The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-07-19
LARGE YIELD OF POTATOES.

A4-AAsPE~ lF-ISD VIZ IO4AlOE~s
No better illustration of what can be
accomplished by extra care in cultivation
than the result of some late experiments
on potatoes in France. The grower, who
IS also chemist, has been experiment.
ing tor long time with potatoes, with
the remarkable result that he has at last
grown crop of forty-two tons an acre.
he plan he follows is to carefully select
the seed and to use only the best and
soundest tubers. The ground is dug or
plowed to a great depth and well man
ured. Before planting the seed potatoes
they are soaked for about twenty-fOur
hours IN MI Xture composed OF saltpeter
and sulphate OF ammonia, six pounds of
each salt TO twenty-five gallons of water.
After this soaking the tubers are al
lowed to drain, and then they stand
for tweniy-Iour hours longer, in order
that the eyes may have time to swell be-
lore putting them in the ground. Of
course, such methods as these are eXpen-
sive, especially the very deep cultivation
OF the ground, but with such a yield there
can be little doubt that the extra labor is
well repaid.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The United States produced last year
2. 0S3, 80 pounds OF beet sugar-more
than twice as much as was made in 1891.
The best time to water plants is in the
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quickly evaporate. Water should never
be applied during the heat OF the day.
The annual report of the President of
the Florida Fruit Exchange shows that
the orange industry in that State has in
creased from GCO,U00 boxes III 1880 TO 3,OUO,-
OJV for the season just closed.
Adopt a system Of rotation of crops
which is adapted to the conditions found
on your farm. Different crops require
different food elements and some need
the elements which others add to the
soil.
Wood ashes have been tried with sue
cess as remedy for clubtoot and maggot
in cabbages. In a watering pot put one
fourth full Of ashes, iii with water, and
pour the mixture well around the plants
so as to have it soak into the ground.
Perhaps there is no other feature of a
farmhouse or its surroundings so i'm
pOrtant as the lawn. Even if very small,
1t contributes not only 10 the beauty OF
the landscape, but provides more sub
stanIially in many ways for the welfare of
those who inhabit the place.
1t pays best to put up suitable buildings
on IarIn, whatever may be the purpose
they are designed for. Don't leave a
piece Of machinery out, however old, and
II the poultry and animals on the place
are properly provided for, they will save
enough feed to pay for the outhouses the
Lrst two years.
Sheep require more attention than any
other domestic animal. They are subject
TO diseases that others are not. They re-
quire more care in feeding than any
other stock on ii farm. Overlooking is
dangerous ana undertaking ruinous, so
that the farmer must use hls best judg
ment 10 strike a medium that will pro-
duce prosperous and profitable stock.
The lambs are especially delicate, ami
require the most careful handling.
Carefully gather the scraps from the
table and give them to your fowls.
there is no kind OF iced which
viii produce a more liberal return Of
eggs. There are hundreds Of families
who throw these scraps into the waste
bucket, 10 be taken away by the swIll
man, and buy corn for the fowls, when
the former is by far the best feed for egg
production. Corn or grain should also be
fed, but only to d comparatively small
amount.