No. 10. 



Culture of Potatoes — Recipes. 



327 



uftor beiriij put into the hole; and must now 

 bo killed by choppincr up the same well, and 

 mixing it with the soil. This being done, 

 you may now haul up the manure and earth 

 as before directed, into hills ; on the top of 

 which you must place about a peck of sand, 

 taken from some street or well traveled road. 

 Your hills will be now ready for planting. I 

 should, however, state that the hills must, in- 

 stead of being made high, be made flat and 

 broad. 



Soak your seed over night in milk warm 

 water, and plant out the same the next morn- 

 ing, placing from five to six seed to each hill. 

 The seed must not be covered more. than one 

 inch or two under ground. Water the hills 

 for a few days until the seed has sprouted, and 

 then leave the plants to rim. 



As soon as the plant has got six leaves, take 

 off the centre plant with a sharp penknife, 

 and when the biteral .shoots are six inches or 

 a foot long, take off all but three. When the 

 shoots, thus left, beo-in to run to the ground 

 between the hills, stake them down with a 

 Binall cross stick. 



As the vines begin to branch, at every three 

 or four feet, where the vine branches, put a 

 shovel full of rich earth over the same, and 

 press it down lightly with the foot. Wet 

 weather should be selected for this operation, 

 and by so doing the vines will never fail to 

 take where they have been set. The spaces 

 between the hills should be kept freeof gra.'s 

 — and by following the above directions, large 

 melons will be produced. 



From a quarter acre of land thus treated, 

 more melons will be made than from four 

 times the amount as usually cultivated. — 

 Southern Agriculturisl. 



Culture of Potatoes. 



Messrs. Editors: — As there is a diversity 

 of opinions among farmers respecting the cul- 

 ture of potatoes, and particularly the seeding, 

 lam induced to say a few words, and if you 

 think them worth noticing, you can make 

 them public. 



First. What kind of seed is best! I have 

 experimented more or less for fifteen years, 

 and am convinced in my own mind, that large 

 potatoes, cut once or twice, are the best. — 

 Since adopting this method, I have got much 

 the largest crops, and my potatoes do not di- 

 minish in size or quality. June 4th, 1835, I 

 planted one acre of pasture ground ; carted on 

 15 loads of coarse manure ; harrowed it well, 

 and planted, on the 7th, 23 bushels of pota- 

 toes, — the large ones cut longthwi.se, and 

 those of middling size were dropped whole ; 

 the rows 3^ feet apart, the potiitf)es dropped 

 from 18 to 24 inches apart. I had but one 

 acre, and the product was four hundred and 

 fwenty-five bushels. 



In 1836, the same ground was planted to 

 corn, and the crop was liirht; ten loads of 

 dressing spread. In 1H37, 1 sowed two bush- 

 els of bald wheat, and harvested 41 bushels 

 of wheat. In 1888 n-.y hired man judged 

 there was at least three tons of hay from the 

 above mentioned acre. 



Excuse my leaving the subject ; and to re- 

 turn; my crops of potatoes for five years have 

 been from three to fourhundred and twenty-five 

 bushels to the acre. In 18.38, I planted li 

 acres in potatoes. The ground waa broken 

 up in the fiill of 1835, and the next spring 

 cross ploughed, harrowed and sowed in wheat, 

 with 10 lbs. of clover seed. The product over 

 30 bushels to the acre. After the wheat wa.^ 

 harvested, 10 common loads of old manure 

 was spread, and in 1837 sowed in wheat 

 again ; the product was 28 bushels per acre. 

 In 1838, fifteen loads of manure was evenly 

 spread ; cross ploughed, harrowed, and 23 

 bushels of potatoes planted similar to the first 

 mentioned acre. The product was 500 bush- 

 els. 



I cover my potatoes quite shoal, not more 

 than one to two inches deep. Generally 

 plough and hoe twice, and hill up but little. 

 The ground should be as light as possible 

 about the hill. I am satisfied that spreading 

 manure is better than putting it in the hill. — 

 Maine Farmer. 



Guilford, April 1st, 1839. 



As the season is approaching when many 

 farmers require a pleasant beverage, we beg 

 leave to present the following receipt. It is 

 one that we have tried, and can recommend. 

 If the proportions are duly observed it will 

 prove very superior. 



For Giiigr<?r or Cliiiiese Beer. 



Four ounces Jamaica Race Ginger — 1^ oz. 

 cream of tartar — the juice and rind of two 

 common sized lemons — five pounds of good 

 sugar. Add the above ingredients to five gal- 

 lons of boiling water; let it stand 12 hour.s, 

 and then strain through a fine cloth. To this 

 add one bottle of old porter, and bottle in stone 

 ware or champagne bottles. In two days it 

 will be fit for use. itT" Try it. 



Iloniinlny Pudding. 



An excellent pudding m.iy be made as fol- 

 lows : Take half a pint of fine homminy, soak 

 it one night; in the morning boil it two hours, 

 and then proceed the same as in makmg a 

 rice pudding. The addition of an egg or two 

 improves it. 



In business, the keeping close to the mat- 

 ter procureth despatch; and true despatch is 

 a rich thing. 



