Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-05-21
FARM MANAGEM ENT.
Easy Methods of Procuring Sweet. Potato
Plants and Caring for Them In the Field
Protecting Trees from lnScrts-Gcncral la.
dustral Miscellany.
SMeet.pOtatn Cnltnre.

to the civil war but few were raised
north of tho Ohio river. New jersey
and Ohio were the first northern states
to engage extensively in swcct-potato
culture. They are now raised to some
extent in every state in the union,
The yield is the largest, the quality
the best, and the cultivation the easiest
in the southern states. The sweet
potato is of tropical origin, but it is
easily accimated to all parts Of the
world where Indian corn will rlpcn.
The crop will not prove to be very
profitable one TO raise for the general
market in parts Of the country where
dent corn can not he ripcncd. The
plants require much sunshine and
quite high degree OF heat to produce
large tapcrS that will mature before
the earlier frOsts, that are certain to
kill the vines and iniurc the potatoes.
1t is useless to set out the plants be
fore the soil becomes warm. They
will make hardly any growth, and the
ground where they are planted will
become covered with weeds. II
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caNatlon' Race lIrat nearly foot in
d'Pth oi wet straw from around tho
STACK prclrrrcd' tramped down solid;
II tllis Is uone less manure VIII be re-
CURED bulId out the manure, which
snol'Id DC thoroughly hot, three feet
Wlucr cach way than you wish the bed
to llci upon eight inches OF the hot
manure wei packed down on the
straw set ifame OF boards one inch
ihlck ana not vide. A good size
and shape Is sixteen foot long and
eight wide; THIS Will hold barrel or
more OF potatoes, and be convenient |
to water ana pull the plants from,
Inc frame need not slope like that OF |
one on which glass is used; it may oe
set Hat, but there should be movable |
par at one sluc raised toot or 50 to |
give slope enough to the boards with |
which the bod is to be covered to car
ry oil tho water, the lower end of the |
boards resting on the frame. After |
tho frame is placed, bank up with |
strawy manure on the outside to the |
top OF the boards, and shake n few |
inches of best manure inside till, |
when trampcd down, it is within eight |
inches OF the top. In packing hot
bed always step on small pieces of |
board, and move them one front of tho |
other as you walk along; this will pack |
the manure evenly, while if tramped |
with the feet some places will be more
compact than others and the heat will |
be irregular. There should be four
inches of good earth between the po-
tatoes and the manure; | find good |
garden soil rs good as any, but pre-
fer lighter Soil-lcaf mold or sand
to cover with. The soil with which
the potatoes are TO be covered should |
be put in when tho bed Is made, so as
to warm up with the bed, but tho po-
tatoes should not be put in till the
earth is all warm so as to feel COM
Portable TO the hand As soon as the
bed is completed cover il Il foot deep
with straw, and, as it may need to be
uncovered several times, il will save
time and litter to have the straw bound
in small bundles. Place the roof of
boards above the straw and wait for it
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