60 RICHARD FROTSCHER’S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 
TPomtoe free and Soeance beet | in a eines dry but rich soil. Well decomposed stable 
mInanure is the best, but if not to be had, cotton seed meal, bone dust, or any other fertilizer 
should be used to make the eround rich enough. If the ground was planted the fall previous 
with Cow Peas, which were plowed under, it will be in good condition for Potatoes. Good 
sized tubers should be selected for planting, which can be cut in pieces not too small, each piece 
ought to contain at least three eyes. Plant in drills from two to three feet apart, according to 
the space and how to be cultivated afterwards. Field culture, two and a half to three feet apart; 
for garden, two feet will answer. We plant potatoes here from end of December to end of 
March, but the surest time is about the first of February. If planted early they should be 
planted deeper than if planted late, and hilled up as they grow. If potatoes are planted shallow 
and not hilled soon, they will suffer more, if caught by a late frost, than if planted deep and 
hilled up well. Early potatoes have not the same value here as in the North, as the time of 
planting is so long, and very often the first planting gets cut down bya frost, and a late 
planting, which may just be peeping through the ground, will escape and produce in advance 
of the first planted. A fair crop of potatoes can be raised here if planted in August; if the 
autumn is not too dry, they will bring nice tubers by the end of November. They should not 
be cut if planted at this time of the year, but planted whole. They should be put in a moist 
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