The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-06

tatoes Welded onc-sixtcenth more than
those planted Whole For the last ten wears
l have cut my potatoes to single ewes.
using potatoes about the size OF bullets
eggs | plant IN hills about three feet
apart, with pieces one foot apart in Sc
| get as large potatoes rs anyone doe "A
large seed, as few small ones and MS many
pounds to the acre as anyone in my neigh
borhood. Some people say that by plant
ing small potatoes they will run out
have planted the same kind of potatoes
for ten years and raise now as large ones
us did ten years ago John Reed.
II any one in The world has a right to
have choice berries, vegetables or fruit
upon his table tits the farmer. Careless
ness is generally the reason why many do
not have. They are cheaper, far better
and much more wholesome than the
strong bacon and coarse diet too often
found upon the tables Of the tillcrs OF the
soil
Bush & Morse, Of Colorado, give this
information regarding ALFALFA at does best
ON sandy loan, thoroughly pulycnlcd as
deeply as possible. We SOW thirty pounds
OF seed per acre in May and irrigatc when
necessary, being very ca nj about irri-
CATION the first season Is liable to
wash out When about .chcs high
irrigatc again and rs spu8 ground is
dry enough cut IL with 90. lincs, thus
getting rid Of the weeds and causing the
alfalfa TO stool up. The first cutting is not
usually raked up unless the leaves are very
heavy, and the soil being moist, the new
growth gets n start, and ii everything is
fuxs H.. t,tY lat. a
first season-about ton of the dry hay
per acre. We have 2SO acres in five fields
which yielded last year |, PSI tons OF cured
alfalfa hay, or an average Of four and
one-half tons per acre, after dcducting 20
per cent. for shrinkage. The poorest field
yielded two and cight-tcnths tons per
acre, and il was mostly clover instead Of
alfalfa. The heaviest Yield was seven tons
per acre ON fifty acres, which has been
seeded three years and is MANFRED on the
surface annually. The cost Of production
in the stack, including labor Of moving,
raking, hauling, stacking, etc, also irri-
eating and spreading manure, was 81, i3S,
or $40 per acre, exclusive OF interest on
land, labor Of putting in the crop and cost
OF seed. II is the best and cheapest fodder
We can raise.
I'm Iowa man, T.. 5, Tcagardcn, SAYS
at is surprising that corn Tor seed is taken
from hills containing two to four stalks,
and that Il continues year after year to
yield reasonable crop. II is impossible
Ia grow corn 10 liz greatest perfection for
seed purposes in hills lees than three To
four feet apart, and with moro than one
stalk in hill. This will give each plant
the opportunity OF attaining the fullest
development, allowing the light and heat
of the sun not only To strike every part Of
the plant, but also the ground, making II
warm, and stimulating the roots Ia seek
aud appropriate elements which would
not he developed were the ground shaded.
Small growing varieties, ol course, need
not be favored with ~ much room ~ the
larger kinds, and, while four feet by four
Is none too much for the single stalk.
which is expected 10 produce seed for the
larger kind, three feet ten inches each way
Ia three feet ten. inches 10y two feet three
will do Tor the smaller kinds Of corn, pro.
viiing but one stalk is allowed to grow. \
few years al careful growth for seed pur-
poses should always br allowed before the
seed is considered Of sufficient potency to
transmit 30 the coming crop those charac-
tcristics ~ desirable IN the way OF a
large yicll.'