Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-08-01
AGRICULTURAL.
Spring PO1'A TOES.

pOIdIocs IHIouSh "ih'oi "h w '"'
say until potatoes come again. 1t is
the most valuable Of all vegeta bles
though here and there we find a wri'
ter who undertakes to tell us of it's
EMBELLISHMENTS. 1t is universally
consumed in all civilized countries, as
where it cannot be grown it is import
ell, which can be done long distances
without injury, when ventilation is
attended to.
In storing potatoes several meth
DDS are adopted, yet they are all
practically the same, the object being
to protect them against freezing,
whether buried in pits or stored in
cellars. The first consideration is 10
keep them in perfect darkness the
next is, the bins should not be too
deep-not over three feet-to pro
duce warmth and cause them to
sprout. When stored in the field,
straight trenches are dug, say twenty
feet in length and four or five feet
wide which are filled to the depth OF
three feet with potatoes, then we'll
covered with straw, on top of which
put eighteen or twenty inches Of
earth. In pit twenty feet long there
should be about three gas escapes or
ventilating openings, which should be
plugged with straw and covered with
a boald set at an angle to turn the
rain. If in cellars, barn or otherwise
the bins should be covered with rugs,
old carpeting or straw. Those intend
ed to be kept for late spring sales
should be frequently examined and all
sprouts removed for as soon as a po-
tato begins to "prout it loses its solid
ity, dryness anc quality.
RAISING CLOVER For SEED'-Mr,
J. c. Birdsell, South Bend, Indiana
the well known manufacter OF clover
hullers' says in the Glover Leaf
my observation in regard to clio.
YER and clover seed raising has been
greater than that Of many, on account
of having followed threshins from my
youth prior to my invention, and ma
ny seasons have run four machines
| have always noticed that whenever
we found q job where there was a
large yield, it was where the seed
had been sown one bushel to FIVE or
six acres, mown the last days Of June
and plastered after tue first crop had
been taken off. | have seen a field
when one.half had been mown and
got off before July !, and the balance
of the field not till two weeks later,
on whlcl the seed that was started
Welded three and half bushels per
acre, the remainder three bushels
This you see was quite a loss to the
raiser, and the hay first mown equally
as good as that which was mown last.
| have raised seed myself that went
four and half to the acre. | have
also taken clover from the field in
three different conditions, and laid
away in the dry for the purpose OF
knowing when was the best time to
cut seed clover. The first state was
when dead ripe second when hand
somely brown; the third still greener
and when thoroughly dry, rubbed out
the seed and put the three piles on a
plate and could see no difference
That which was cut the greeaest was
just as plump seed as that Which was
dead ripe. This shows that the head
receives enough sustenance from the
stalk a fter it is cut to fully mature
the seed, and when it is cut little
greener, you can save every seed
Always turn when the dew Is on, so
that the halls will not rattle oft.
ArrLE VINEGAE.-Good apple vim
eger is easily made. Put the parings
in stone jar and add ju.t enough
warm water to wet them thoroughly.
Cover with coarse piece Of muslin
and set in a warm place until the fer
mentation begins. Then first strain
through a coarse sieve (this will re-
move the skins then through piece
of towling After this has settled,
drain it off into a stone lug. Tie 4