The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-12-16

Third premium, SO, to ]. L. salter, st Cloud,
Stearns county, MINI, 39t pounds.
Fourth premium, s25, to franklin A. Smith,
Stone Church. Northumberland county, Penn,3s |
pounds.
The most conspicuous Of the compet.
tors who just failed Of securing the prem.
iums. but whose success was highly cred.
liable and deserving Of honorable men.
ton, are included in the following list
--PouSDs.@
Early Sur
Vt. prise.
A Titus, Wilmington. Windham
Co, Vermont, 2jl $40
Samuel Neal, Wyocena, Columbia
Co, Wis, 800 276
4 5 Brownell, Essex Junction, Chit
tendcn Co, Vt, 335 a67}s
Leonard Wood ,Morrisyille, Lamoille
Co, ", 22sA s2O9l
Fl P sharpless, Fairville, Chester
Co, Pa $685.
Eugene 4 Graves, Black River, jea-
erson Co. NY, 325A
James X Atcn, Pelvidere, Warren
Co, NJ, $50
David R W God, Morrisvilc Lsmoilc
Co, Vt, s69N
Frederick Seller, verona, Essex Co,
NJ, 1871 3s4H
II 5 Goodale, South Egromont, Berk-
shire Co. Mass, 3l9&
Robert Sutor, Brady, Indiana Co,
Penn, 1886
Charles Whiting, Jasper, stcubcn
Co, NY, 3O7
These striking figures surely speak for
themselves, and With no uncertain sound.
They convey, better than words, lesson
neither new nor difficult, but which our
farmers too freqently ignore The av-
erage yield Of potatoes throughout the
country is not more than $50 bushels to
the acre, and yet here ore growers, in all
portions of the Union, cultivating all
varieties of soil and experiencing all va
riations of temperature, of drouth and Of
rainfall, no one of whom-not even the
one making the poorest show of all-re-
turns less than what would be equal to
at least 300 bushels per acre. Estimat.
ing that one barrel of tubers, cut to sim
gle eyes, would plant an acre, and the
first premium figures of Early Vermont
would indicate a yield Of over 1000
bushels per acre. AS matter of course
much is, without doubt, to be credited to
the prolifcness of the seed, but grea,
credit is to be given-as in all similar
tests-to good husbandry, pure and sim
pie. A man who pays 81 for pound
: of potatoes, and has reasonable ground
for expecting that he will make 500
or even a quarter of that SUN, out Of it
will not be likely to hide his precious
seed in soil not properly mapured, Of
plowed too shallow, or when too wet
Weeds will not grow tall among the top
of those precious potatoes the soil vii
not be permitted to bake very hard owe
them, or near them-it will be stirred
! frequently and at just the right inter
walls; weeds will be nipped in the bud
and the Doryphora, should he come, will
; encounter such relentless opposition a
, will speedily leave no line of his ten N
sign that he ever existed For this fresl
and striking verifcation Of the import
ance, first, Of good seed, and, second, o
proper manuring and thorough culture
the Messrs. Bliss deserve the thanks Q
all persons interested in agricultural sue
cess, which means every man, woman an
!, child of our entire population. We trus
= that sheir newest pair of potatoes ma
> continue to give such marvelously prolifi
!, returns, and that the farmers of tn
y country may permanently profit by tn
easy lesson which their generous prem
J. ums have so conspicuously set before tn
, y public New York Tribune.