The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-17

tato I would exchange il for exclusively.
Its nrst rcdeemiug quality is It's great
IL is when properly housed and cured as
palatab,e as the Norton or Pattishal
vans. For these you bed the potatoes I'm
airy 10 middle OF March. In beds three feet
wide TO facilitate ease ia pulling the slips
or plants. covering them 10 the depth OF
four inches with good rich .oam or COM
mon earth. adding wei routed manure.
The idea Is TO get good thrifty vigorous
plants. In this latitude Cltituuc o.
brunswick. Cal you mel no not bed for
this potato. for the plants from sucn "a
bed as / have described VIII De ready hy
the time your ground Is ready
Soil for this variety shouid bee new land
from which the wire grass was burned
the previous August. ami the surface well
prepared with scooter plows. When ready
10 plant slips lay on rows three feet
apart. with "a siX-inCh whole shovel pillow.
put in 30 TO 800 POUNDS Ter acre OF fer
tiiizer, aualyzing per cent. available
phosphoric acid and 10 per cent. potash:
throw four burrows on this with slX-iucn
half-ShOEcl pillow. and your land Is ready.
Carefully draw out SIPS from the bed,
ana lay roots one way % Iaciiitutc ease
in dropping. which can he done 10y chill
dren 5 years Old, after having been care
fully shown. The end OF the root is laid
on She center of the row, and with a stick
the length of a common cane, torkcd
the lower end. the plant II pushed down To
the same depth it grew IN the bed. When
the plants nave begun 10 run. ploW out
the remaining middle, and the crop is
made, so FAR as labor Is concerned. When
one wishes TO plant IN Oh land, labor OF
and weeds well subdued 10y "A previous
crop Of clover or COW peas. Planted in
this way. the yield often reaches 200 bush
els per acre, at almost nominal cost. In
latter part of June and all through July,
vines can he cut from these and set out
similarly in the Oat stubble, and IL is
from these we get the best of this var;-
ETY. for culinary purposes. The proper
plan OF curing and housing is simple. Dig
when frost Kills vines, by blowing out with
long halt-shOd pioW, haNlns plenty or
help to follow after and pick up clean.
throwing the product of three rows into
one. If mild weather, let lie in the field
twenty-four hours, or until thoroughly
dry. Assert into bushel boxes, making
two classes BY ascertaining the strength
of your team. you can arrange TO carry
out a load while empty boxes are being
filled, if you viii make boxes enough.
Select a well-drained spot and put about
thirty bushels in bank on light coating
of pine straw. Cover first with Pine bark.
If you can get it, on light frame work
of stakes driven into the ground and rest
ing together at the top. covering of
earth six inches thick IS sufficient to Keep
out frost For two or three weeks after
banking, leave small opening at the
top and south side for ventilation. over
| the top a cap of pine BARK weighted down
! with turf, viii keep out rain, and the OPP
| ening in the side can be stuffed fun Of
straw, unless freezing weather sets in,
| when it can be covered with good coat
| of earth. Treated in this way, the pota-
| toes made from vine on oat stubble, will
| cook soft and sweet, while those raised
| from slips will often be dry and hard.
! In the absence Of pine bark. cornstalks
| can be used, or the bank can be
made oblong and covered with boards
resting on the ground, the upper ends
| resting on a ridge pole over the center
of the pile one thing is essential for good,
| palatable potatoes, and that is TO Keep
| them dryaafter banking. When they get
| wet occasionally they want to sprOut when
/ warm weather comes. Then they must be
! removed from their winter quarters and
| stored in a cool dry room Or cellar, where
! they will keep nicely until your new ones
/ come in. Seed potatoes are banked In
| small twenty or twenty-five bushel banks
| and simply covered with a good thick
| coat OF pine needles and earth six OF
/ eight inches thick. and with all varieties
| except West India yams. a shelter OF
! boards is necessary to Keep them from
! water sobbing in extremely wet weather
| The West India is sure TO hold their OWL
pretty well with the toughest treatmen
/ and mighty little care. The plan glVeT
Will suffice for the culture OF Norton, Pat
tishall and Providence or bunch yam, eX
cept that the last named cannot be RAISED
TO any great extent from vine, as they ar
too short, seldom reaching three feet II
length, and all must have loamy old lane
to grow in.
Pumpkin Spanish is made from potatoes
cut TO two or three eyes and planted an'
cultivated much after the plan of Irisl
potatoes. They are an excellent Variet.
to dig and eat from the field, as the.
need no curing to sweeten them.