The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-05-21

very mealy and wholesome for the table,
though some purple streaks would occa-
sionally run through the tubcrs. Last
summer he planted them In hills four
feet apart, between young grape vines
which stood eight feet by eight feet and
raised, on one acre, little better than
one hundred bushels Of magnificent
potatoes. lie fertilized the hills by
mixing lime with ten per cent Of salt,
and mixing old COW manure with about
ten per cent. Of said lime and salt COM
pound. lie used a good shovelful Of II
in every hill, and embodied IL with the
ground, clay soil, by digging. The re-
suit he says, was astonishing. When the
potato bugs, which had then appeared in
myriads, had eaten off vine, presently
two or more vines would shoot up, keep
ing on growing until the November
frosts killed them. Most curious Of all,
they bore here and there small potatoes,
not seed balls, on the vines. One re-
markable hill yielded forty-five average
sized potatoes. All his other kinds, as
Early Rose, Peachblow, Early Goodrich,
though treated in the same manner, were
an utter failure.
THE JoISTER PLow.-The object Of
using a jointer, OF small pillow, in place
Of a coulter, is to divide the furrow-slice,
and thus more efiectually pulverize the
soil. The jointer carries its small fur
row-slice of surface soil over into the
bottom Of the furrow more effectuslly
than can otherwise be done, and the
back OF large pillow brings its furrow-
slice over and covers it completely, leav-
ing the surface level and light. II will
completely invert weeds, stubble, and
manure, or heavy clover so that 1t will
not drag up. No corn stubble can be
we'll plowed, as it should be, without it.
Sod, at one blowing is made as mellow
as Summer fallow, and can be har-
rowed crosswise Of the iurrow without
dragging up a particle of turf. An inn
portant advantage the jointer has over
the coulter is its cheapness Of repair.
The coulter very soon becomes dull and
blunt, requiring upsetting and refacing
with steel, costing from four TO six shil
lings, and time in going to the black
smith shop, worth, in the busy season,
as much more. When the jointer point
becomes worn out, the farmer has only
to loosen one bolt and replace it with a
new one, making his jointer as good as
new, and at a cost Of only thirty cents,
and five minutes time, at the longest.
The jointer does not increase the draft
any more than a coulter, and will work
wherever a coulter can be used, and
perform its work much more thoroughly
and satisfactorily. 1t does the best work
when it only takes a shallow furrow-
slice, and a half OF two inches deep.
In sod the standard should be placed
nearly perpendicular.
A ScAREcRow.-It is well known that
blue and scarlet colors in juxtaposition
cause dazzling effect on the eye. These
colors strung on a line and placed over
strawberry beds produce puzzling effect
on birds, and no bird will enter the gar
den while these colors futter in the air.
Pieces of blue and scarlet calico should
be cut about one and a half feet in
length, and tied TO a line one foot apart.
An old flannel pettcoat will supply
large quantity of inexpensive scarlet
atr Il 40 he al H.