186 POTATO CULTUKE. 



PUBLISHER'S APPENDIX. 



Some of the Reasons for Plowing as directed 



in this Book ; Going into the Details 



a little more. 



After reading what is said about plowing, on page 13, I 

 wrote to friend Terry in regard to it, and his reply will be 

 found after the following : 

 Friend Terry: 



It seems to me that some cuts illustrating your manner 

 of plowing would be an excellent thing. I confess I had to 

 read your description over a good many times before I got 

 your idea exactly, and at the same time it is a problem I 

 have been studying on for a good many years, and yet 1 am 

 not sure I have got it right now. You say, take one of our 

 strips 16x60 rods do you mean 16 rods wide by 60 long V If 

 so, it seems to me there is a deal of running the plow and 

 team across the end empty that is, doing no plowing. 

 Perhaps this can not be avoided. But if the above is what 

 you mean, why not make narrower lands V Again, why not 

 commence in the middle, far enough from the end so as to 

 plow across the ends also, and turn every furrow inward V 

 In this way you do not tramp the plowed ground at all ; 

 but there is considerable tramp ng the corners, and a bad 

 awkward dead-furrow when you come to reverse the process, 

 to bring your ground back level. May be you are all right 

 in having your lands 16 rods wide ; but I want to be sure 

 about it. A. I. It. 



April, 1893. 



I enjoy this criticism ever so much ; and although the 

 statement is as clear as I can make it, friend Root shall 

 have it all pictured out, and he shall be made " sure " that 

 I am right. I just like the chance to show that I know 

 what I am about, or to try to. But first let me say two or 

 three things. One is, that, if I should follow out every little 

 point to the very end, in a way that I now propose to go 

 over this one, this book, instead of being a little pamphlet 



