The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-02-27

eyes enough for an acre--here then
is saving of thirty two bushels of
seed per racre. .Plow the gronnd in
the fall, and you are very likely to
kill the grub. s. .5f5 s
Mr.. Stinmel. / very much de-
sire-to know which are the best three
early varieties for general cnltiva- |
tion.i
Mr.. G.. S. Innis. The South Amer
lean is very, good potato and will
bear considerable abuse, always
give good yield it is not the Gar
net Chill; but was introduced by
Mr.. Klippart some years ago, |
would not advise farmers to plant
the newt yarieties-let Others
try Them 1 woull advise fol siearlyi
otatoes the Early Goodrich, Buck /
eye.and South American.
Mr. Buttles. l am not selling po7 i
tatoes, but am purchasing l would
rather pay. 50 for the Early Good
rich than 81 for any. other kind, for
early ones. Ias fae ~
Mr. iInnis. Ipaid Mr.. Buttles $50
for ten bushels of the Early iGeod-
rich and feel sure that | am $500
better off than If I had not purcha-
sed them.
Mr.. Stimlnel. From one bushel of
seed raised twenty three bushels;
I bought some Early Goodriches
from Mr. Battles, and cut them down
to the size of.a hens egg and am
well pleased with the result. IA
Mr.. A. r. Innis, jr. In 1857 ! cut
three bushels Of Neshannocks near
! ly down to single eyes. and planted
six bushels per acre. On one half
acre I grew one hundred and ninety
six bushels from three bushels Of
seed planted them fifteen inches
by three and half feet l do not
think that these potatoes have date=
riorated: -f7il.f-l,'=. =a3 3are q
MIR. G. s Innis. Those who have
been getting Neshannocl1 seed from
me and myself have been having the
monopoly OF the Columbus market
on early potatoes for ten to twelve
days every year. until the Early
Goodrich came last year and COM
petei with us. ee5t.ii t.5s s
Mr.. Buttles. Flowing ground,
cutting seed and planting costs me
all of,S10 per acre; I would be glad
to learn of good practical potato
planter, l have heard of a planter
that cuts d potato into four OF
five pieces and deposits these pieces
in drills, and plants six to ten acres
per day. If this is true, it will do
the work of twenty men. Some po-
tatoes have nearly al the eyes on
the seed end, ana by this plan of
cutting in pieces many pieces will
not grow. -'
/ Mr.. G.. S. Innis. It costs S25 PEI
acre for seed, planting and cultiva-
ting potatoes. Ionce kept an ac-
count Of crop Of corn and found il
did not pay. ..,@.r--...- s...-.r. -.-,
Mr.. Buttles. The Colorado pota-
to bug IS now moving eastward al
the rate Of thirty or forty miles per
year; in about four years we may
expect it here for it noWis in Hi
nois; and from this time until the
bug comes here the potato crop vii
: pay we'll. T was one year troubled
; with bags and went with a lot O.
men and switched. the bugs away and
they staid away. .o.ss ts .5 E5s4is
Mr.. A. r. Innis. I spread stray
in the bottom of a ditch and drove
the bugs into the ditch, and the1
: burned the straw and was not troub
!, lied with them that year any more.
! / Chairman. Was this the Colora
! do bug - - .u .--r ss4.-.--
| Mr.. Buttles. No, it was not tina
! !. hug is not yet here. It is growing
late. and I now move that we dis
cuss the next question in. the orde
namely, oats. I will therefore in
quire: Does it injure oats, to soy
! clover with it it?-..r---....--.-....
; Mr.. W. II. Shrum. I think it doe
not :iniure it. I never spoiled oat
by early sowing. I have sown it il
March and had nice bright straw ant
t aheavy crop. Forty bushels pc
acre is,a good crop. I general.
: sow the little black oats-the barle
!, oats are heavy, bright, and doe
y ryry well. r48 -. ri - la4
Mr. G. S. Innis. I have sown eat
:, in February. and made fine crop
= = the earliest sown is heaviest an
:. brightest. ,-5 .--.. -;
I Mr.. Shrum. Oats sowed on goo
ground did well-the black oat
: are as good for=food as the igh
|, Fones are. Oh iIE l!. .i.a
i Mr.. Woodrow. I sowed oats the Is
. of April on wheat stubble the sol
= is second bottom limestone. [ hav
}. raised four hundred and sevent
= three bushels Of common white oat
a on ten acres. I have had bette
p luck in growing grass seed than O.
: fany thing else. With me clover di
y better on oats than on wheat.
: once sowed timothy on wheat in til
fall--the wheat was light and, afte
!, harvest tim mothy was all gone.Aa,!o
i Mr. Buttles. White oats as
> rule yields less than forty bushel
= per acre. I bought two quarts o
the famous surprise oats" A wri
i ter inIthef Prarie. Farmer states tina
: he grew oae hundred and thirty
l three and half bushels of this oat
per acre. I paid $5 for the tw'
: quarts I bought, 1t grew strong
= : stout straw, five feet high, the. prod
= uct was two and half bushels b.
:, measure ); it weighed forty-fve t
- = forty eight pounds per bushel 0
u y nearly four bushels by weigh.