Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-10-10
Notes Of a Commercial Traveller.
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rTTAH 81 <PsuAprIsss.. Sept. IS.
Returning from my sootbsrn tour, paid .
visit 20 az intelligent gentleman ana iaminh
ffieDd engaged 10 sgriculturs. Calling ~ DIS
place OF business 10 Psilsdslphis' the hrss ting
that presented itsssf TO my sight vas number oil
barrels Of potatoes. While large Quantities we're
strern on the door. Both as regards sire and
beauty III may be allowed this term have
never seen anything 70 equal. Before obtaining
any ialor IN .tion IRON Mr. u. As took me to
plsffan scsie OF y hich esre ST. r pa does The
ssightof aich rcacaed ,Ity posDds, md SLED
a. snt - besheli 'rhess are eslled The Monitor
They were fsissd Cd very poor soil, without
animal manure and produced 245 bushels to the
acre. Another kind which Mr.. II. showed me 10
called the Goodrich. Ear superior 70 the Mentor
These come of the ground early az 70 allow
making another crop-ruta baga, swedish tut
nip On poor land go bushels have been raised.
and on rich land over 400 bushels per acre. An
other KIDD which As- Il. exhibited 20 me Is called
tie Cp<eo. lOn the are lspd 262 bushels ssrs
raised. gentleman At Cata-issa. as Mr..
informed ne. on rich land, obtained four hundred
bushsls.
New for the treatment. The potatoes we're all
planted whole. o! large szs-thrse feet equsl
distance. covered air inches, and cultivated en-
.irsiy hst-no billing being permitted a. all
The crop was dug by hand 9Th digging forks
Mr. Il regards the plov a. the most wastsful
implement for harvesting potatoes. As regards
erpsnse, il cost hin t~slvs dollars per acre to
dig, gather and store the crops named. No rot
ever occurs under this system, and no failure OF
the crop As high az thirty bushels per acre OF
seed zee used Of sons large kinds. In storing,
one pint OF freshly Stacked lime in powder Is
mixed with each bushel Of potatoes Any ten
dency to decay from cut OF. brussd tubers is en-
tirels tsrrested Mr. Fl plows and sub soils
- "A =
the surface and hsrrows in Ia the
sprng sub soils. hsrross, rolls and marks out
for corn AT the intersection of the burrows
Mr. II opens six inches aesp with the hoe, drops
whole potatoe. upon which he sppiles hand
fnl (6fty bushels per acrel of mineral post of
wood, sshes plaster, -heH lime bone dust (or
super phosphate aud a little sat Covers ard
rolls Three times hoes in each direction. and
three times hand hoes. BY bis method Mr.. II
claims
1t That there is no failure Of the crop.
RI. No rot OF sound varieties.
Sd. The largest yield the soil is capable Of.
4th. The largest proportion of large marketA-
bic potato.
- 5th No dsgenefscy of varieties. bo, constant
improvement
9Th No necessity for rotation of crops, as the
potato be grown indefinitely on the same
soil, with constantly increasing reproduction.
Ith. The greatest economy ef culture and har-
vestipg. .s.r
Tuenty-Ous varieties we're grown by Mr. II
this year. of which the early Goodrich and the
Harrison mot a seeding Of his.) he esteemed far
superior to any other be mas ever raised. and next
the Cuzco Mr.. II. plants the largest apd snest
be can gtt,and never allows cut one TO be put
in the ground IL is noteworthy that his small
potttoes average one tenth less than his crop.
Mr. II raised on l7-l00 Of an acre 490 baskets
OF tomatoes three equal To two bushels.) which
is equal TO U4O baskets or GOO bushels per o.
They we're raised on the same soil. MANFRED with
one shovelful of barn compost in the bill at the
time OF planting. Mr. Il. was once land sur
veJor and civil engineer and hs measure can be
taken authentic.
Mr. II finds seed growing so Improbable that
be don't grow them.
Mr. II. undertook farming small scale
two years ago, totally mex perienced. Que years
practice t1tingusned all his faith ia most Of the
traditions of agriculture. Mr. n. is his own
foreman. and does bis own thinking and acting
Prof. Siliman. WHO has travelled 10 Europe
and the Pacific States, visited Mr.. Ii farm some
time since and pronounced it equal to anything
be had ever
Mr. H's farm is situated on Queen lane. Ger
mantown, Pa.