MANURING AND PREPARING THE GROUND. 



Plant on land that has had clover and one corn crop grown. 

 After the clover manure can be best applied in the shape of bone 

 A W SLAYMAKER and potash, as they will not bring such a 

 crop of weeds. Del. 



A potato field covered with manure soon after the potatoes 

 are dug and plowed at once, having the furrow set on edge. If 

 E. W, REID clay soil, plow again in early spring, as it will run 

 together ; but if sandy, work with cultivator and apply about 

 fifteen to twenty tons per acre of good manure before the culti- 

 vator is put to work O 



Our ground planted this spring was 

 treated a year ago last winter to about 

 one carload of manure to the acre. 

 About June ist, this, with a heavy crop 

 of clover, was plowed and planted to 

 EUGENE WILLETT potatoes, kept clean 

 and free from weeds during the sum- 

 mer. Had we considered it lacking in 

 fertility then, should have applied from 

 300 to 600 pounds of some commercial 

 fertilizer containing more or less potash, 

 usually the more potash the better, 



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EUGENE WILLETT 



If stable manure is used it should be piled up a year previous 

 S. W. GILBERT and pitched over a few times to kill all weed 

 and grass seeds. Mo. 



The ground can hardly be made too rich, but should have 

 been cultivated with corn or some other hoed crop for a year or 

 two years, if the white grub abounds. Any system by which a 

 large quantity of stable manure can be worked into the soil and 

 well pulverized and made light, will be of advantage in setting 

 J. W. ADAMS and after cultivation. Where barn-yard manure 

 cannot be readily applied, equally favorable results have followed 

 the use of commercial fertilizers, ground bone, superphosphate 

 and ashes. Our foreman prefers superphosphate to any other 

 dressing. This he applies in small quantities before setting the 

 plants, and every ten days during the growing season of June, 

 July and August. Mass. 



