180 POTATO CULTURE. 



then one will get missed. Oh, but we took those potatoes 

 out of that hard ground so nicely and easily and cheaply! 

 It was business, I tell you. But still, some would have trou- 

 ble. The digger must be kept in order, and every nut tight. 

 I ride on it myself, and know every click. I know at once if 

 any 'thing is wrong, and see to it before damage is done. I 

 have never had any occasion to send for any repairs. The 

 digger is in as perfect order to-day as when we bought it. 

 The bolt broken this year came from my being a little too 

 strong when I tightened a nut. I feel that this simple truth 

 is due the manufacturers for sending out a tool so well made 

 that it will stand, year after year, being drawn by four horses. 



PREPARING FOR WHEAT. 



We think we have done this a little better this year than 

 ever before, and this is really a part of potato culture, as all 

 large growers will have a rotation, and wheat will usually 

 follow the potatoes that is, if they are early ones, and rye, 

 perhaps, if they are late ones. There are two particular 

 things we want to do after the potatoes are dug. The digger 

 pulverizes the rows or drills nicely. First, we want to tear 

 up the soil between the rows, as well as the digger does that 

 in the rows. Well, take your Planet Jr. cultivator with five 

 teeth 2i or 3 inches wide, and go right over the field between 

 the rows after the digger. Weight it \\ ith a large stone. 

 How simple ! But we never thought of it before. After- 

 ward we used the cutaway crosswise, lapping half, and then 

 we came to a point where we wanted to level the field. This 

 year we tried the common (about here) clod crushers and 

 levelers, and were pleased with the work done. It will pay 

 a grower to make one. Take six 4x4 scantling, say 8 ft. 

 long, and place them side by side, but with corners up and 

 down, not the flat sides, and bore t-inch holes through them 

 about 18 inches from each end, running an iron rod through 

 each of these rows of holes. A nut at the back side will hold 

 the scantling together, and a ring at the front end will give 



