The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-01-25
TOPICS FOR THE FARM
Experience with seed Potatoes.

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experience win seed POTATOES
henry Ives writes TO the New York
fraoane' AS potatoes have some years
oeen quite scarce and dear, I have
pianted small ones, and the result con-
vihced me that all the widely varied ex'
Perience IN the matter reported by diff
ierene farmers was owing more to other
circumstances than to the size OF the
seeu' Ana now when farmer tells me
enat ms crop from small potatoes grew
ana yielded the best, | almost invariably
,na tnat when he planted 1t was very
no'' ury ume' generally rather late in
.ne season also That his large potatoes,
W. a Few Gays before planting, had
1liea up more or less, ana were put into
u uly ground, ana II dry weather oontin-
, I1a .ne si woulu NOT De Vitality enough
,eie III 'he c9t seed 10 overcome all these
AZ conultions' put the growth would
p1 na,eriaiiy checked Tor the season I;
, "na,o 'ne sloaii seed, not oeing cut, re-
eaihea i.s moisture ana the warm soil
,"t4ieo SPECIFY germination ana growth,
~ .na. .ne crop from small SEED proved
| oe'ver .hah that from the cut. But my
observation mas been that when all the
t ts .', ior ooth are equally favorable,
Tue cut SEED from large potatoes yields
ones planted whole. Again, one will
PAM siiaii potatoes 700 tnlcK ana 100
lnany ~ d mn, 1nlnklng they are SO
eehaii auo cneap tnat ne VIII use enough
Vi men, wnile ms neighoor, Judging
more correctly Oh the growth they Will
haSe, VIII plant them as tar apart as
ne usually does better seed of the same
variety, and put only one small potato
IN null Inc result Will be, the latter
VIII nave fair yield OF fair-sized po-
ed'oes' WIN perhaps Twice as many little
ones as from large seed, while the first
only gets lighter yield OF nearly all
small potatoes. so the product in
elther case would seem to be largely de-
pendent on management. believe it
VIII answer occasionally TO plant small
potatoes Tor crop; but when l do 1T |
am particular to get such as were well
riPened, ana only use the largest OF
those TOO small to cut; mark the part of
the held they are planted in, and be sure
AT digging time that their product is all
sent 10 market, and that the seed for
next year Is saved from where the best
seed was planted, and of those matured
the best.
vestigation of the fodder value of APP
pies, Professor Storer at the Bussey In
stitute confirms the observations of other
chemists, to the effect that apples are
very, poor in nitrogen. The flesh of
baidwins and Russets yielded 1877 to
10 per cent: OF dry organic matter, the
rest Deing water and mineral matters,
ana only o.2l TO VIZ per cent, OF album
inoios. Apple pomace contained "
per cent OF dry organic matter, and o9o
per cent OF aipuminoids. Leaving the
wafer out Oh account, the dry matter OF
Ine nesn OIL apples contains i.43 per
cent OF alpumlnolds, while the dry mat
yer Oh potatoes mas o.o4 and pumpkins
iIoz per cent. OF albuminolds. From
tnese iacts Two interesting conclusions
are 70 DC Drawn. FIRST, the small
amount OF nitrogen explains at least one
reason Tor the low value OF apples for
ieea ana ior manure, when fed alone;
anu SECOND, 10 make economical FODDER
rom apples or Pomace, food rich In nj
trogeh snouid De AIDED; In this way
not only the sugar, but also the pectosee,
Oh which apples are largely composed,
may De economically utilized as 1000.