The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-11-03
FAM aud Stpuscllpld.



AZ WI lave been hearing something OF
the potato rot in The West. the following
from tho note Of Commercial Traveller in
The Jowaoiof Commerce, giving an accouu,
,pf a Welt to dealer will be read with
intcrtsi
Before obtaining any Information from
Mr.. H., bo took mo to q platform scale, on
which were dffg potatoes, the weight Of
gwllch reached SIXTY pDN90s, and illed an
ontire bushe rneso ARE called the H0Ri
tor, They were raised on very poor soil
without animal manure anil. produced two
huadrednnd iorty.iiv blDlmls % an acre.
Another kinl Which Mr. H. showed me ia
called the Goodrich far superior 10 tho
Monitor. These come otf the ground 80
carly as 10 ullrw making another crop-rua
baga, q Swedish mrnip. On poor land 230
bushels have lccu raised, aud On rich land
over 400 bgshc's per acre. Another kind
which MIR. II. exhibited TO me il called the
Uuzco. On the same land 26S bushels were
rWsed A gentleman at Cinwissa, as Mr.
In iAiormcd me, on rich Land obtdiuel 410
bushels.
Now for the treatment Tho potatoes
were all paatel Whole, OF ltrgo size, three
feet equal distance, covered six inches, aud
cultivated entirely illt--nb hilliDg being
permitted atnh. The crop was dug by hand
with digging forks, NJ. ll.regards the plOw
as lbc most wastelul implement for harvest
ing potatoes, As regards expense, IL costs
him Sl2 per acre to dig, gather aud store
the crops naincd No rot ever occurs Under
ihs systam, aud uo fdlurc Of tho crop.
As high IA thirty bushels per acre Of seed
We're used OF some large kinds. In storing
one pint of freshly SACKED lime IN powder
in mixed with each busllcI of potatoes.
Any tendency TO decay from cut or bruised
tubcrs il entirely arrested. MIR. H. plows
aud subsols deeply IN the fall, aud if the
land il poor, manurcs oil tlic surface aud
burrows in; in tne spring, subsoils, harrowp,
rolls, and marks ont tor corn. A the inter-
sect on of the iurrows Mr. II opens six icnh-
es deep with the hoe, dtops a Whole potato,
upou which he applicsa hudlh $50 bushels
per acrc) OF minelal, eonlpost of wcOd-ashcs
plaster, shel.ltme, bone dust Tor super.phos
phate), aud little salt: covers and rolls;
three times hoo in each direction, aud thore
times hand hoes. BY this molhod MIR. II.
claims;
y. There is no failure in the crop
.. No rot of sound varieties.
3. The largest yield the soil is capable Of.
4. The larSeat proportion OF large market
ablo-rotaio.
5. No dese, c,acy of varieties, put con-
stnt improvements.
G. No necessity for rotation of crops, MS
the potato can bo grown indeiitely on the
same soil, with constantly increasing re.
suits.
Z The greatest economy of cultivation
and harvesting.
Tweniy.ono varieties were grown by Mr.
H.tliis year, OF which the early Goodrich
and the Harrison tnot u Seeding Of hisl he
esteems far superior to any Ut or he ever
raised, aud next the Cu2Go. Mr. II. plants
the largest aud finest he can get, never al
lowsR cut one to Ie put in the ground. II is
noteworthy that his small potatoes average
onc-tcnth le IS than his crop.
Mh. II raised op AZ 100 of an acre 400
baskets of potttocs Ohrce equal to two
bushels) which is cq,mi 10 ,0l0 baskets or
6g0 bushels per aero. They wero raised
on the sainu soil, mlnured with One shovel.
ful of barn compost IN the h,l at tho time
of planting, AIr. II. was orce a Land surveyor
and civil engineer, aud his measure can be
taken ~ authentic.
Mr.. H. 6nds secd growing so Improbable
taht he doa't grow them. lrc undertook
iarmmg on small scale two years ago, to-
tally inexperienced, One years practice
extnruishod AL his faith in most of tho ira.
ditions OF agriculture. MIR, II. is his own
foreman, and does his own thinking and act
my. 4 Pyof sllman. WHO has travelled Ia
Europe aud the Pacific States, visited Mr.
lis farm some short ttno since, and pro-
nouuced il eqnal to anything ho had over
seen, Mr.. HIS farm 10 situated on Qucon
Laue Germantown, Pa