The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-04-25
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Potatoes Mutchett. ITO raise q good crop,
am rot opiBioni that the potatoes ought to
be planted either in March Or about the
last OF May or first of June. For covering
the potatoes any rotten straw viii do. The
ground must be dry and high--wet, fiat
land won't do--and well plowed and har-
rowed; poorer land should be lightly ma
nured. The farrows should be very shall
low and near together, say two feet or less:
the potatoes may be planted in the burrows
at the common distance and covered very
lightly with the hoe or small corn pillow.
AS soon as the potatoes make their appear
ance above ground, so that they can be
seen all along the rows, they should be
covered with straw to the depth of about
sixteen to twenty inches, and as even as
possible. believe that to harrow the po-
tatoes lightly before covering them with
straw would be beneficial. Very late pota-
toes might be planted and covered a little
deeper. Nothing else has to be done then
until fall; then, of course, to dig the pota-
toes, the straw has first to be removed.
Some plant their potatoes in this way
When the ground is ready for planting,
they walk over the patch and drop the po-
tatoes as near together as they desire, and
step on them lightly with one foot in walk
ing, and then haul straw right away to
cover the potatoes. But prefer the first
method. New land, the first year in Guilt
walton, and planted to potatoes, 1 would
Hoe cover Will Straw.
Improving Southern Lands scih Peas
Mr.. David Dickson strongly recommends
peas as a fertilizer for Southern fields. and
he contributes to the Southern Cultirator
the following notes of his own practice
Start trans about July Goth with good
turn plows, running off the land as nearly
level as you can, and go round and round
until the land or cut is finished Start the
pea drOpper after every third pillow, and
the hand with the manure after the pea
dropper. Drop the manure within four
inches of the peas. If you find the peas
will make from seven to fifteen bushels per
acre, turn stock in upon them, placing salt
in places over the field, to cause the most
of the manure to be dropped on the field
Then invest all the profit arising from feed
ing stock on the field in bones and Peru
Wan guanO for the next crop, and you will
find this system will pay. / have adopted
it with both wheat and cotton with good
success. If the peas fail to fruit, turn them
under while green.
+" Another plan is to plant about April
list, same as above turn under before the
stems become very woody, and plant and
manure l. second crop at the same time
that you are turning under the first crop of
vines, and treat the second crop as you did
the first. The true policy is to secure the
greatest amount of soluble vegetable mould
you can accumulate with the least cost"
Women in Southern agriculture-The
Montgomery (Ala-1 Mail of March 10th, fur
nishes an interesting item concerning Mrs.
Laura Holt, who lives Z" on the Carriers
Hill road" She superintends in person,
principally, affairs abont, her premises, and
the fact that she is far ahead of her neigh
bors in the planting business (she has 25
acres of corn already up) proves that wo-
men can be successful in other departments
besides those of purely domestico or house
hold character. i.pe
Ne,g Method Of Cultieatinq Potatoes. The
StaatS Hnse7geT grves some particulars of
the new method of cultivating the potato,
discovered by Guhlich, Of Pinneberg, in
Holstein, and which, it is said has given
surprising results where it has been en-
ployed. The leading features of this new
mode of culture are: l. Turning up the
soil to q considerable depth. 2. Choosing
as seed large, sound, and many eyed pota-
toes. 3. Leaving each seed potato a space
of twelve square feet 4. Laying the seed
potato with the budding side down. By a
report laid before the last meeting of the
Frankfort Agricultural Society it is said
the result of experiments are perfectly sue
cessfui.