Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-04
Howto GrowTrish Potatoes In Lots
Or CITY Yards to Get Best Results
Also Tells How Eggs May Be
Kept From Spring Until
Christmas Without Cold Stor-
age Plant.

depth at which it should be plowed is
seven inches.
Where hand labor is employed the
same rule should govern as to depth.
In spading, especially on grass or
waste land. turn the earth bottom
side up.
Whether the land is plowed or spad-
ed, it should be thoroughly pulyerized
Immediately afterward. 1t is a bad
practice to allow the freshly turned
soil to bake in the sun and wind and
thereby become cloddy, and at the
same time lose a large percent of its
moisture.
Where horse labor can be used, the
land after blowing should be thorough
ly disked first, then spring toothed, and
finally finished with a smoothing har-
row. Where land must be prepared by
hand, it is good practice to pulverize
the soil as much as possible when spad-
ing it up, after which it can be put in
a fine condition of mellowness with a
steel garden rake. The Importance of
thoroughly filming the soil cannot be
ONCi II ilioiLCQ, lOl II IlitItdSCo IN
water holding capacity of the soil, rem
ders more plant food available and re-
duces the number of weeds.
Varieties Adapted to Localities.
In the northeastern United States
and along the south Atlantic seaboard
the Irish Cobbler, Early Petoskey or
Early Standard, all of which are prac-
tically identical, may be expected to
produce larger crops and be more gen.
orally satisfactory for an early crop
than the others mentioned. Quick
lunch and New Queen would be re-
garded as second choices for this Sec
ton.
In the south central and southwest
ern states the Triumph may be expect
ed to give results equal to or even bet
ter than the Irish Cobbler.
In the middle west the Early Ohio
should do well, while the Early Har-
vest and Early Rose may be regarded
as second choices.
Late Varieties.
In the New England states, Long Is
land and northern New York the
Green Mountain, Gold Coin, Delaware
and other late varieties of that class do
best.
In northern Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota the late varieties named
above do about as well as the Rural
New Yorker No. 2 and are superior to
it in table quality.
In western New York, southern
Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa the
Rural New Yorker No. 2, Sir Walter
Raleigh and Carman No. 3 are the best
adapted varieties and divide honors
with the Green Mountain in the north
ern portions of these states.
Throughout Maryland, Virginia and
the Carolinas, Tennessee and Georgia
the variety known as Mccormick is
quite generally grown as a late va
riety. In q favorable season the Green
Mountain can also be grown.
Depth to Plant.
Plant the small eye cuttings from
one and one-half to three inches deep,
depending upon the character of the
soil-the lighter the soil the greater
the depth Of planting. Larger sets may
be planted four inches deep.
If an early variety is planted and the
work is to be done by hand the rows
may be spaced as close as twenty-six
inches, whereas if cultivation is to be
done with a horse thirty to thirty-four
inches usually is allowed.
Potato yields vary so greatly that
only an approximate estimate can be
given. If an early variety is grown it
is not too much to expect twelve to
fifteen bushels from a plot of ground
so by 100 feet. Under favorable con-
ditions this amount may be very con-
siderably exceeded. In the case of a
late variety larger yields may be ex-
pected.
Preserve Eggs by Water Glass.
March, April, May and June are the
months when the hens of the country
produce about so per cent of the lay
of the whole year. These are the
months also when the thrifty house
wife who has her own hens or who can
draw upon the surplus supply of a
nearby neighbOr puts away in water
glass or limewater eggs for next au-
tumn and winter. To insure success
care must be exercised In this opera
ton. The following directions are from
the United States department of agri-
culture:
In the first place, the eggs must be
fresh, preferably not more than two or
three days old. Infertile eggs are best
if they can be obtained. SO after hatch
ing exclude ROSTERS from the flock and
kill them for the table as needed.
The shells must be clean. Washing
an egg with n SOiled shell lessons IFS