccii"n u the country
here are cary potatoes. probably quite
a good - any u these.
There arc scv raj nlp,Ilo i Of hast
cnirg IA ir mat .ri-y. 4 f.lvoriie me-
hnI with the German market gar
ldun,rs is 70 brin-. the seed potatoes in
i'arrcls into ~ann roum, about the
list Q Ma'ci- The eyes start rapidly,
AMI in about two or three weeks they
~ realy 70 plant Another method,
lShich We Lave lracficcd for some
years, is 10 start the potatoes 10 gen
'i'e l.ot-he,i. about tie middle cf March.
n llc tul,ers are cut in halves, and lad
,ss SHE dpwn upon tic bed, as thick
= they canbc placed. They areihen
covered with about two inches Of gar
Ten mold. aud the sashts arr pnt over
Them. As sooa, A. they ARE up two Or
'hr.c inches. tircv are ready 10 trans
.lant. They shrnlI he removed care
!. ssillv, separating the roots with as lit
-lrlr breaking = possible, and put in
/, he drills where thev arc 20 grow. As
!, t!lrv ~ not yield 4 frll crop nndcr
this Treatment, ,hey can be planted
I -l"scr. than IN common culture. say
n drills thirty inches apart, putting
''lc hills twelve inches apart in the
lrill.
I, 4 warm. sandy loan, sloping to
Tie snn.ii or southeast. shonld be se-
rctci for this crop. u should be well
nanurcd with horse dung. about halt
II il applied IN he drills. Some man
arc their grounds for early potatoes in
lie Fail. and this il. wc think. a good
!. plan icr thai I'art q ,hcnanure which
~ a?plied broadcast Fresh horse
!, .une in the drills raises the ienlpcra-
I tare ci The soil, and hasscns their
growth.
II RemarLs.--To the above, written
4 br one Of our associates, we will add
\ l,;!lat we have succeeded well on small
scale. tl.us: Two Or three weeks before
4 the time VIXEN il viii probably do to
i l'.ant ont. take pieces Of turf Or sod,
say fonr 10 FIVE inches square, and put
a piece Of potato in each. These are
set closely together where they can he
/ watcrcd ms nccici. andc bc exposed
: to sunshine. Whenever there 10
cold night, or "coli snap straw is
tut on to keep them from freczing.-
They sproai anL llll sIic turf with roots.
AZ the prcgcr time the pieces arc set
i'm the cIen ground, cns piece ina
rlhilI, and the growth j. hariIs checked.
n The tur. iise.f also acts as manure
ID aid the growth. In this way two
to four weeks may be gained.