422 LYON COUNTY, KANSAS. 



deep interest is felt in sugar making from sorghum. A few ex- 

 periments were tried last 3"ear, but were only partially success- 

 ful. Tiiere will be a small army in the field this year, but 

 many will fail for want of proper appliances. 



W. J. F. HARDEN, 



HARTFORD, LYON COUNTY. 



Potatoes — Grapes — Small Fruits — Cherries — Apples — 

 Wheat — Corn and 3Iillet — Barn — Stock. 



My farm consists of forty acres. I have a road on my 

 north line, a road from the house to the barn, and one from the 

 stock yard to the main road. The roads are fifty feet wide. I 

 liave subdivided my farm into three fields. The first, of ten 

 acres, contains house, barn, garden, vineyard, and orchard, the 

 house, garden, and vineyard, occupying three-fourths of an 

 acre.' .^ 



POTATOES. 



I make no pretensions at selling any thing from the gar- 

 den. But potatoes, being one of my principal crops, I raise by 

 themselves. 1 usually plant three or four acres. I plant in 

 hills three feet apart each way, two or three pieces in each 

 hill, or eight to twelve inches apart in drills, four to six inches 

 deep. I harrow the ground thoroughly both ways, before the 

 potatoes come up, and then keep them clean. I frequently 

 plow after the potatoes are large as hens' eggs. 



Average price of early Vermont and Rose, seventy-five 

 cents per bushel ; Peachbiows, ninety-two cents. Potatoes can 

 be raised at a profit for fifty cents per bushel. The most profit- 

 able are Early Rose, Peerless, and Peachblow, the latter a 

 favorite. I find it better to sell at digging time, as the shrink- 

 age is fully thirty-three per cent, if kept until late planting or 

 the June market. I have planted as many as nine acres in one 

 season, and have raised three crops. 



I plant early in March and April as the season will 



