Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1891-05-13
Farmer Smith Gives HIS Experience in
Raising Potatoes.

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worthy of notice Tn consequence of
orr recent aff,iction nv mind il not in
= on;tlohla condition ~ t,.,+ tho s,,,.
loot nroner,v
Tha host matbod of nl,ntino ,ot,.
toas il i subject unon which tbere 10
mnch CONTROVERSY. There are MANY
theories and theorists foo. A theory
is n good thing. hut theory with nrac.
tical knowle,loe is better. and T would
two moro for Tho ,r,ot,o,,t,ow1a,,ao
of an old f,rmer th,nI womb 60,
,o.ny ,rt;olo. az thoo,;sts s,o,, 80 NO
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parb,ns +boro 10 no 81, .thoa 80
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have and nerbars never will ,oree an
+bis snb;oct ,.I h,vo I'D sono
exncrionce and sncces. !, r,isi,o M.
tatoes. 7 vii, rive The rn,d.rs NJ t,e
1,p1p1.Nn NV mat,od T, oraer :,
mako q succoss !, r,;s;,., ,,t.+oas
tbero are many thinvs to ha consid.
cred. It cam bp divided into as many
parts or treated under rs MANY differ.
ent heads as an old New ENGLAND
minister's sermon. \ good Weld of
pototoes does not alone denend unon
the whole potatoe, the half or the
number of eyes that are PLANTED. but
upon the whole system. First select
a rich, mellow, moist piece of ground,
plow deep; eight or ten inches is none
too deep. If the land is not rich en-.
ough give it IL good coat Of stable
manure, drag the ground to make it
smooth, mark the rows with a plow,
drop the potatoes ana cover them by
dragging across the burrows; as soon
asItEe weeds start drag again the same
as before across the burrows; this will
cover any potatoe that may not have
got covered at the first dragging. 1t
does no har:n to drag the ground three |
or four times before cultivating. But |
so;nv say that it is too much work to
plant in this way. Very well, if you
expect to get good crops of any kind
without work you will find to your
sorrow that you are laboring under
delusion. You had better abandon
the farm and Join the company of
bankers. the money loaners. or the
railroad. -....
have piyen NV way of planting
potatoes. and because of nv success
in raising potatoes I believe it to be
4 good way. if not the best. MANY
nlow their notatoes in with very good
results. NV objection to this method
is. potatoes require mellow ground
under rs well as over them. in order
to obtain the best results, and the
bottom of the furrow is too hard for
potatoes to grow the largest Weld Of
the largest potatoes.
Mr.. Randall. the former editor of
the TRIBUNE, gave me some good
ideas about raising potatoes that I |!
will give the readers of the TRIBUNE:
'Select good piece of ground, ma
nure heavily, summer fallow, the
next spring plow again, planting the
potatoes at the same time. There will
be mellow enough soil under the po-
tatoes to give them chance to grow,
if not. take little pains in dropping
them on the side of the furrow.''
The above method is certainly wor-
thy of trial. The amount of seed to
plant is IL subject on which there is
much controversy. Good results have
)een obtained by planting any amount
rom one eye to the whole potatoe. l
lave tried all ways and have had
good yields from planting one eye of
arge tubers, with very few small ones;
llso very good yields of very few
arge tubers and many small ones,
rom whole potatoes; but 1 have had
he best yields of largest number of
arge tubers with the smallest number
# small ones. from planting medium
lied potatoes, cut in three or four
,ieces, so as to give three or four
yes to each piece. In this way [
ave raised 1926, $50 and 525 bushels
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