Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-22
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FARMERS, CLUBS IN LAKE co.

FARMERS CLUBS IN LAKE CO. ,
Shall we not have reports of the orga-
nizations- of some-new Farmers Clubs,
or'meetfngs Of old ones, now that the
season of comparative leisure has arriv-
ed? We are convinced that the first
thing our farmers need to do, as pre-
paration for the work of Improvement
is to ORGANIZE-to meet together and
talk over matters of practical interest
pertaining to their profession. We shall
be. happy to attend such meetings i'll any |
of the towns adjacent to Pamesyiile or |
Chardon during the coming winter pro- |
viding that notice of the time and place |
is sent to US, and take notes of their |
proceedings. When and where does the |
willoughby Plains Club hold its next |
meeting? and are visitors welcome? Did
s. the Club meet Nov.5tIl, and decide upon
the best method of enriching meadow
lands without keeping sheep or plowing
in clover? If so, many farmers in
other townships would like to learn how
to do it.
A Mentor Avenue Farmer tells us
that he "wants to be Granger" and he
knows several other farmers IN his
neighborhood who are ready to join
Grange if there is chance for such an
organization.
Very 1weil.' If any farmers wish in
formation how to proceed to organize
Grange, we are ready to give it them, on
application; and if ten good men and
half as many women are ready, we will
send for the proper person and the docu-
ments to setthe machine, going. Any
thing to stir up little social and intel
lectual activity among farmers. Per-
haps our worthy State Grange Master
Ellis will send us lecturer to instruct
our farmers on the subject of the Pa
irons and the great Farmers Move
lnent. .n
HORTICULTURAL MEETING AT MANSFIELD.
We see by the Mansfield papers that
the horticulturists of that vicinity are
making active preparations for the meet
ing of the State horticultural Society,
to be held in that city December 1912.
DIR. Warder, the President of the Socie-
ty, who was Commissioner at Vienna
during the summer, is expected home
about the last of this month.
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THANKS.
Our thanks are due to John Eaton, jr.
Commissioner of Education, Washing
-. ton, ID, -G-, for his valuable Report for
~ lS7A UTtfs ulvelnnle of over thousand
pages, filled with information pertain
tanning to the condition and progress of
education in this country as derived
u sfromlthe census RETURNS and from ex
tensive correspondence with educators
il all parts, of the country.
The Annual Report of the Commiss-
ioner of Agriculture is also received,
giving in brief pamphlet form, sum-
mary of the doings of this Department
for 1873. We shall refer to this again
shortly.
J. B. S. will find the information he
wants about stock-breeders, etc., i'm the
ILLUSTRATED Annual Register of Rural
Affairs, tor lS73," just published by Lu-
ther Tucker, Albany, n. Y. Price by
mail only 35 cents, and richly worth 81.
SIZE OF POTATOES FOR SEED.
Now, when many farmers are selling
off their potato crops, or sorting out and
storing such as are merchantable. the
old question comes up, Are small po-
tatoes as good as fair-siZed ones for seed?
Or, is it good economy to plant small
sized potatoes rather than feed them to
stock?
Many experiments have been tried to
settle this question, but with such vari-
able results, that in the minds of many
farmers the point is still unsettled
though we believe the majority adopt
the belief that taking the average OF the
seasons, the best results are derived
from using good sized potatoes, and
those not cut very small. Our own ex-
perience Is decidedly in that direction; !;
and the past season was a case in point,
wheA in planting, Cambelfs Late Rose
potatoes we followed Mr.. C's directions
and cut the seed mostly to single eyes.
This, no doubt would have done very
well if the. weather had been moist, for
few weeks after planting, but with the
fortnight or more of drouth that follow
ed about half the seed dried up entirely,
or made such feeble plants that they
failed to mature a fair crop--not doing
as we'll as peach-blows planted at the
SsluiC Will sCCQ Vi HDCTdl size III
though, where the Late Rose were
planted early, so as to start before the
drouth, the yield was one-third more
than that..of the peach-blows.
ThesfollowiDg from The report of the
Department of Agriculture is the ac-
count of experiments made by j. V. H.
Sepyille, off Paris, oneida County, New
York:
"Many practice the habit of selecting
only small potatoes for seed, reserving
those that are merchantable for sale
Others plant medium sized potatoes cut
ting the largest. Some practice shallow
planting; others plant more deeply and
dig them with machine. / have made
soTre experiments during the past sea-
son to ascertain, if possible, what is the
best kind of seed to use. The ground
used for this purpose was clay loan,
and was an inverted green swardl,
plowed about seven inches deep. The
potatoes were planted in hills, tile rows
being three feet by two feet nine inches
apart, making $3.50 hills to an acre. The
- nuWbey Of hills -pianted 70 each kind
I! y twasesyenty, andFtitei result figured ont
as III by the acre. The seed was care
fully weighed; both at the time of plant
ting and at the time of planting and at
the time of digging, and was estimated
= Il siSbn6 0s slAt pounuS 10 tne OuSil-
+, ,EyiNels tThetFows were marked with horse
marker, and the seed covered about two
inches deep. The variety experimental
with was the Garnet Chill, variety
largely cultivated in Central New York
Il. for local marketing. They were planted
June !, and harvested October 81.
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