Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-04-29

lose it, effects Good farmers do not deem i
best to 90 to the full depth of good soil often
er than once in two years, and upon the
whole advise shallow ploughing. In England
the manure is ploughed in for all kinds OF
grains and roots, and manure and compost
heaps are managed in many respects different
from what they are here.-N. E. Farmer
EFFECT OF Soil UPoN PoTAToEs Sol il has
an influence upon potatoes aside from then
growth Some sofia light sandy loan
will produce mellowneSs where it is wanting
and improve it where it exists. Manure il
hurtful to the quality, and especially to the
flavor of potatoes. Hence soil sufficiently
rich should never have manure for potatoes
and a very rich soil is not requiring fol
this tuber. a rank growth of potatoes will
give a rank taste. The same potatoes raised
on light natural soil, where the only man
ure has been vegetable-for instance, the car
bonaceous matter of new land-will be i'm
proved. This accounts for the diversity OF
opinion in regard to the different kinds OF
potatoes. The Garnet Chill is condemned
by some. We have just heard a man pro-
nounced against them-who gave the pre-
ference to other kinds, among which the
Peach Blow is one. He had ''no luck with
the Garnets last year He raises his pot
atoes in soil manure from the horse stable.
His neighbor has just the reverse opinion
tie raised his where little or manure has
been used-sOme on a discontinued straw
berry bed, where sawdust has been applied
for mulching and afterwards worked into the
soil, and rotten when the potatoes were grown.
This was vegetable manure, and made the
difference between the two crops.
There is another element of great value in
the potatoe crop this is lime. 1t it probably
better than any thing that can be used.
This IN connection with vegetable manure
on light sandy loan, we'll drained, will in
sure the best crop. 1t will yield largely, as
well as OF the best quality. On such soil
there is also less rot. A moist soil is always
to be avoided if quality is to be considered
For feeding purposes rank growth is prob
ably preferable, as more potatoes are gener-
ally produced
The soil should not only be light and loose.
but the seed should be well down in the
gr0und-nOt raised in ridges Five OF six
inches below the level of the soil will give
more moisture in other words, withstand a
drought better, than when elevated above
this level. giving chance for the air more
etlectually to dry the soil in which the pota-
toes are imbedded.
Never hill pOtato-Or, if killing will be
done, do it after a shower, soon as the ground
will permit. Cultivate and keep the soil mel
iO"s HttIdill III q QIOuSIil LIS 10 IL lining
that is much neglected. Wedonot cultivate
potatoes sufficiently. Thy require much
moisture and unless the ground is well
stirred, repeatedly, these will be great hurt
small potatoes, and fewin hill
Clay will also improve the quality of pota-
toes we'll Of other roots and grains in
general. But it would not much increase
the growth. -Rurol World
FoRKING BARNARD MANURE OyER-This
is essential to rotting we'll When corn
stalks, straw and ordure of animals are all
trod down firmly during the winter and
spring. the air is efiectuall lexcluded, and the
M aterial will not rot until it has been forked
over, were it u remain there for a year or
more If it is loosened up so that the air
can circulate among it, the entire will
decay in a few weeks, that it will be easy
to pitch and spread it Now, the most ex-
peditious manner OF pitching manure up
clean from the bottom, is to do the greater
portion of it with horse-tOrk. Set up
three long poles as for pitching hay ON
round stack, and make hole down to the
bottom of the manure first then thrust the
tines of the horse-fork under the manure and
turn it up in large rolls, and tear it to pieces
with hand forks. Horse forks are of great
serviceiwhen the manure is very long. After
it has rotted, a man, or two men, can pitch
much faster by hand If BARNARD manure
remain 5 in the yard all summer, it should
always be forked over to facilitate the decay
of cornstalks and coarse straw But 1t should
be protected from rain. Some farmers
pitch the long manure in the wagon with
horse forks. But never could conceive that
the practice would pay, because a horse fork
will not hold as much horse is capable
of elevating. 1t is easy for any one to try
the experiment, which will soon satisfy all
anticipations or doubts on this subject
North British Agricuhu-ist-
RAILROAD Doors FOR BARNs.-These doors
are far superior to the old fashioned doors,
which reyolve on hinges, They are opened
and closed by means of rail and several
small iron trucks securely attached to the top,
and are so constructed as not only to close
the door effectually against the ingress of rain,
snow and cold air, but to be very durable and
in every respect efficient. Large doors are
formed by one inch matched boards, placed
perpendcularly, and crossed by matched
strips of the same in a diagonal direction, or
from corner to corner on both sides. Thes
strips are so put on as to represent the
sheathing often seen on fine houses, being
about six inches in width and covering the
entire surface. 1t viii be seen al once that
nailed and Thoroughly pinned. besides being so
hung as to obviate effectually all possibility of
sagging is the case with doors of ordinary
construction and workmanship when hung
in the usual way, must secure article of
great efficiency and of an almost indestructi
bic character The labor of opening and
closing these doors may be performed by the
merest boy, and in windy weather they are
not slamming and endangering not only their
own fastenings and fixtures, but the lives,
also, ofall by whom they are approached.
The old fashion Of placing the trucks at the
bottom is anything but desirable, as the for
mer is liable to become clogged by snow and
ice But when it is placed at the top, no
obstruction can possibly intervene from this
source the door glides easily along the rail,
and never requires to be forced open by main
strength Small doors for tie-ups, sheds,
outhouses and other similar buildings, are
in Il similar;way. They are much
cheaper than panel doors, to which they are
pre- ferable for all purposes where strength
and durability are required "A Farmer in
Gernaanyto,cn Telegraph
STEwED OYsTERs.-We take from an ex-
change the following, which is worthy of
trial
We suppose that nine out of ten house
keepers viii contradict us point blank in
statement that nine out of ten of them do not
know how to stew dish of oysters By the
ordinary routine that nearly every one fol-
lows, either the oysters are stewed and shriv-
eled out of all semblance of themselves in
shape, size and flavor, or else the soup and
''thickening" has raw taste that spoils it.
Here is the right method. Try it once, and
well warrant you won't need telling the