1821 
30 bushels of 
Corn peracro 
ott^O Land— 
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Seaboard 
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productive prairie land that only costs 
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Home-Grown Concentrates 
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Instead of having to buy quantities of cot¬ 
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farmers along the Seaboard grow their own 
soy beans, velvet beans and peanuts. 
As a pork maker, the average acre of pea¬ 
nuts is equal to 60 bushels of corn per acre. 
The average acre of sweet potatoes is equal 
to 100 bushels of corn. 
Pasturage every month. No sheltered barns 
are needed. Dairying, cattle and hog raising 
pay the maximum profit. 
The Seaboard opened up a new prairie 
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Carolina. North Carolina and Virginia. 
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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
A Wisconsin Potato Grower 
A reader in Door County, Wisconsin, 
sends us this picture of “Grandma" Rose, 
now iu her 84tl» year, who has beeu rais¬ 
ing potatoes ou the same piece of garden 
ground 43 years. She has one of the 
finest gardens iu the vicinity, and attends 
to it herself. 
Not far from her home is a large 
cherry industry, employing all the help 
available during the picking season. Mrs. 
Rose helps with this harvest, keeping up 
her end with the younger pickers. 
Making the Most of Potato Seed 
Prof. W. F. Massey speaks the rich 
truth about saving the first potato sprout 
in his reply to Mrs. F. X. It is the loss 
of this initial bud ’extension that causes 
both poorer crops and. far worsfe, ulti¬ 
mate deterioration, so that even our most 
vigorous varieties “run out” in 30 to 40 
years, beyond all hope of profitable grow¬ 
ing. Prof. Massey closes by saying: 
‘‘Keep the potatoes so cold and dark in 
Winter that they will not sprout, and 
then if allowed to sprout before planting, 
and the sprouts are carefully saved iu 
planting, you will get far better results 
from them when used as seed.” 
To make his excellent article complete 
he should have added this, which I do 
not doubt he himself knows : 
If your seed potatoes start to sprout 
in March, or if your ground is not ready, 
so that vou cannot plant till late, say in 
May or June, this valuable first single 
6prout can always be kept perfectly by 
at once spreading the tubers out in a 
JL Sample of ‘'Grandma” Rose's Potato 
Crop 
single layer, exposed to full light. If 
direct sunlight, so much the better. We 
use the barn floor, opening the south 
doors ou them every day aud closiug them 
on cold nights. 
Seed tubers can be so kept, entirely 
without loss of vitality, even into July, if 
turned over about every week or 10 days 
(by hand, of course). Curiously enough, 
the original sprout will stay ou. stubby, 
green and full of great vigor, ready to 
come up in a few days whenever planted. 
They must not be cut till the day of plant¬ 
ing. but the sprouts are short and solid, 
and they may be handled roughly—even 
planted by machine, if turned faithfully 
through the exposed period, and plenty of 
light-exposure given. After danger of 
frost3 they may be spread outdoors, ou 
boards or hard ground; otherwise they 
might strike root. D. s. K. 
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power for belt-driven machinery —at the same 
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Puffballs and Their Imitators 
I noticed some time ago a reference to 
puffballs ae food, which is all right. They 
are excellent. It is well, however, to cau¬ 
tion gatherers that there is a small fungus 
looking very much like the small puff¬ 
balls that is quite poisonous. These 
poisonous ones do not grow large, seldom 
larger than an inch in diameter, and are 
covered with tiny little white pimples. 
When very small the two kinds are very 
much alike. It is wise to steer clear of 
very small puffballs, as they grow at the 
same time and place. l. c. p. 
Columbia, Pa. 
John Thomas, Jr., bad been carefully 
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drink of water and was about to dream 
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