Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-06-15

SWEET IOTATOES.-A CoIitIlDutoi " tiie
Gareners Monthly gives his manner of
raising the Nansemond potato as follows;
Pldnting.-Ilills or ridges On loamy
or clayey soils make hills by all means
On rery light soils ridges will do. 1prc
fer hills in all cases. First, you are more
certain of Il crop. Second, the potatoes
ripcn earlier Third, more bushels of ia,yc
tubcrs can be obtained. Fourth, carly in
the season large potatoes can easily be
found by the bursting of the hills, and
grabbed without injury to the crop.
When danger of frost is over, we begin
to set out plants, and continue until July
Put one plant per hill and Is inches apart
in the ridges Set deep enough to have
| two or three leaf buds below the surface
if cut down by worms they will grow anew.
Do not set when the ground is too wet
put the plants in the cellar with earth ON
the roots, and wait Choose cloudy day,
or after 4 o'clock in the afternoon, or early
in the morning especially foggy Ones
| DO not scdH for rain. 1t isa common or
ror to set plants in a muddy time. plant
very fast thus One to drop plants-one
| to pour water-NEvER OMIT THE WATER
| and two or three to set Make "A hole large
enough to hold the roots, insert the plants
at the same time the water is being poured,
| fill the hole quickly with mellow earth
without pressing. DO not use so much
water as to have it run over the top OF the
hole; finish off with dry earth never water
again it is worse than useless. The phil
osophy of setting thus is the water per
forms the triple purpose Of floating the
fibers into horizontal position carrying
the fine earth among them, and putting the
water in the only place needed.
4 ffcr Cu}ur,-After every rain rs soon
as the ground is dry enough to work, break
the crust in close contact with the plants.
l do this rapidly with both hands clasp
ing, raising and pressing the earth on the
tips Of the hills. A smart boy can thus
hoe 100 plants per hour 1t answers all
the purposes of regular hocing while plants
are young-brcaking up ant holes and Civ
ing life to the plant. Keep the surface
clear of weeds BE careful not to hoe too
deep. The best potatoes lay Immediately
below the surface Never cut off vines. II
they root at joints, lift them on sunny days.
Dig before frost, and put in warm dry
place to keep.
sweet potatoes can be raised with profit,
anywhere in the Middle and Western
States
TANNING SMALL SKrNs.-lf green, sprin-
kle the flesh side with saltpctrc and alum,
(ground tine); then roll the flesh side to-
gethcr; roll it up, tic it, and lay it away
one or two days. Then unfold and rub
with paper or something, as dry as.possible,
and lay them out to dry. Work and pull
them when most dry, 50 they will dry soft.
Dry skins may be treated in the same way,
BY first soaking till soft, and wringing out
as dry as possible. lean make such leather
as the sample send you from sheepskin,
by the following process, which is also
good for furs and small skins First, trim
the skins Of all useless parts second, soak
till perfectly soft, and flesh them well
third, wash thoroughly in suds of soap and
salsoda to free from grease. and rinse in
clean water to free from soap and soda,
then rub them as dry as possible; fourth,
dissolve two ounces of salt in q quart of
water and add three quarts Of sweet milk
Tor Tour quarts of bran watcr) and one
ounce Of best sulphuric acid; fifth, put in the
SKINS and stir briskly forty or City minutes,
and take them dripping from this and nut
tnem ~ . strong solution of sal soda and
stir - long a. it foams. Rub them from
tnn - dry - possible and hang 81 :
| COOL place to dry; work them when nerriv
cry and they will dry soft. Lime and
aehes will take off fur, hair or vol. -
spur milk will take out the iima "a $500
Inc black fsr Vas tanned ~ tn - rFos
- WITH saltpetre and alum-c6v. Rsrst