The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-03-13
FROM FLORIDA
Another Letter From Our Friend
John W. Jones.

he c11el 110lslrl Eere - l11l q
raising sweet and irish potatoes
ard also Tuck patches for the early
nzrketz / an tod that The hnd
prodnces from - TO = barrels per
acre, and each barrel containing II
b1sheIs-
/ Suppose from the information IL
Is ore q the besr potato raising n
the STATE In the first place ! viii
tell yOa how the Iznd i prepared.
planted and harvested 20 far as ]
have seen
The gro1n6 = first TUNED b .
large plOS drawn By . large span q
hOrses OF nnIes- Il + then Turned
over into Tidge2 Tea ridges from :
plot and these look 10 BE three fssr
apart There + = considerable trsnch
between eaek plO- There i = deep
e ditch run around the VhOIe fed
These dirches are made for the Dur-
poss Of drainage and irrigation
In The neu Place Il i fortified
The raise two crops each year A
fertilizer nzehins that Is drawn b.
one bore o. uule distributes the fer
tfIEzer AZ the sane time A machine
follows just behind With -four discs
With uires and turns the fertilizer
under. Next Comes the PLANTING
They take the driIler which nskss
the farr0E. drO2s the potatoes and
covers them
In harvesting the early crop they
ooumenoe in December. using s01e-
thing Ike che Of on hillside pi0ss
With double mould board they TEn
through the oe1tsr q the ritse.
splitting II and turning the potatoes
out Women and boys. mostly blzek
rake them out and thrOE them II
psIez A large EzgOz follows distrib-
ufing szekz Thea the potatoes are
sseked and tied ard hzuIsd 10 the
bzrn for bzrreIing The barrels are
81 up By eoopeIs On the farm The
potatoes are shipped TO cities AL
si0zg the eastern coast and perhaps
e many other points
The farmers 70 smooth the ridges
dCsn By hauling drag over them
In a short tine the ground i thiekII
covered with crab grass vhich
CONES up spontaneously am IN
formed that they get tho eTOps q
this sometimes and this i ali ths
hay that Is rzised kere he ouls
timothy OF clover that ! have seen
Is shipped from elsewhere ThsJ
bale q great csal Of the crab grzs.
| Il il 80 much easier handed Sezrce-
" ever Sc any oats OF corn Thzy
raise some cor1 but II never PLANTED
u1tiI the potato crop = harvested
/. dossn't yisid moek There are
several large truek patehes With al
kinds Of vegetables for the early
markets Some celery i raised bur
al that have noticed Is snail and
dvarfish Dont think the sol suits
f. As to fruit / have noticed 70
apples OF pezchez Saw = fsE patches
q strawberries in boon IN DecsubsE
b1t they also look dusrfish- nOt ss
vel zs they do with u
Have sseE q hanna bush and ia
tree. but the sessss Il not lOng e1Ous
for then 70 properly nature Hzvs
nticed tEO OF three patches q LO1i.
lana s1Ezr cane. = feg stalks pretty
z0od size This IS an experiment
have ssen several suan orange grove.
vifh oranges. gzpe fruit and tangsr-
ines in sane grove b1shs Ioaded viii
fruit NOS too early 70 So then
in boon Have sen an 6rchzrd q
ITO OF the psczns but Il sens 70 II
that Il v01Id belize SIOGn's potatOes-
TOO long 70 vziL They ap7sar q
have very sIOE gr0Sth Have sen q
fes magnOlizs and cluster q han
boo AIs0 . eamph0r tree No 1OS-
as saEe = fs- srrubby boxing TosssL
(Coufinued next week.