Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-02-19


tfsb. IoshJ liz sime in - 80 ~
Ihis - sti9 I'D AMI tke land - nsvsI
osisfs been Idosed. Ny arss impuiss
&As 70 double p;ow and turn IL cod
in4o the eossou ot The furrov, bot !
hass not dooe 70. pFsfsrnng 70 cut thu
sod up siih the disk harrow. We viii
insn fefsov - deep ~ ve can, follow.
ing IN the samc furros with . turning
p'ou stu deep As ne can. and fol o.
IN thst fufros with The subsoi.er, sull
deep - re can.
Waainsiy dug the last OF the pars-
nips yesterday. and sstuaily got ona
eus thses fees long by the rule. and .
good many over two feet We mean
70 let the psssnip roots into this ground
Ne are piouing nou for next years
crop, although ne do not expect ~ GET
down three feet, or even tao fees-
i do expect TO get down eighteen
inches, though. (which, by the way, il
very deep pisvingD bat have noticed
that IN our bottom lsnds it is only the
crust or surface that Is packed, and,
when once Through that. the il il q
loose and pIiabie - nevly cleared land.
This lot has been trsmped and pas
tored for many a long year, and viii
require pretty stiff work TO get il in
order. but, when once IN order. il Is
certai6 10 give great returns. Soil
tha; can be utilized eighteen inches
deep viii give a FAR greater return than
one that v merely surface skinned =
iew inches in depth. BY deep plowing
the small farms may be made Is pro-
ductive As the larger farms are now,
and the big farms made yet more so
than heretofore. An acre utilized two
leet deep 10 certainly worth more than
twice A. much - one farmed but SIX
Or eight or even ten inches deep.
told Wauimsley and Sally. the In
dian woman, TO begin right down at
The foundation" and make . clean Job
" asserting and sacking the potatoes.
We want to take account Of stock.
The Burbanks had been tested thor
Dughly on the market by severG car
osds sold. and two parties had tele-
phoned over for more. one of them
willing To give more than BEFORE"
which was twenty dollars ton on the
cars here. We began by asserting out
The small potatoes only in that part Of
The bin raised from whole seed--sniaIl
poistoes-where the small potatoes
nearly one-fourth the wei ht
of the whole. These we do not con-
slider good for seed at least not 80 good
~ those raised from cut seed.
line where the potatoes wee that had
been raised from cut seed. very few
small ones were found. These we are
asserting. the small and medium to-
gether for seed, nd will cut the larger
OF them and plant the smaller whole.
From these sc shall select the seed
agan next fall. this time asserting in
the tield. 1t is no good way to store
potatoes unassorted. as We did last
fall, end Is many others have done
and it is no good way t.
store in such large wide bins as some
Of Us have done. l was up to Jeffs,
last wsek. to get eighty sacks of early
rose for seed He, too. had a large
shed snd large bin stored fuu. Out 10
one side was long, narrow rick, sim
ply covered with straw, apd earth over
that; no other covering. These were
dry aud la good order, while those I'M
der shelter in large bulk were moist
aud In no. near so good conditions as
those In the rick. The old-fashioned
pit, after all, was a very good way to
keep potatoes, with straw next to the
pa' se-.h on that. Ii would
he better 10 thresh out grain with the
dali Ia the sheaf. so as TO have the
straw unbroken and straight enough
for this purpose
Alvord's ensilsge Is sour. though the
4" cows eat it well aud 1t is good feed
IL is not more 50. however. than thai
| saw ia New York last pring In two
place.. said ii was good feed. this
should be qualified somewhat. as hi
corn was grown entirely toe thick and
not sufficiently rnatured to be the best