The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-11-28

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VlauH Farmer teIlA N II pDiHsn rnute~s
ineiirai.l Nv Tia mrn,l,efa NJ The
Franklin Farmer tint ~ Macs asIn.
stss. 1'he rnnsrsi waa confined io esis
sliare fni ~ ground. nni the eompss.
is1f WIN should viii uAs entitled Nv the
product ol aII The otI,er competing rods.
Competitors were required % rlaut
from thu satDe Ioi ~ serd. The Early
Ruse b.ing selected IN the sort ~ h.
planted. ~ the eleven competitors,
Mr.. A. ". cIesser. the agricultural
edisDr ~ lie COOL journal from which
~ fuake these notes, produced The
largest Yield. The land on which he
grew tie trial lut had been nn,ier nj.
tisaiinn several ,ears. chiefly under
fotsHe crops. NDil, heavy loain. quite
niDint earl, In the sea#ou. Ii was
pIo~ei Int once this year. light cont
ing ~ stable manure Icing tnrneJ IN
aipnt seven inehes deep. Howr were
marked oul about eighteen inches apiYt
Before planting, about AdW pounds M
gnano and tDp pounds ~ snIpllate ~
posa.l, per acre, were npread bresi.
east over the burrows. The saetl
WAS exposed feyeral days ~ i
strong light ~ start the sprouts
into short. healthy growth. Wien
tfoni tile potatoes, seIeetlng only those
sblrL were well siartod and ~ eood
strong appearance. Most NJ tI,n eyes
we're eut from ti,e strm md Or middle
" litn potato, where ii good bit ~ siie
potato could be takers nut witt, .Hei, ase
f,seD tlAy were laid III Laskei, pitll
plaster busted over tl,cm, ~ eo,rf thu
egt surface and give protection ~ iile
sprouts while being handled. 1ha
pieces were dropped siBgiy, ab0nt four.
teen niche. apart Tie ~ts we're coy
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shoots broke through. the plot Va,
/ busted Over with nuAno NJ tbr rate N
1itD pounds per acre, and raked iDtt
the vol with i garden rake, killing Vi
lha tame ti.ar NIL The small w1asll
whiel, hal started, A. the potalDe,
were ~ near the surface, and 10 tIiieklJ
planted. II sas fDtili itDIfaetiraile u
iill tllsm hi THE ordinary way, ~ ths
ground waA HuIel,ei with rbOpIns
sirss If a protection. ~. oDly agaii,s
weeds. Int ~ keep ti,a Ba~ pOsMtOe,
from Icing snHlaitnt ~ they showed
ll,.msaIyes above TIE surface. I'll.
mulch alsp, IN nsasnfe, sseHred = cool
moist soiI during the liof, dry weather
~ midsummer, Tie straw was put ~
s1fue thrfG itieI,er deep, hut soon sat
tied ~ 0ns iIieb, aud ~as ij,sn covered
with seeond coat nj nuIch which r.
msinei nndisturioJ tiil digging time
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|, ~ Try plaster "as nsed three ~ Ion
f,,Bes, with Just euolgb ~ I,sFts greer
4, sLslla the plaster, giving Is sltgh
KrTrnisb ting. 4 ssry fs~ weeds wnT
pulled W hand during tI,e saaSon .
growth, but II was tin aim " lrsve
o,sr tI,e patch just " little w possible
- the pIsnts covered nearly thr whOl
snrtarr, Tie Yield pr rod was ~
pounds, equal ~ y,aIi ~ lrt l,.,slel
per Aers, Tbs most important Iess,
whieb Mr.. GInH.er learned Nv thr N
| partmHnt IN th.t potatoes miist hss
J r0Dm " grow under ground, ~ III
,laId will be diminished and tI,s quslil
! impaired. H. would never plant i
near the snrt#es sg.iD, anil with I
j equally favorable sessOD should H1pe'
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