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J. C- Everitt's Catalogue. 
now TO OCT TO A RINGI.E EYE. 
Take any potato and hold before you, with the stem end (the place where it was joined to the 
vine) down. It will then be noticed that the eyes are arianged around the tuber in a regular asc end 
ing rotation from the bottom to the top, similar to a cork screw, each eye being a little above and- 
farther around the side than the one next below it. Now take the potato in the left hand, with the 
stem end down, keep it in -> ’•’vndicular pfosition’throughout the entire cutting. 
Take a sharp, thin-bladed knife, and 
remove the first eye by placing the 
knife about equally distant between it 
and the eye next in rotation above it, 
sloping it to the indenture lelt by the 
stem (see dot'ed lines in center cut), 
removing the flesh with it. When the 
first eye is removed, turn the potato 
around in the hand until the next eye 
at/ove appears. Remove this one in 
the same manner, and keep on turning 
the potato, removing each eye as it 
appeals in exact rotation, always slop¬ 
ing the knife to the stem. After three 
or four eyes have been removed, the 
bottom part of the tuber will have a 
somewhat pyramidal form (see center 
cut). It will be noticed that each eye 
removed has a similar form to that rep¬ 
resented by the cut on the lilt, and 
has its proportionate share of the flesh 
attached. 
After the first two eyes are removed 
no iurther trouble will be met mith 
until the seed end is reached, and only 
a little extra care will he required to 
remove these closely clustered eyes. 
The cut on the right represents what 
remains of the potato after all but the 
small eyes are removed, while the dot¬ 
ted lines show how to separate each of 
these. It will be noticed that the base 
retains the same form throughout, and 
by sloping the knife each time, and 
cutting down to the apex of this in¬ 
verted pyramid (which is the center of 
the tuber), each eye will be supported 
by an equal amount of flesh which is 
i start into a strong, healthy growth, 
lut if eveiy farmer should save one- 
alf his seed, as he easily could do 
for it will only require two barrels of 
,>eis for and acre, instead of four as is 
usually planted, the increase being 
equal), thousands of bushels would be 
annually saved, worth many thousands 
of dollars. But to those who wish to 
obtain a large increase from a small 
quantity of seed, as is necessary to those vvho buy the new and valuable varieties, this manner of cut¬ 
ting so that eveiy eye is saved, will prove invaluable. 
SI»W ’{’€> RAISE FROM €tTTT2IVG8. 
For this purpose an ordinary hot bed may be used. About the first of march take the potatoes 
to be propagated, dividing them lengthwise, and laying these pieces with the cut side down upon the 
soil ol the hot-bed, keep them perfectly dry until the cut part lias healed over and the sprouts have 
started. When the sprouts are three or four inches long cut them off about half an inch above the 
eye, and insert the cuttings into the soil ol the hot-bed. Shade them from the hot rays of the sun, 
and water carefully until they get a good start and the leaves begin to make their appearance. The 
pieces of potatoes will continue to grow, and these sprouts are all to be removed as soon as strong 
enough. Use them in the sa ne mjtnner as the first ones. As s ion as these cuttings have reached 
the heighth i f eight or ten inches their tops may be removed in the same manner as the first ones, and 
this will greatly increase the crop. 
As soon as the ground is in good order to work prepare it the same as for the tubers, and set out 
these young plants. Always transplant on a cloudy day, or towards evening. It is a gootl plan to 
put a shingle, or something of that kind, up to the plant to shade it from the sun, as the hot rays will 
