The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-06
BOW to Manure for Large Yields of
Potatoes.


Potatoes.
AS remarked, manures Of that kind and
condition that will not fire-fang or burn
khould be used. Then it must be distributed
evenly through that portion of the soil
Fhere the roots spread themselves. It must
Dot be lump here aud lump there some
Portions having too much while some have
Zone. When potatoes are planted in 3-foot
xpws and plaat stands every fifteen or
Eighteen inches apart in the row in the
Course OF eight or ten weeks the roots will
hsve full possession OF the soil in every
Airection near the surface. The roots of
pne row will overlap those in the other.
ID follows as matter of course that it is
Just as well if not better to put
khe manure broadcast at once and literally
u large crop is sought But if only
fmall quantity OF manure can be used it
can be made 60 go q little further toward
making the one crop by carefully distrib-
htlng 1t in the several burrows that make
hp the bed. II You have only 2OO or 800
Bounds of commercial manure to use on one
acre OF potatoes do not put 1t all in the one
1urrow, but divide it equally among three
% least mixing 1t well with the soil for "a
depth OF several inches. All further Guilt
Vation. after the potatoes have made good
start OFF, should be very shallow.
Whether potatoes are grown for the table
or merely for stock, there is no necessity
for growing any poor variety like the white
yams.
new variety introduced in the past
three or four years, known as the bunch
yam is bound to be very generally Guilt
vated just as soon as they become known to
the people. Having no vine to speak of,
fhts variety is easy TO cultivate, and as it is
3 fine table potato and as productive as any
Dther kind, its future is assured. We have
bad two years observation of it aud can
heartily command it. We refer to the
variety known as the yellow bunch yam, as
koll by Burk.tt of Mississippi or Dill of
alabama. There is another bunch yam
known as General Grant" 1t is white and
4dry. 1t is not desirable for southern use
Until this bunch yam came to the front the
Kinds known as Georgia yellow yam" and
tue pumpkin yam were the most popular.
#Of course they will be grown very gen
erally for q long time yet, for few people
Sare in SEED of the bunch yam yet. If the
latter maintain permanently their present
characteristics they will be cultivated by
every one after awhile. The growing OF
them for seed will doubtless prove a small
bonanza to many.
q Now if some horticultural genius will de-
vote himself to the task OF producing IA va
riety Of Irish potato. that when planted in
March or April will continue its growth up
TO frost he will do the thing that will be
doue ultimately. He will be voted bene-
factor Of his country aud bis purse shall be
filed with gold, or silver If he should pre-
fer. Some ten years ago this writer made
the remark IN an agricultural paper that
s gardeners would greet the day that gave
them butter bean that required no stakes,
sweet potato that had no vines to be
turned and an Irish potato that would grow
through the summer and ripen for harvest
1 in October. In regard to two his hopes
have been realized. Now for the third.
We believe it is only few, compar-
atively, that will ever make the growing of
second crop of Irish potatoes a really
profitable bus mess. Drought may be said
10 be a characteristic Of our antumns.
For a crop that needs so much moisture as
the Irish potato our autumns are unfavor-
able to the making of good crop in the
proportion at least Of two to one. For one
favorable season we have two that pro-
duces failure on the dry uplands Of Middle
Georgia. 1t requires, usually, the greatest
amount of care and promptness to MAKE
this late crop a profitable one. 1t requires
considerable experience TO make it profit
able business S. A. G.