Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-11-18
EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES

EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES.
II IL ssid that Darwin. when asked TO
define a fool. replied: "A fool Is man
~ho never uiss sspsrimen,." This Is
very true saying and applies to no class
q people better than TO farmers. For
h. Who follow. the custom established
year. ago. never asking Zoe better. OF
,r, ing for any new ideas 10 be pa, into
practical use. will never succeed. but. at
h.s. mus, be oonien, TO do bu, little OF
It's lie. work and ,hs, ., = very decided
d advantage Failures may. sometimes
vii. come. bu, the grandes, achieve
meat. successes ever accomplished we're
made possible by having q path carved
70, them by the experience gained BY re-
poaied failures. Ia order 10 reach truth
BY experiment !, ]. necessary 10 start
from a standpoint, ,hs, insure. many
failures. II ~e do pretty ~ell -i,h our
h,sJ crops, II the grass in our meadow.
yield. pr,iiy good crop. Il our stock v
in pretty good condition. and our grain
bins PRETTY well filed We may. perhaps.
be oon,en, TO lie, veil enough alone"
q. ~s call IL. And Try for nothing bet.
ter. nor reach for anything nearer per-
fiction. Ba, le, US learn a. soon As pos
si5le ,ks, nothing j. well enoagh IN
al !, !. as well {. il can be made. and
the CREATES, perfection can only be
reached by constant Investigation and
experiment 50 ne see others progress
ins more than We are. and respins ben
eft. from Improvements and ne- in,en-
tion.. We mus, no, hnd f.al, With them.
ba, Nth ourselves. and orr policy Of
81 letting veil enough alone" II -s ~ish
q learn the bs., and mos, profitable
manner q planting any crop Ne begin At
one extreme and. by careful gradas-
ton. ~ 10 the other. either Of which
mean. failure. and then. by carefully
no,ing results. We reach the "hspPy
medium that. being followed. give.
success.
Undsr the title q MY Experience
~,h Potatoes" Mr.. A. Moslion tells the
/ H1u.s Farm iha, he believe. ,ha, actual
experience i the sur,s, guide fof farm.
go. "a, main crop Vas planted on land
nom ~hieh a crop u corn va. taken IN
1883. About four corr. q old manure
~as spread upon the farro-' and bar
ro-ed IN The potatoes were plated IN
ro~s three and ons.hslf e., APar, aud 20
inehs. IN the ros. A somPo., o. hen
MANURE. plaster and muck wss used IN
the bin The potatoes cut 10 t-o-sye
piece, and oss Pises dropped IN bill.
There we're Eve varieties planted
Beauty q Hsbfon. Early ROss. or a. he
says. ClEk's No. l.-(by the way. Mf
Moul,on has been unable to distinguish
be,~ecn these two vsrieiie. and says bis
sr, CLARK No. I came from seed OBJ
tanned from J. }. II Gregory among the
Beauty Of HsbrOn and. In spite q his
carr. will crop on, Of ,ha, .s.d planted
BY him. ba, resemble the Early Rose 80
much that be retains the old name. only
differing in being better yisldsrs. Have
any q our reader, noticed this peeuliAri-
vi-Blls. White klephan, aud bur
bank Seeding. The resul, We give Ia
Mr. Moulion'. own language;
The Whole piece ~s. treated alike in
s,e-y Way. and Ne, alike a. 10 soil. ,r
esp, iha, a -e, piece on one end grew
a larger proPoriion Of .eurSy add Pronsed
potatoes. and Affected the Hebron, Ro.s
snd BILE and Abou, bali q the Elephants
alike. bu, did no, reach the Burbsnks.
The result j. given below. the yield
being the number Of bushels Of merchant
able po,stos,.-the small, ~ormy, scur-
w. and ill.,haped potatoes, being pa, in
another lo'. and the rotten ores lsfs on
the ground