The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-05-04
AGRICULTURE.
Potato Cultivation.

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risville, VI, who 10 Is a producer OF pcta'
toes on an extensive tcale, will be interest.
Ing and valuable TO all farmers who are 10.
tending to plant potatoes the coming sea-
son. 10 an interview given some weeks
ago, Mr.. Boynton said;
my experiment this season has been on
two upland farms which | owned In the
south part Of Morri:town. T6,se farms
were what might be called abandoned
farms, the soil In the poorest condition for
successful potato growing. According to
the Maine rules the land should be 10 good
state Of cultivation when stocked down,
heavy In clover and after standing In green
sward one or two years. When plowed up
In the fall there should be good crop Of
clover rowen Ilowed under OF the lard
which have used shout rs per cent, was
greesnwsrd with nothing but the run out
sod to pillow under.
| IL has become q settled fact, beyond
question by all experiment stations, that
nothing but The very best healthy seed
should be planted to successfully grow pc
tstoes. secured my seed through friend
in Aroostook county costing me laid down |
at my farm 81 So per bushel and | used
about II bushels TO the acre | used Green |
Mountain largely with balance Of Beauty |
Of Hebron ard Albee Rose, the latter being
one Of the very best varieties Of the Rose
family. | cut my seed from one TO two |
eyes to the piece, clipping fl the seed ends
and feeding them to the hogs. After seed
was cut they were given good CT a. OF air
Stacked lime as a protection against rot
worms. In planting | used an Aspenwsll
planter, putting the hills 10 Ii ches apart
and the rows three feet. u ed 1000
pounds Of phosphate to the acre and the
very best fish.grade Essex for potatoes
and roots One-bslf Of the phosphate was
put in the row with the planter and the
balance put on with Stevens fertilizer q
part broadcast and part over the row.
should prefer having IL placed over the row
Instead Of broadcast.
commeLced to cultivate them between
the rows about the time the potatoes were
coming up and after they were all up from
one to two inches covered them up with
Richmond dick cultivator as protection
| sgsinst possible frost, 10 strengthen the
vines ard TO delay the potato beetles In
their work Daring the season | went over
them with cultivator six times. When
the vines were out OF the ground six inches
| started spraying them with one.horse
sprayer, covering four rows at q time, the
sprayer holding about co gallons. was
troubled with potato beetles only ia small
secIious. applied paris green, one pound
TO The TAM go gallons) at fl st without any
apparent damage to the beetle. For spray.
ing used Bordeaux mixture, which is CON-
posed Of six pounds Of blue vitrol, six OF
line, dissolved, to each tsik II went over
the piece with the sprayer five times cover.
ing the rows twice over at zach time, going
over the field abb ut once In 10 days.
To complete my rows and hill | used the
same disk cultivator.
The spraying OF potatoes was never
practiced 10 This part Of the country before
but for the benefit Of every one will say
that nv results were most satisfactory.
While nearly all fields 10 this vicinity were
struck with blight ard rust nv field kept
green and healthy until killed by frost
about The middle Of September.
On the 2s h Of SEPTEMBER 1 commenced
using potato digger drawn by
tour horses abreast,
While my acreage has been called 40
q .res | found that 30 acres Is all that
could count as giving satisfactory results.
In fact my acreage fell short on the actual 4
measure ments three or four acres. lost
by wet ground practically all the crop on
40 acres and adyi,e all potato growers
10 Cut out all wet grounds for Potato grow !
ing. | lost by chilled SEED bought In this
ection from three 10 fur scfes. hyep-
ire crop was about $500 bushels 81 N .fkei-
be potatoes OF q very sm1o,h even s'zs,
I'd has been generally ~ ken Of as ,bt
inest lot tver seen ID ibis sc lon.
All Of my help ard visitors 10 ny 4 ID
i'll bear me cut 10 cay x hat In the entnt
rop did not have leo ba bels OF ! q ctr
,olstces, siich fact owe, 81 b lieye, y
~ Maine ted AID ID, use OF tie prayer
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There are few sigts which mark tie
Iood farmer which rtv,i fall o 4 Ia that
q will not Try 10 woik more lard Thar b,
an DO well, another that be will insls. 0,
otstipg liz crops, another that be vii
eep At less; lhird Of bis land 10 clover or
rsss. He will also save ard use ell the
ilrufe made on The fsim, and II lie does
OF keep registered stock he will at least
eep III grade stimsl. H. Il ouI'e lik
have lilo, AID yru vii! usually fsd 10 j.
il poGluy yard well bnd chickens q biz
NE ore breed. He sill keep bis home end -.
rouLds peat AID stise i've, lave a tool
ouse and st,d Tor bis msehlnery. tap
d buildings psIntte aud the weeds Gu, ?,
org The Highway 90 bis farm. IL ts :
ii, hkelg to 10 70 church on Sunday.
bile bis boys AID girls VII have The 3D. sliI
Iniage OF normal eho0l " college ecu 90
ihn. lie will b. resd'r and lh'Eker a. =.
Ell AZ worker. baylEg fcund cot th- v