LL E 
752 THE GARDENERS’ instead 
Oe 
can make them keep ; and do not consider them | prevent many of th from becoming worse, yet 
ee 
damp, nothing 
dry unless the mould Spem A to them wt Bs mgr —Do to extract from bad 1 Potatoes, 
not take them into your s unless you want the: grea’ For 
mediate use. 
t DIGGING A D Der ING u 
the s n all Say ; and, if 3 you can, throw them upon straw, | round, and punched full of 
times. T i 
LE. [Nov. 8, 
s posible 
= from bad ee of them, 
is purpose proceed as Slit: 
rs 
rovi i fall wing 
As you dig the Potatoes, leave them | which may be made of a sheet of tin or even ‘of sheet iron ben 
wi a nal mm 
niens 7 ag | gather coarse linen cloth, or hair sieve, hand sieve, or common cloth 
them together and cover them with wW, o keep off | strainer a pai tub or two to hold water. To make 
frost. Next day take off the straw, sp’ wait out, and give | the bad Potatoes useful, wash them clean, and then rasp them 
em t gain. for three one map A if the | into one of the tubs of water; the finer they are rasped th 
he sun a: Do w 
weather permit.. If you put straw enough upon them at night | more food will you procure fro: 
rm m. 
they will not suffer. Ifthe weather be unfavourable, and you | many, take the cloth and place iton another tub, then put 
h th, and pou t i i 
eee 
have a dry loft, or out-house large enough to hold them, you the ale on the cloth, and r water on it, a ng the 
may spread them —_ on the floor, slowing a free circulation | water to run through. You have now two things to attend 
of air so as to d there. They musT be got DREY. to—the pulp and the starch. First—Attend to the pulp; 
4 SORTING THE en 3.—ASs cs ar th dry, you | squeeze o m s m what remains on 
must sort them. k them one by one, put in one heap | the cloth h it, how , till no smell remains. 
the very bad ones, in another those which are not so bad, and | A ve squeezed it pretty dry, complete the drying on a 
jn a third those that are sound. Treat the bad Potatoes as | griddle, over a slack fire, and when it is dry put it aside for 
i d 
set by their skin looking brown, or dull — not bright, = it uae: well drained ; then add mo; 
does ; a very little practice will te: h you distin- | let it settle again, As prar aa it -A again qua, pode off the 
P m™ ‘ou e: 
d 
“Srorrne.— When the Potatoes are quite dry, and well sorted, | the wet lumps of starch on a shelf e other place to dry. Ina 
to store them thus :—Mark out on the ground a space | few days it will be fit to pack up. Good wholesome bread 
six feet wide, and as long as you please. Dig a shallow trench mo be made by mixing the starch with th dried pulp, Peas- 
feet wide all round, and throw the be b sap the space ; | meal, Beanmeal, Oatmeal or flour. You t bear in mind 
over it wi S, 
edges. On this sift or spread, very thinly, the dry mixtures, or deal of le in doing all 
goo 
that we have recommended, and 
set on their that starch i is not food by itself. There will of. course be a 
oub 
brit of the dry materials described below, and which you may | perhaps pte will not succeed very w: well at first ; but we are con- 
eall the stuff. so, get some dry slaked lime, and | fident that all true Irishmen will exert themselves, and never 
dust all the Potatoes with it as well as you can. Then put one m im be said kpi in Ireland t = inhabitants wanted courage to 
which other natio 
row of turf-sods, laid flat, on the top of the floor, all round the t difficulties against 
sides, so as to form a broad edge, and within this, spread t ep 
dry Potatoes, mixed well with the packing stuff, not 
touch one another. When you have covered the floor in this 
manner, up to the top of the sods, lay another row of sods all “ Board Room, 
ms are success ae 
tt ROBERT KANE 
“ JoHN Les, 
“ LYON PLAYFAIB. 
