Potatoes. Potatoes.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 94, 27 April 1876, Page 7

Potatoes.

/■ A^fe^^NtfS "AT. JBK7 MICniGAFAdRICULTURAL A A Ti^tSAM^ArJ^OhJj'EGE, ,/Th|s%J%^re7platited May 7th, -1874, bnjj|ron^^ yet AWeAdo!^ of : pref some of the ,glD|^^ than - r^iifepsjjm loam,: not on£an^ Campbell's A r Six hills >w used for 'A 'v. '■■ A - ; - 1 ?l j --■ A .

'■£^3™^®fflai£S;'^PniJpvjed..';.aa^. formed -— 'potatoes weighed lllbs Boz. Planted in top of ridge nine inches high— weighed 181bs_4oz. . „ ; Planted qnfr.footjdeep^-lSlbs.; „ Planted six inches deep— l3lbs Boz. j Planted on surface and covered with straw — 13 i lb'a. / ..;..; Planted one : third of seed-end of tuber— l7lb3. , 4o"z. [ " ..-" ■- , . ■ ' - : : t « . o l ' Planted two-thirds of stem-end of tuber— 24lbs. \ Planted tubers with sprouts eight finches, long — -151b5.;. .-..- - < -■•■- ■-■■. ■-'' ■■- ■■ -'••■ j;. ... Planted tubers with sprouts removed — 61bs. Kem\Bnng about one-third of the tops at three difiFerenViames after the tops were quite largeTops layered and rooted— lOlbs Boz. Tops trained to a stake— lllbs. About fifty varieties of potatoes were planted in small quantity about Ma^ 20, in soil apparently of the same quality. The soil was quite sandy with a fair dressing of manure. The pqta-, toes were planted in rows 3^ feet apart, and in hills about 14 inches apart, using generally one-half of ameditim^ 1 sized, tuber in a place. The hills liad each a good shovelful of . well-rotted manure, and. ft handful of unleached ashes stirred in with the soil. The p6r. tatoes were all ripe when dug. Three hills of each variety were weighed, with the following results :— . :

Brqwnell's Beauty, seed one eye to a hill — yield and qnality fino. • Compton's Surprise, one eye to a hill. Early Vermont, ono eyo to hill, appeared to «xcel every other variety in yield. In; thesis last; three cases, and two others previously given, there was an -error in not saving ithe ! hills by themselves, when dug; We have planted most of the above sorts for several years. . . Some of them give unmistakeable evidence of running out. . The yield diminishes and the quality of many is very poor— scarcely fit to eat Judging from . previous observations, but very' little value can be put upon the weights as given above. The next season may the relative yield of many, kinds, and the next after may differ from both the others. CORN WAS PLANTJEIT at different depths; < Some were drop^ ped,~ (six hills in each lot) on the sur* face, *andLcovered : with tiriririch' of' soil compressed. That planted on the surface aiwayskept ahead of all the rest, although the soil was-dry as dust when planted on sandy land. Some, was planted a foot deep aiid grew tolerably well. '.-- ',-■-,

lb. oz. Black Chenango ... ... .. 6 2' Snowball ... ... ... ... 5 7 TyrelTs Seeding, No. 1 ... ... 4 12 Prince Albert ... . ... ... 3 14 Merino ... ... ... ,„ 7 4 No Blow ... ... ... ... S 14 Early Pink Eye (small) ... ... 2 5 Kearsage ... ... ... .. 10 12 Unknown . . ... ... ... 4 8 Late Pink Eye .. ... ... 2 4 Early Sovereign- ... ... ... 6.4 White-eyed Peachblow ... ... 6 8 Late Peachblow ... ... ... 6 4 Chilli, No. 2 3 8 Campbell's Late Rose ... ... 8 0 Snowflake ... ... ... 7.6 Casco ' ... ... ... ... 5 8 Fancy- ... ... ... . . 7 0 Early White ... ... ... _ White/Chili .. ... ... 3 8 Snowflake (3 hills of another lot) ... 10 0 Tyrell's No. 2 .„ ... _ ... 9 8 Irish Cups •..' ... : ... ... 1 8 British Queen (knotty and poor) ... 10 0 Lady Finger .. .... ... 13 8 Excelsior ... ... ... 4 4 Jersey Peachblows ... ... 12 8 Climax ... ... ... ... 18 8 Spotted Shaw ... ... ... 8 4 Calico. „.: .. ... ... 7 4 Bulkley's Seeding ... .. ... 5 0 Late Pvose(poor yield) .. ... — Ctarnet Chili" ... ... ... € 10 ISreesee's King of Earlies . . ... H 4 Peerless ... .. ... ... n 4 Early Shaw .... ... ... 6 12