456 THE POTATO 



plants in dry times and drains well to the tiles if 

 there is excessive moisture. All the lands are 

 tiled to a depth of thirty inches with lines of tile 

 twenty-four to thirty feet. 



Mr. Leybum of Kunochtry, Coupar Angus, is 

 another successful grower. 



He feeds his land like his bullocks, giving the soil 

 all the barnyard muck and artificial fertilizer it 

 can use. His oats and barley make sixty-four to 

 eighty bushels per acre every year — he has no 

 bad years. He feeds no grain to bullocks or 

 sheep, just roots, chafiF, cake, and potatoes. No 

 small potatoes are wasted in Scotland. They are 

 fed to hogs or cattle. 



Mr. Leybum grows the Epicure for early mar- 

 ket, and follows with British Queen for second 

 early. King Edward, Ever Good, and Langworthy 

 are the late varieties. Langworthy is not a 

 heavy cropper, but of such quality that it brings 

 $5 more a ton for its table quality. There are 

 300 acres annually in potatoes on a 1,000-acre 

 farm. Mr. Leybum is a tenant farmer and pays 

 $13 an acre rent. 



I am sure he feeds his soil all it can utilize from 

 the solid look of the tops. I could not tell the 

 direction of the rows without going into the field. 

 When a hill was lifted eight to fifteen great po- 

 tatoes would be found. They were not nearly 

 grown and would continue to increase in size for 

 another four weeks. 



The Epicure is his favorite for early market. It 

 is not of as good quality as some, but is a strong 

 grower and will stand dry or wet weather well. It 

 is round, of even size, and there are few small ones. 

 They were planted April 1st and harvested July 

 15th to August 1st. The British Queen is two 



