240 TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



POTATO ROT. 



Mr. Carpenter stated that potatoes are rotting to some extent 

 in Westchester county — principally confined to the Mercer and 

 Peach Blow variety, and to those which have been stowed in the 

 cellar. 



CORN STALKS. 



Mr. Carpenter urged farmers to secure their cornstalks for fod- 

 der, particularly where hay is deficient. He thinks well cured 

 stalks, cut from the ground, are worth $10 a ton in Westchester 

 county, where hay is worth $15 or $20 a ton. The stalks will 

 average about two tons per acre upon a good corn crop. 



Mr. Vreeder of Albany. — I advocate cutting up from the 

 ground, and doing it as soon as the corn is glazed. The stalks 

 are estimated equal to two tons of good hay per acre. I have 

 heard it stated that stalks of sowed corn, for fodder, will keep 

 well if cut and bound up green, and left out until wanted to feed. 

 I have heard the plan advocated of storing hay in barns that are 

 very tight, without ventilation. Corn stalks that have been 

 sweated iii shocks may be stored quite damp, and yet keep well. 

 I have put green grass into a barn where I had plenty of room, 

 and it cured well. I never spread clover or other grass to cure 

 it, but cock it right up in small cocks, which lay over night, 

 when the cocks are opened and dried a few hours, and then 

 hauled in the barn, and it keeps well. 



The Chairman. — By using half a peck of salt to a ton I am 

 able to store hay very green, and it keeps well, and cattle eat it 

 well, and it sells well. 



POTATOES. 



Mr. Carpenter. — I tried last year 60 sorts of potatoes, and out 

 of them have selected the following five for my own cultivation : 



Davis Seedling, a red potato, very white inside, I name as 

 No. 1. It is an abundant yielder, and is one of the most valu- 

 able potatoes in cultivation. The Davis is slightly oblong — the 

 seed end deeply indented. The other eyes are not deeply set. 



The Dykefnan is a handsome white potato with pink eyes, 

 roundish in form, and white flesh. It is about the best early 

 potato I know of. It ripens quite early and yields fairly, and is 

 good all the year. 



The Prince Albert is a good yielder. It is long and white, is 

 an excellent potato, and a great favorite in market. 



