98 OTHER HAND-BOOKS. 



be given. I will describe the mode of 

 keeping Potatoes through the Winter 

 without sprouting, and without impair- 

 ing their flavor. Also, where and how to 

 plant them ; how much and what manure 

 they need ; whether and when to use, cut 

 or whole seed ; how many eyes should be 

 left on a set; and other particulars. 



CORN. 



How to raise a large crop of Sweet, Yellow, 

 or other kind of Corn every year, without 

 having it stricken with rust or any other 

 disease; how and when to plow; to 

 plant so as to make the plants come up 

 evenly ; to manure ; to hoe for the first 

 time ; to cultivate ; to hill ; to supply 

 the crop with moisture in severe drouths 

 without hand watering; to cure so as to 