— the = so a half of each sod may rest on the bed it Royal Dublin Society, 3rd November, 1845.” 
that our remarks on the 
o 
E ad, aT pecking seul as "before. “Then la; av We are glad to find 
another edge of sods in the same way fill it again, 'and so goon ; 
till the heap is made. Tn the building cf this pit is | SUbject of POTATO-GRATERS have attracted much 
finished, it may be covered with s at e top, and will | attention, and al to the construction of a number 
ready for thatching. rightly made, it will look like the $ 
roof of a coi cut into steps, a shown in this sketch, in of these machin We are therefore induced to 
ddle. If you di t und d th 
mi e. you do not understand this, ask your apai them, an Sigem one 
t ; make a few additional observations on the best form 
toes and packing stuff are the inside and blank space in the of grater, to assis ose who b! advance 
or two cape by which appear 
th 
are about to make 
h = it 
it a di 
|ang, aer ia tor a “it ec tke ane ta tas 
ouldy. y to beco 
a 
5 ` WINTER FLOWERS. 
YCLAMENS.— Perhaps no famil 
adapted for, me drawin ng-roo tama of plants is vase 9 
seldo ith 
several aril of Fao lovel F lita i ji a 
all equally adapted to the p Šamko ae 
e ke 
toler: abl ly dr ry, and with the returning spri 
the end of Janu hi b 
unshaded bed in the kite n gar Ton, aidia 
above the ground level, and fst well with s 
best for them. 
your yman to explain its meaning, a re or sure zy 
the give y ry assistance ; also t that the rı b ith their balls entire, using the 
5 
Tp lies — bn sound Potatoes, after ing well e compos: ecommended for pot culture, and should 
ing by a ing these materials in 
storing, for the turf can be b = you e up the Potatoes, h ne which we have found = best in al] | Placed ina shady part of the greenhouse for th 
Se cee wit ry ad cae ahs wc | respect, consists essentially of two parts—a round | 39S and Bom pant of Sones Hons AY vi 
after having saved ‘ota: PT e onl diticonce is, that | grater made to by means of a pert and a adr a po towards Dl of. the houses Hae AEAEE 
you must get what you want now instead of waiting till an flat sheet of tin-plate, having two or three rows of ka e2y gare acon 
time. After you have —— the heap, thatch it so as holes s punched in it, fixed in the box or hopper in| p] pit eo beto see detailed. 4 £ 
throw off the water into th: bears and keep out the frost. In 
districts where there may not - dt canton Soticieis to ieii which the round grater : ere and sloping from succeeding years will amply repay the tedio usness p 
the spot, and make the trench as before. Lay on the ieina Š i us $ EANES „plan in its, earlier stages. With PPA it is 
ae stones, about as large as Aj va ta ore them as mu l ny ne h h rest} bulb,” immed 
, brushwood, or twigs, as just cover the stones. on slope equ y towards each other, piesa between after flowerin this, however, will never produce thi 
Moor form the heaps of Pi : ee ; r 
pas ech o aeara Sever ae the idles ofthe Potatoes pioet s them a wedge-shaped cavity h the | gem in the ig ction it me attain a the turning 
‘of the SUE unk ewe ee Ae. We de of the dr i m Thes g 
ete poanian strosa to thine: that to pit Potatoes in your usual fog 2 the sloping plate at that for a fi loured in the leaf 
should therefore not remain in 
ree TOWS = a bc yoiched. "Whos ater kaai of | § 
drum and 
Potatoes are put into this 
h 
wedge-s Sakae: cates their own weight an : 
revolution of the drum tends to draw them betwee 
turne dio the he OER mhouse shelf akas > ee rather 
spari in fact, should be coaxed a rape 
them to uel against the surface of the revolving 
of b 
y years; no deviation from the above trea 
keni thenceforth necess ary. They may be incre 
rum. e of the two or three Tows of burrs n.| by ad the root ; but this, however, 
the a sloping plate is, to cate 
Potato, and poeren sage from ee jor ) quickl y| „The abov e treatment will be found prey to m 
ia down; s oast ga the narrow space oE the other The C. eg oligo however, is per- 
| between the i m an dth late. fectly hani and one of the finest a 
in punching the plates, s ize be remembered sgrin 3 ii = Sst black: an b 
i Ï 
E aa eors This hick is of the Peitai doaie. a ely and thoroughly, and not one which shall merely oth ma seeme See RE 
quence, may be prepared in either of the following ways,— work rapidly. Ifthe burrs are too large they do not | for winter or early spring forcing 
iti a barret SE fre My barned en etier esos peo rate, but, in fact, tos the Potato up into li istinct sections, 
barre’ sand or earth, as sagt, ee aglia pa "e | shreds; with such a machine a large quantity of Po- | respectively varies considerably. 
