Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-02-11

SHALL pass CultlvatOr twice between each
: row, and finish with hoe, not billing
but merely killing the weeds. AS the tub
l ers begin to set, that is, just before flower
t ing, shall again kill the weeds, and at
this time. give very slight killing, not
! raising the ground more than three inches
! around the plants, and shall by no means
r leave deep furrow between the hills II
: | planted by covering with the pl5w, !
e should, as soon as the weeds started and
e this would be before the potatoes were up
e harrow the ground thoroughly, and after
e ward give the same cultivation as in the
0 former method.
= Mr.. Landon-Would cultivate with Gull
] tivator as soon as plants are up then cul-
tivate again when six inches, then hill ;
, keep weeds down with cultivator.
Mr.. Cramton-Cultivate first, next hoe ::
when four to six inches cultivate with
horse pillow, then hill with hoe
Mr.. Gleason-Cultivate = soon as up.
then hoe; when five or six inches cult
vate again, and make broad Hat hill
Mr.. Grandy-Cultivate as soon as up;
when three inches cultivate again; when
budding, hill them
Mr.. Hubbard-Cultivate as soon as they
come up and cover them. As soon as
they come in sight, cover then up again
and then cultivate and hill
CULTIvATING AND PLANTING.
i DR.. Goldsmith-Somo crops remarka-
bic for their abundance have been raised
IN this country, by procedure like those
which obtain in the wet districts of Ire
land a report is made of farmer in
North Carolina who plowed one furrow
and planted In that, and so on until the
whole field was covered. There was no
after cultivation given to the crop The
harvest was 1900 bushels to the acre.
My recollection is that Mr. Barnum
raised great crops by planting the tubers
one foot apart each way, and then for Gull
tivation covering the drills with fresh
earth brought from another spot, pulling
the weeds rather than stirring the soil
This is the very near equivalent of the
Irish method in he DOGGY districts. In
these districts the tubers are placed upon
the surface of the ground, the strips of
the latter being about four feet wide.
Earth is then taken along side of the
strips, in quantity sufficient to cover the
potatoes. The subsequent cultivation
consists in pulling weeds, and giving an
additional covering of earth.
HARVESTING.
DIR, Goldsmith think thai OF all the
methods OF harvesting, that done with the
wedding hoe is the most expensive. for il I
Is slow, and great many potatoes arecut
and spoiled for market. l use. a sp4diu4
fork, with which man will dig as f - as
two can gather them. Thaer advises the
use of pronged mattock, which ing
heavy is struck with the tines deep into
the ground and under the tubcrs, SO that
the whole cluster of tubers can be lifted
out OF the ground by showing the handle
of the instrument away from the operator
Il Is best that the crop should be harvested
in clear day, so that the tubers may br
dry before they are, housed; the latter j,
essential. They should not be left uu-
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