Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-04-08
porAross-s.a~vpA ISLAND.

gree.-snd the temperature ~ .ummel
never higher than sS degrees. The srcl
of these Island. all told I. iO,0lo acrcs,
being about ~ miles long aud frm ! Il
?l.? miles Wide: ?,si ~ these acrc'
are under cultivation, the rcst belng
pastursgc and woodland. The products
81 these acre. for export are Arrovroo',
bets, onions, Potatoes, tomatoes, and
the Iiermuds Faster lily. All arr grown
In the winter months, except the lily,
which Il grown through the ~ month'
of the year, blos.oming frum January "a
April. In this letter propose Ia tell III
detail how We ral.e ani export some Jn.'
OO barrel. of pniaioc. each winter,
most of them going to New York city
from whence they arr dlsiributci oVef
the States.
The seed We plant I. all rlssSl In th,
North, some In the Adlroniacks, bat
most come. Ca Va from Nova Scotia and
New Iinin.wIck. We rather prefer ths
Nova scott, potatoes. our own se"'l
raI.e,l here l. worthless. III" Mud. vs
plsni arr, for early crop, Early I'o.e,
beauty ~ Hebron, or some such early
klni. for lat. crop, l,ei .irnet or SONS
rrl po,atoe. of the ..,cral Nari"tie.
For this late crup Ne always Nsut q rr'l
potato, "a that !. our trade m1rk. Many
consumer. In the state. fear that a po-
iato put oh the market q. from ilernnia,
not trlng rel, la fraud, snd they vlll
tell you our soll being rel color. any 20
tato grown In u. so the New York com
mission men, and W. all. yIeli to that
Ilea and try io supply the consumer
with rs,i potatoes. Our sOll u r,sl. bat
u Ia. me-, the power to put IT, color inio
a potato. our early crup bcing the
Eariy i.o.e or n. klnl, We gct down
from the North a. early ne gpod fips
tu,,.r. can h. ob,aine,i-in july ar VA.
gusi--ani W. coax ih"m Ia every way
pos.ihlc to "spruui," or a. ~ siy,
".pring." one farmer wlll ay, leave
them IN the barn In a. cool and dark =
place q. can 10 founi and they will
spring, another says, spread thru ou
~. foor of basement ruom ani cover
thsm With moist .anl: hut the I-uttto,
which when growing never Intended "a
.pruui until the following Narh ~
kpril. has To- b. "lssi grntly on" io In
due, " io .pruui la september. W.
have \ great deal ~ trouble over thc.s
".lcrpy heads" bat usually can awaken
.oms of thcm Ia early september and b.
gin our hr.t planting then, and contlnus
planting the Early kinds until about the
flr.t II November. Nficr that period
We have sucCcc,l~l In awakening ~
.prouiing some of the late Kinds, and
ihe.e We plant until ab1ut February lst,
Aftrr that the planting season Il over,
although the plant guvs hnely With
vines co,rring the ground, often slX ~
eight f--t long, hat When Sc look f"l
tulrr- they arr not thcfr. have iric'i
many ways o. make potsi"rs f"tm In the
summer months. hat they simply wont,
We ought, suppose. to L. sati'he,l viii
= planting s~a.on extending over hNs
mouth. II the war; nevertheless, ws
would be glad io continue on throughout
the year With our Irish potato planting
but a. Ne cannot, Ne .lmply chingr
over "a the sweet potato. nnd thus iill Ia
the YEAR.
when september arrives, the bermuda
farmer has about the same .ensaiiou
that a northern farmer ha. Ia April and
May-that be- must backlr {" ani hegiu
hi most hurri-l season. WORK, that th'
potatoes must D. planted, onion se"'l
bcd prepared, bcei .--,i planted, and 81
on. Ilis potato feld b. carefully pre-
par-., SOME plow Ing. though The miiofi'
~ ~ the farmers spade by hand with 4
sIadlng fork--a sloW trilou. way, and
.om- day .psdlng will bc don" away
With, entirely, and morr expeditions and
cheaper way. ot preparing the land vii
come la vogue.
The t~.t manure for the potato, fol
lowing a crop ~ onion. the ilrst year, V
ssaNc,sl-sargassu ."aN-'Si which
grow. In the warm water. of the tropi'
cal seas. aud !. supposed Ia make all u.
grosth upon the surface ~ the s"i, AMI
from september a. March 10 wc are In
good luck large quaniitic. arr thrown
upon the coast which l. grv-,lilv gather.
c,l up aud cATi.d away to the fields and
Immediately plowci or spadcd Into ,hs
ground. II !. much bc,ier Ia pat II lnio
th. ground when frr.h, though com
po.t heap can De- made With dry wcci.
aud leaves. or We bel down pig. or cat
tie With Il. For potatoes though, u i.
be.t fresh. II Ne are not fortunate
enough to get .eiwc,sl We u.s stable ma
nurc Ii W. have u. u not Ne u.e any oi
a.. thousand aud one ARTIFICIAL fertilizers
known to the market. all very good hat
not az good n. stable manure or -cawced.
The held. b.iug all ready, the seed u
prepared by cutting IA" pOtatoc. "a
about two eve. to the ple,~, ani line
b.lng laid down acro.. the f"li, ths
planter take. one piece between thumb
aud finger aud pu'hes II inio ,he ground
about four inches, spacing the distance
about eight inchc. In the row ani twenty
inches betsc.n rows. SLOW ani labor
Iou., bat Il "look. nic.' when the pota'
toe. arr up and moulded. We plant
thu. thlckly for q purpose, a. the pota'
to assume. a different growth here ihau
Ia the North. The tuber Away. fonm'
snug against the stalk, never .triying
away from the parent stalk, and thcr. u
no u.e of making a vide broad hill. Tie
number found against the stalk u frou
two Ia three, possibly two markeilhl"
the other too small, -o ~. strive to have
a. many stalk. Ia the acre a. possible.
a. soon "a the plants show enough
aboy. ground to se- the rows, Ne spade
through between the rows, aud In Few
day. We 60 through With hoe. and hll
up, or a. We say, "mould up" the row.
III. early potatoe. ripen Ia about 30 day
from planting. anil the later Kind. Ia
about iiO day.. The Yield I. not great,
but the Large pric. rec.i,ed amply com
pen.aies for lack of Yield aud expensive
method of culture. We e.tlm,i. yiell
by number planted aud not acres culti
waited. One barrel of Early Rose plant
ei will Yield from ! to 10 barrels fcI
market, while the later kinds Yield frou
Ia Is to one planted. The price. 10
New York Ia Janu,ry range from 80 Il
siO per barrel, gradually running dow
In price until In April aDd May, ~ u
called good pricc-the bulk being sold
at al to ESQ.
We have our troubles from disease, ~
I suppose all farmers over the world
have. Our disease l. q fungous growti
upon the leaves. which begin. on on'
side or end of the field, an,l Ia few day
sweeps over the whole, killing the leave
aud Of course stopping the growth %
the tuber.. 30 Ear We have found ~
efficient remedy. We are not irouble'
every winter. During the winter ~
lss.-s there WAS hut little disease, Will.
the winter of is>,-g We were mucl
troubled. Thi. year no signs yet of oul
enemy.-I,rssELL HASTINGS In Countr,
Gentleman.
~ am breeding colts, hoping to get !
WONDER" said q farmer to the writer !
few days since. We believe this ]. al
entirely mistaken policy, aud that Their
IL great danger Of the individual beinl
carried under BY the number at colt
grown, simply because be persists IL
holding each one. fearing 10 cell, les