The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-11-15
The farm mud d5arde1.
The FARMER rEEDETH ALL

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My lord rides through his rsaa
My lady sweeps along in state,
The sage thinks long on mnny
And the maiden muses. on marry
The sailor ploughs the foaming
The huntsman kills the good rel et1T
And the soldier wars without any le,l
But fall to each, whateer hefall.
The farmer he must feed them o.
Smith hammereth cherry rel the sWcId.
Priest preacheth pure the Hos VIVID,
Dame Alice workefh broidefy geil
Clerk Richard tales of love tAb tell
The tap-wife sells her foaming bceF,
Dan Fisher fisheth in the mere,
And eourtlers ruffie, strut and shipe.
While pages bring the Gascon wine
+, But fall to each, whate'sr Seffll,
The farmer he must feed them MI
Man builds his castle fslr and high
Wherever river runneth by,
Great cities rise In every land,
Great churches show the builder hani-
Great arches, monuments and towers,
Fair palaces ana pleasing bow ers-- -
Great work is done, bet II here or flege,
And well ,naa W0gssth every e.
But work or rest- Thatc'er ash9
rhe farmer helatanS :'.,s' al
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LARGE CROPS OF PoTareae4
The Fall is the season t. comBleGec
the preparation of the soil for a iar4l
crop of potatoes. In a cirHllar on Tie
subject, A. w. Harrison,-proptietur OIL
Harrison's Goodrich Seedins rctlto,
says: t.5g
1t is desirable, not ronly 10 set n,
best varieties for seq but O. Know au1v
to plant fhcln and 20 raise the largest
aad best crop, gt
The iut.hod pafS esiii,e N'i..'. = '-- g
better far better, than any
systems ge'lcrslly practice,
lows: &
|. In the Fab plow deeia atah-
deat[ S@il ploN' in in ALL all Is f. % iE9A n
4. Inearly spring, rlow o. j ! -oi
across the winter burrows, lar isA3
roll.
8. Mark out, in.squares, ; feet !. .-i. /.
each way, opening the furroN inchcs
deep. 2
4. At the intersection Qrop u i1fall-
potato, the largest you have, and sbreat
upon 1t a handful tabout 40 bushels Iel
aere) of compost made oi eiellt parts
of wood-ashes, four of bone phe esphat.
of lime, four of fine ground plaster t,vs
of finely slaked .llime, and one u 't-
or, if preferred, ounces OF Al
fertilizer per. hill. Then cove
and spread 1000 lbs. per acre o
artificial fertilizer. q.
5. As soon as the Young .. a
run the cultivator close to and
but not ooer them, in each dir,
Afterwards, and before the weea
up, cultivate, both ways, with hn,
horse hoe--so arranged as 80 cut
shallow as possible. and lcep The sn
face entirely fiat. Repeat tEis, az sho-
intervals, three times. TiieR hafld lW
three times, still keeping ist spl &c
Allow no hilling at any fimc, lior wetd
to grow.
&. As soon as the tops are aead. E
in clear dry weather with heagp Fl,
tinted digging fork spread, under eos
er, to dry, and store in coei ilt
dry, airy cellar. spreading halfa pin
of freshly slaked lime, in powder, .
each bushel of potatoes.
Z. Gather and compost Dc ftv fops.
for application next autun t5ts -
and snbsoil pillow as bcf fet ac2
years S crop.
The following are the aayal a,ees
this system of cultivation.
!. Nokpossible entire tailure q
crop. t,,.r..
2. No rot III healthy var tis's.
B. The largest yield the soil and
rieties are capable of.
. a. The largest proportion Of ls'
potatoes.
o.. No degeneracy of Nariet.
continued Improvement.
s.. Nosnecessity for rotation ci
the potato can be thus grown
indefinitely on the same lsnG,
perhaps, at long intervals, a seeding
clover to maintain the supply OF NeH
table fibre in the soil.