Smyrna times., 1916-09-20
9rrI ACRE POTATO FIELD
IFrI KENT FARMER $4,000
80. NJ ALLAN CUNNINGHAM,
..yssA RECORD NEAR DOVER
.....w. Knight. Te-a0t Risks 1000
...,..s Of Seed Potatoes on Sandy
Sol and Turns The I~lck

al 5fgge's OF CE-1
y soIard Turns .he T-.ck
b ara, cunningham Z Media. Pa. .
4 .-..v Of samuel Ca,t~. deceased.
4, esme into most of his uncle $
I ~s-e and recently acquired a l5I
.. fsrm >. miles south Of Dover has
:, 50 acres Of the worst land Of this
~ re.i a profit Of 50. 0OO Rob
Il q. Knight a practical young
] ..-s- who tenants the farm has
--sj the trick and caused his farm.
4 I. little known beyond the average
-.,wsre farm. 20 be the talk Of the
--runity. Mr. knight and Mr..
.-;rgham set about 20 improve the
p, acres Of light clay and sand.
~ rlowed j, lp, fertilizet it and
v, chance when they risked 1000
s,sts Of seed potatoes at S1.25 a
,ss. The utmost care and atten
q va, paid to "th.s worthless piece
srt. The potatoes came up
-iii.y. While in bloom, the patch
"a viewed as one Of the finest ever
~ 10 Delaware and attract d the
na.e attention of thousands Of
-lrsars along the State road. which
2; The hrld
r8.gs Allowed 10 Damage Them
-,e bugs failed 10 damage scarcely
ia,ge leaf Of the vast tract of vines.
5,g 70 the fact that Mr.. Knight and
a spraying machine always managed
{ lss1 just a little ahead of Mr..
"a anl bis devastating relations.
isiiition to clearing 50. 600 or an
T.sge Of 500 an acre, on his fftv-
re potato patch, Mr. Knight found
,-s TO cultivate the balance of the
~ and has raised thirty-three acres
{ me tomatoes, which have been a
r''ab.e crop. and thirty acres of
p There is also fruit on the farm
''dltion 20 the poultry and live
'A Speaking Of his success with /
Z potato patch Mr.. Knight saws: |
Twas the first time the field had .
~ put in potatoes, so cut the /
r.'i both ways before blowing |
{ only plowed about six inches deep. f.
i'lted 1908 baskets Of seed pota- /
& 10 TIE field and dug about II. 500 /
si'is Of fine potatoes which l sold /
7 . cents a bushel as soon as | dug
n Had kept them a month later
sld have sold for 80 cents or 81
'''as. Without any trouble. Next
a will blow deeper and expect TO (
larger crop | tried both the
-'l'an'e and Cobbler varieties and
~ that the Endurance gives the
7'''a'ns on that KNIT of soil.
''''' Receipts Amour, to se.75o
ny gross receipts from the crop
-''''sa !, to approximately s6. $50.
%! expenses came 10 about
,oo' ~ leaving clear profit of about
w ! included all cost Of labor
..' as materials in my estimate
I'sa'es. The seed potatoes cost
'.''' S626, and about 80 dsvs.
.- - on one-man basis. were
/. 'lsl 'n cutting blowing. fertili-
s.. : planting. narrowing. digging.
/. and loading the crop on the
estimate the cost Of this
- u sL25. Including board. AZ
+ y regular farm hands in the
i, !cost about two cents a basket
-. :. 'ae potatoes and one cent a
-, y 'oad them. The total ex.
! ,' '...' 'ae time l purchased the
-. ''''oes until the erop was
~, ~ y, me me cars amount to approxi-
s s,,.1 ,-'o'O - Had ! held the pota.
/. !. '.,'l they reached the 81 marx
H., ll1 d few weeks after |
,,.. '1l'a have received s8. $50
d, .,Op' y which would have netted
Ina - 100 clear profit. Bnt
i6.,,.',.no : not so bad out Of fifty acres
e'ay and sand. il it,
iSror