SEE0-TIH3E AH© HABVEST, 
it is not absolutely necessary that this be en¬ 
forced as the stalls are all alike. If only 
one were put into each stall, no other pre¬ 
caution need be taken on that score. The 
backs of these stalls can be closed by little 
swinging or sliding doors. Some have an 
idea that this is too much trouble, 3 'et they 
would find upon trial that their calves would 
cause them less trouble in the end, if so 
treated, saying nothing of the increased 
thrift, thus induced. The calves can be 
more economically fed, and each one is sure 
of getting its share without fighting for it. 
If one needs a little extra pampering, it can 
be favored without any risk of the others 
spilling or appropriating its rations or extras. 
The bovine creation, from babyhood up, is 
inclined to the belligerent and we cannot 
afford to allow them to take their chances 
in a community capacity from the reasons 
above stated. From personal trials I am 
convinced that more than enough is saved 
from their feed to pay for the extra labor 
and material needed to construct such an 
arrangement as I have sketched. And I 
know, too, that my calves come out in bet¬ 
ter condition than they did before being 
separated. 
Appleton, Wis. 
Premium Potatoes. 
BY ALFRED ROSE. 
Editor Seed-Time and Harvest: May 
20th, 1883, I planted the Premium Potatoes 
on one-half acre of ground; there w'ere 
two varieties planted on this same plot, 
each occupying one-fourth of an acre. The 
varieties were Invincible and Rocky Moun¬ 
tain Rose, both new varieties. The crop 
was harvested September 1, and carefully 
weighed. The weight of both kinds was 
24989 pounds, making 416 bushels and 29 
pounds, all grown on one-half of an acre. 
There were 215 bushels of the Invincibles 
and 201 bushels and 29 pounds of the Rocky 
Mountain Rose. The soil on which these 
potatoes were grown was a rich sandy 
loam. It was first plowed and then cross- 
plowed; then 200 pounds of Commercial 
Potato Manure and four cords of well-rot¬ 
ted barn-yard manure were spread evenly 
and broadcast on the one-half acre; then 
harrowed in as usual. My seed had been 
cut to single eyes, and dusted with plaster 
and lime; trenches were opened with a 
plow, full six inches deep and three feet 
apart; 100 pounds of potato fertilizer mixed 
with 100 pounds of plaster was then scat¬ 
tered in the drills; the seed was now drop¬ 
ped, two pieces of one eye each in the drills, 
eleven inches apart, and covered two inch¬ 
es and a half deep. Soon as they were well 
up I scattered in the drills and around the 
potatoes 150 pounds of the potato manure 
mixed with plaster; then I cultivated and 
hoed the crop. Before cultivating the 
second time, I scattered on the sides of the 
rows 150 pounds more of the potato ma¬ 
nure. They were cultivated and hoed four 
times each, and then hilled up with aliiller. 
The cost of this one-lialf acre crop of pota¬ 
toes, including interest,' taxes, manure, 
seed, working the one-half acre, harvesting, 
&c., all told, was not over $40. So that the 
4164 bushels cost less than 10 cents per 
bushel. The premium gained, more than 
paid the whole cost. 
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