tra pieces of potatoes this season — large, smooth, with 

 scarcely any not marketable. 



Sept. 15, we were at Crystal Lake Farm, Haverhill, 

 which is owned by Mr. Marsh ; the crops, potatoes and 

 mangolds were entered by his energetic foreman, Mr. E. 

 C. Little. The drive from the city to the farm, across the 

 highlands, through No. Broadway was much enjoyed. Ar- 

 riving at the farm we found a splendid piece of potatoes 

 for any year, a crop of over four hundred bushels per acre; 

 here, even with this large crop we are again reminded of 

 the importance of a frequent change of seed, Mr. Little 

 calling our attention to the fact that on two rows planted 

 with seed which was raised from that which was brought 

 from the East in 1891, the yield was 22 bushels, while on 

 the two next rows, planted with seed, procured from the 

 East this Spring, 36 bushels were grown. 



He has a fine crop of mangolds which we consider en- 

 titled to a premium. 



Within a few years there has been a marked change in 

 the method of growing potatoes. Tiie writer well remem- 

 bers the old time way which was a tedious one, the plough- 

 ing being done with a slow yoke of oxen, then harrowed 

 with the same team with a square iron tooth-harrow, then 

 opened with a hand hoe, now by the potato planter, or 

 some other improved manner. Two seasons, I have used 

 the Daniels furrower, which is a disc implement opening 

 two rows at once, at equal distances and as straight as a 

 pair of horses can be driven. The same machine covers 

 in a fine manner, it also does the hilling better than any 

 other implement, in fact it is the most satisfactory tool I 

 have ever used. Li raising my potatoes I did not touch a 

 hand hoe, and they were more free from weeds than I 

 could have possibly kept them by the old process. 



Digging by hand which is at best a slow job, can be 

 very much accelerated by the use of the horse machine, 

 although most, including even such expert farmers as 

 have raised the premium crops of the county, still cling to 



