Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-01-18


good color, but we would not call 1
very good shape. The fertilizer
shat we use Is composed Or ammonia
phosphoric acid. and potash. All
the ammonia should not be 10 The
organic form. such as fish. blood
etc, because organic ammonia has !
tendency To cloud or stain the poia
toe, 50 We use some nitrate az soda
We get ourferliIizsr from Baltimore,
having II mixed there. We In.
struct them % put 10 such iDare.
dents as we want We want fer
tiliaers Tor sweet potatoes thai is
nos excessive IN nits6kSu and d i
consequence We have ordbred shoEn
to make our iertiIIer with So 10.
Three per cent. ammonia, 8 per
cent, phosphOric acid 10 per cent.
potash. Fifteen or twenty years
hgo remember there came into our
neighborhocd an agent He had .
SpFanRle Fertilizer drill. We use
10 SOW our fertilizer from q bucket.
Oh, dear. you know how that was--
backache had the iIrst machine
that was introduced into our neigh
borhOod. He lot Us have Ii ii ! low
price 10 INTRODUCES II. The farmers
after while bought Theses machines.
and thea We hitobed up the horses
aod applied the fertilizer. not more
than one thousand pounds, some.
times less. 70 the acre. After q
slime manhiDe for broad casting
was introduced. and we have now
adopted that method You can put
your fesIIlzer 10 quickly. II does
not take very long. and IL covers
the entire surface II you have too
much potash. II will kin your
plants. TO prevent the potash in.
iusing she plants re apply the ier.
aIIliaer and drag tho land Two or
three weeks previous 10 planting.
when ws ess feadyto plant We mark
The grounds With . corn marker the
rows being So inches apart. and We
then ridge with the Darneil RIDGE.
The dlsc q The fIdger ihfow 70 The
ridge about slx inches abzs0 lhp
valley i looks high untlS yor come
~ taStaw@s~ w. ~ y~~ 14s
il higher put ihe dssc1 down anoth.
er notch. The dIsez b the rIdgcr
take Ia aIl Of the <oriaee soil 40 shat
your fertilizer Is AIl Ii she ridge.
We attach q home made roller 10 the
ridger which iiattsns the peek ol
she ridge sIiRhsly and lenyssa a marx
every 20 inches. We ridge JUST be.
fore planting so as 70 have nice soft
ground 10 which 70 set the plant.
The trowel, tongs or plunRer are
used Id planting. Thefrowelsaems
as efficient as anything Some use
machine drawn by two horses
which will set about about 10000
per day. Now you have your plants
SET aud the next thing Is the cusivn-
tion,
The nrst cultivation Is done with
8 nnlky culiiyator. running two
small teeth just as close 10 the
plants as possible and the other
teeth cultisatinR Thai which Is
left IL She middle. The runners
grow two feet more or less before
the next cultivation. We use The
Planet Junior cultiyator with The
rod attachments and the large cult
vaaof tooth behind. The rod lifts
OPP the vines aud the tooth or shovel
throws tho dirt up on the ridge
close 10 the stems. We commence
the last cultivation about The middle
Of July. and finish about the first Of
August. After this the vines grow
vigorously. and cover the entire
surface of the ground. The vines
take care Of themselves and smother
most 81 the weeds but some weeds
come through which II ID necessary
70 pull up. Don't make mistake
when II comes 70 the middle Of
August, and letthe weeds have pos
session OF the potatoe ground. II
you do while the crop is making,
the weeds will absorb great deal
OF the moisture and materially
shorten the crop. Many o man has
made that mistake. and after the last
cultivation. lets them grow, whereas
Ii Is money 10 bis pocket to pull out
these weeds. especially 10. d dry
season.
The crop is made. The next
thing Ii the house in which to put
ii. We store Ia building built es-
pedialIy for TIE purpose. ! was sIn-
fortunate II being the FIRST man IN
our vicinity 10 build d sweet potatoe
house. Prior To my building people