Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-03-09

DOOIly, diu Tile LAW 'ONNoiAuSo CIV
a fair crop on poor land. He had
raised the last variety about Is years,
and got from 100 to 200 bushels per
acre. Last year on cabbage ground
he raised 200 bushels.
Prefers to plant potatoes on good
old land after corn, and without ma
nure; likes to have seed potatoes
raised on plain land plants in drills
made with a pillow s feet apart; cuts
seed potatoes into from two to four
pieces; puts one piece in place every
Is inches in the drill; covers them
about two inches deep; uses cultl-
vator i'll the first hoelng, and ma
chine for ridging III the last hoeing.
Formerly used ashes and plaster i'll
the hills. but latterly had tried mix
lures of salt and plaster with varying
success. One year he thought salt
and plaster added 20 per cent. to the |
crop; the next year one-thlrd OF the
seed didn't come. Thought salt had |
the best effect on Old pastures. Had
a neighbor who uses simply ashes and
hen manure on the plains, plants early
- - ,r-0- ,tccp, ANA 5Oo~ 100 o4-~i-0fo
per acre. Thinks red potatoes gen
orally do best on the plains.
Phineas Stedman OF Chlcopee con
sidered the potato one OF the dearest
crops he raised, costing as much as
corn per bushel. He planted | IL
acres last year, had a fair growth,
but they rotted badly on moist land.
jackson Whites ana Davis Seedlings
were his favorite kinds, but last year
the Jacksons grew spraggl y, doubtless
owing to the wet weather. He changes
seed every TWO years.
! The general impression was that
/ potatoes, except the fancy sorts, are
not sure and rtmuneratlve. The aver
aye Yield III the country is doubtless
mot lar from I25 bushels per acre
We have nc extensive growers IN this
region, but almost every farm and
gardeu raises iew-enough for
home use, ami possibly d lew TO spare.
There is a great difference in the
quality OF different SOILS oi potatoes,
-.a al -nrf- are mat,..,a a. afacted
nv s,i. ANA season i:ls,.u all in all
tba n,,.t, j. mo ri tha most valua.
hIa n-s,t...t. known 70 n.aukind II
-, aI,no., universal ,,rowtb and
.oaant.i,..lt to almost every cline
Ri, ..,.;.,,,.}I, iron. Santb Amor.
ian n..,I,, ~, ..a.n Of las.
rLa. Am '.ar. n,o.,,.,, ,,SnIr all over
tn~ ,r,,I. ,,I,rg,.,.0 ~ ,ha n.,g;I IONA
and ua- been the health and susie
nance OF thousands. How the races
anu people u 'ne "'ilo "o'' ~ oe
zen. 49,. .@.a,,;oa w. = 5onht
HISS u,n.b vet tn he tearnnd Ia rpga re-
, 10 It's culture, and We earnestly hope
; That everybody that eau, VIII, The
coming year make anu report eAper
ht ,A l-I' 10 NIJ" ''o o. " ~l
assert and ar,.a,,sa Them ,in som.
oon5 shall resuit A GOOD meslv no
, tato. well uuttered and salted, is Ii
/. for the palate IF "a king.
Prot. Sh,pari ri Amherst College
j once SAID Ia an address before The
/ Hampton Agricultural Society, that ;
: healthy potato contained all the Gle
) meuts OF human nutrition In thei
= best proportions. The potato lie,
E pea>antry OF ireland are progerblall.
. ruddy and heaitny.-Homestead.
i Nopw,v o.T. The foIloDino If
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t vi II 0Ai ''0 -'0" anu : 81 '-'o'
}. was written .! one VINO 10 wen Know
: IL this vicinity as a practical INTEL
y gent agrIcuturist. and man of sciel
!. tifr research and investigation NJ,
d -,
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i 20 IaI 'o"aio' ue'erLnl"lh9 'ne 'aiu
a OF pint Of Norway oats:
l. was about TO enquire through iii
5 Farmer, what virtues were posses Sc
f by The Norway oats as a farm Gro
" which should merit the high price
,sked ar even the corhdnncn ot nra,
II .;,.. roc,,o,, ,,bo., ,.,,,;ood =, n
% las, i..ne an article from al G. r
a. ~ which no r.command. tho oats
> Tra assertions of -, G r" ar
( 40, u,a.r,n,ad h. rho crors in I'M
d. yiiciri,y Nv own oxneriance VIII
" ,hon :. that f,rrv mounds .own nm ~,
ii hnndrod md iorIvitbrao rods of va,
- ricb corn stubble dressed with snne
,,hn.nbatoond othor fortiI;zors da,
4 ma oplv fftv.tbrea hnsbaIo of tbirt
4 two nopnds the heaviest of wbic
M wa;obed thirty and one tonrtb nom(
m ner measured bushel. While | raise
ID Tho mast season over two bundre
10 bushels Of common oa1s ON four acr,
- IF oon,narativetv noor land viii,
70 nevor received a dressioo of mann,
to If any KIND with three hnsbels y
"a sood ,., AGRA which weighed mo,
20 nv the husb4, than the Norwavs
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