The amps of i lime should be Broken into pie ed as large as tatoes may be gratedin a short time, but there i gement succeeds best with 
orths time, turn the heap well hens ee th pe aen dak Hal little economy in this, for what is saved in time is | fundamental principle of forcing 
pnd sand (or other dry materials) till n o lumps of lime can be | More than lost in the aa pane? per Sener of | for forcing) these plants is early 
‘ound. Second Way.—Mix well equal quantities st earth a nd starch which i is obta ined. 3 ct the uld be, 
ae ype eee 
afew hours wid i 
an hoes which i ea koan ili hare ce spread: through soe re Vena aie a 
out the fire. In fact, ees to gal des 
Darie lank Shee Benia tate ‘sates Menges he e 
hen 
ete part i may be 
of the machines. Ki ee 
abundance ia wa yt with a warm an N 
ve completed their gro 
ms a rey peter BS patron than t eso ordinary bread grater m 
dori out of a stout tin plate punched full of hol holes, the 
y ha 
which T hontt he b te — of August at latest, 
which pare. eT a ee in g sone doors for om 
‘otatoes are 
‘When Pota’ 
disease shows itself | plate, and op sailed on to a flat piece of board ; 
such a gra 
T 
pared off uan 
Skocia be kept for making s P: re oe machisein thee endis 
may be made in an hour for sixpence. 
Eie A and orega A age honid ba Spar fort took a as quic! 
eee ni qui paba = maridan eee r seesi otatoes whether by han 
tea bite y Potatoes for starch if | Or with a machin bie any that are very much bong 
or are in a putrid st state, should be they wil from 
e month 
apr gt They should me be tee 
ae pon sunn pias hey 
freel any wae red ny ire y nias uld be ee pe 
comfort: enhous' 
These plants should 0 ag be over et as deg force 
est when ra m a 
K h ne ch ths, bea may 
nh god : arm anå aus art of the stove, a in fact v any 
andinga perature of pcr pE 
o i ith a 
ty iaai ” to 55° by nighh wre 
able noua peers pera . t 
very d desirable | for these e forcing, 
- | than necessary before iti 
the milk 
Potatoes LT arpi just as we have recom- 
to store und o: 
‘ors a ee them 
over ppa ee r on screeni 
turf fires, after, having cut the Potatoes an hour will 
VERY BAD PoTators.—Although | ¥! atr rem uspen 
Potatoes into good ones, or to | Of very inferior quality, s 
h 
i 
e | ally dečoric starch, Fis will Tak phy 
p ally y Cal Ar f 
U ICH he 
from h af sae yen not Lae Potatoes, pe 
cases, the pulp should not be left to stand aes er | kinds with reference ag 2 
K a iS 
THE AMATEUR a ae ps 
Tur lov of e 
HE lov gard the lagro fen 
fe 
: 
(iF 
is ster in ae sieve, an 
r h pass 
If, with all your care, | Sieve should not be left longer than is suffici 
em THOROUGHLY or ain iw niich to fall to 3 cient to 
f generally be quit en 
ce Itis only very bad Potatoes that you | greater part of the starch will then have fallen, and 
i ains s ded in the 
water is slimy, an 
o that if mixed with the 
heir ate 
work 5 Pot ‘work and  raifcalon ee shirt 
