The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-07-26

A~0y1 oraA ~sA4 NC oAAAptS0
keeping tweusy-eight barrels for family use and
feed for stock, besides 6bont two barrels ehti 70
pieces BY the pillow in digging The late frosts
very greatly injured portion Of this crop ~ :
On the above plot several different fertilizers
were used. with the following sasct :: Tie peia
toes come up and grew of more quickly when
MANFRED with acompost OF horse-lot manure and
cotton seed while those MANFRED with best sta-.
bic manure soon overlook and exceIled fhem-
There was little difference in the yield, and if
any, issvas ia favor Of those fetilized with stable
manure. Both were better than 700 pounds Of
Bowker (Stoekbridge special Potato Manure)
When the compost was kept under shelter it was
much better than that unsheitered bat banked
up and slightly leached. Measured rows showed
the following results on good land which had
been MANFRED for potatoes several years: -
Rows Win manure o bushsls per seFe an sizes.
100 pounds Bowker In
e . best stable ma1nre Las ' q -
do. and planted with
large potatoes cut In
From one row on good hand, no manaEe thiA
year. two barrels chipping potatoes per acre, all
secsad sizes From alongside The above, SeetIl-
lied with 800 pounds Bowker manure, twenty
two barrels shipping potatoes per acre. The fer
tilizer cost go per ton, and made twenty barrels
more than the bare land, and alwsys makes
smooth, pretty potatoes. TIE seasoA was 1unS
exceptionally bad for commercial fertilizers, be-
ing TOO dry. A compost Of go pounds Of Etiwan
dissolved bone, 100 bushels cotton seed, and 125
pounds nuriate of potash was found to cost q Ht-
tie less and act as well e the Bowker manure.
he o..1 of4h H. -.
make - good seed a. any other part. provided It
is cut IN large pieces. Medium sized potatoes
planted whole make too many sprouts and small
potatoes, no large ones. The very best results
were from plzating tks largest oe l6ea cut in
about four pleees. ths yield beng 20 81 cent.
additional. saszassqk asaa szs4s asamssaaxs
A nnmber q other smemApn gave their sew
eral szberienees vlih tie potato crop OF the
presents year. Il wis universally agreed that so
disastIsas season had not occurred for . very
great many yearz; and was moi likely 10 occur
for many more, and that me diaAssesa Of the
present years crop formed no good ground for
discosneeusatin the hnn 9a SIT
One memhr Planseds his held On groand that
laid low, and was mdch mote subject to the
effects Of the lass cold weashm The same land
which thb yarEodncsA sves Mtthhesvy fer
tilizAtion. scarcely enough 10 give back DE seed.
yielded lass year with indifferent cultivation. ten
barrels Of shipping potatoes ffom one Of seed
planted Anoiher found the extseme dry
weather greas draEbeck. - fertfIizers would
not assimilate and therefore did The crops no
good Analhes usAmher psaassd one barrel Of
Early Rose posatoes ID One. rich, low ground,
.-h;~h ~ 49,. ..a~,.-aA -, ill, e. n~AH. -.
the psevious yeaf---ahouE snethird Of an acre.
BE pun on shout I'D pounds q coihp rDnsist-
ing Of s.ah,s maause, csw-pea masage end lime
waste som . ian- yarA Rhs poaAtoas came up
well. and eIsss ~. ha.dsansly nakiss i'm
menss topA, bel tssIdsd oily aAeat . barseIs OF
cuIls. sose lasEss ard som2 81 VIA we're
sproassd- His lopiatoa Nas tAats hi I'D made
his ground TOO rich. Anofher melabsr planted
Early Rose and Chin Red night aloaesEds, with
exactly similas culsivadoa- He 80 = tAs rate
Of 12barrels all sizes, Of the Rosa lsr saeA bar
rel but Of the others he hardly got quart fFom
barrel and halt Of seed Believed IN keep
ins cDmpaef bths zen stssrsd. 1no,k1r planted
basheI si1 : pei 81 FeesBeis On iIe iss day
ofsFeisaasy, and IN shs EN- II 1unke' dle sbasL
reh nlnsaly 81 good size. Thnaehs lhe later the
potatoes are dug Tie better ahsy Wpl keep-
AnOther planted on acres - barrels 0f EsFly
Rose Began plaafing Febsnasy 5ih. Pat On
fertilizer in dsills. composed of 90 wagon Ibads
Of stabls mapurs, 100 buslselp Of oe4tps ssed,
ton a auperp phosphate and / ton Of dissolved
bone, compoased The rssall owing 70 The dry
weather, which prevented the Fertilizers from
Aiasolying. vas oplg aboat % harFpls 81 ship
ping posaioes and % barIsh of enIlA Thase
shipped sold for % % Id per barrel. rsalizine
pet pro6t o. - afler paying an expresses
Relali h expesience -plsW dep and cnlliEAie
wfIbouf riigink Or hlIIEsg up Pat he mnnnse
andef The seed. - the roesa leed lowgnMand
AsssAer nssnhes always planted the SEED ahove
The manure; always planssd shs IaEgess t5satees;
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saee pssqaeat md dsep piewiag i vsry ID
ps1ss1lls IL planlaa - $50 - ii - ~
god iand uktcA had hsn pssyiously cor -penssd
asd fell|a - HhisA N whick
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GO nseschnnaAls On caann6 hlm peF esrs.
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