fiumormis. POTATOES AND STRAWBERRIES WITH THE MAPES MANURE. 
THE MAN THAT’S LATE. 
On every road since railway train 
To turn their wheels began. 
And every station you will see 
A solitary inan. 
His brow is damp with beaded sweat, 
His heart with woe is cleft. 
Most earnestly he wants to go, 
The man that’s always left. 
If the train due ut 1 P. m. 
Should wait till half past eight, 
There'd be one man come down to go 
Just thirty seconds late, 
—B.Burdette—Inter-Ocean. 
“How can I expand my chest?” asked a 
strong fellow of a physician. “By carrying a 
larger heart in it,” said he .—Detroit tree 
Press. 
The boy that sprained his ankle has a very 
lame excuse for not attending school.— Re¬ 
cord. 
Tobacco chewing is so -popular in Illinois 
that a movement has been inaugurated to 
change the name of the Lake City to Chew- 
cago.— Life. 
There is a strong suspicion afloat out West 
5 acres ill Potatoes. Yield 3,630 bushels. 
5 acres .Mammoth Pearl yielded 303 bushels per acre. 
Kll'ect on 0 acres of 30 two-horse loads of tarm manure in ad 
dition to the M A PEEP POTATO MANURE. 
p r> w, 8. COMBS, Freehold, N, January 2, 1887, 
writes: 
Wo had 25 acres in Potatoes, planted with “Mammoth Pearl,” 
“White Star,” Queen of the Valley,” and “Magnum Konum” on 
the whole piece the Mapes Potato manure was applied at the 
rate of 1,500 pounds per acre (three applications—broadcast 
before planting, 500 pounds, at planting , scattered in furrows, 
and 500 pounds between the rows at cultivation) on six acres 
there had been 30 two-horse loads of barn-yard manure applied # 
to the acre spread in the fall and plowed under in the spiing. 
This piece received both the farm manure and the Mapes. The 
yield on these six acres was increased over the balance of the 
twenty-five acres, thirty-eight bushels per acre. 
The total yield from the twenty-five acres was 5,636 bushels 
of potatoes; average yield 225 bushels. Largest yield “Mam¬ 
moth Pearl,” five acres—303 bushels per acre, smallest yield 
“Magnum Bonum” five acres, 138 bushels per acre. 
10,727 boxes Strawberries per acre; no stable or farm manure 
lor lour and five years. Only ihe MAPES’ FERTILIZER used. 
DAVID liUEHN, “Highland Truck Farm,” Allentown, Penn. 
January *», 1887, reports on Strawberries: 
Soil. A. limestone— some rather heavy. The patch \% acre 
was mulched with salt marsh hay. 
Crop. Strawberries—varieties; “Crescent Seedling,” “Sharp¬ 
less,” “Manchester” and “Old Ironclad.” The hitter not of 
much account. 
Fertilizer. Used the “Mapes Fiuit and Vine Manure; 
applied same 1,500 pounds($30)per acre—broadcast.mostly before 
harrowing—then again in the fall another application so that the 
total cost was about $40 per acre.” 
Previous Manuring. Patch IK acre had been in truck for 
ten years, one-half of it, had received only the Mapes’ Manure for 
four years, and the other half had received only the Mapes’ 
manure for three years—used nothing but the Mapes’ in that time. 
Yield. Picked 12,070 boxes (accurate count) of strawberries 
during the part of picking season commencing on June 1st and 
lasting six weeks. 
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•Old that lias given Tl.H'2 lbs. tu uji.ln a year. 
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Cows that has averaged I7.1IW lbs. 
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