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We have read this wonderful stor storin story storyin storin
in many of our agricultural exchanges exchangeusually exchangesusually exchangesusually
usually without a word of commen commenWe comment commentWe commentWe
We did not believe a word of it bu buthe but butthe buthe
the American Farmer tells the stor storso story storyso storlso
so well and its remarks are so goo goothat good goodthat goothat <
that we give it place this week weekWe weekWe weekWe
We We like a good story even when wi wiknow we weknow wiknow
know it is not true In fact many o othe of ofthe othe
the best stories are pure fiction bu buif but butif buif
if well told are entertaining and thais tha thatis thais
is the main purpose of a story storyNaturally storyNaturally storyNaturally
Naturally however we are skeptica skepticaand skepticaland skepticaand
and when we read one of these wondestories wonde wonderstories wondestories
stories in connection with agricult agricultural a agricultural ricult ricultural
ural matters feel like throwing out outword outword a aword
word of caution and labeling labelin the mat matter matter matter
ter important if true This is pre preliminary preliminary preliminary
liminary to mentioning a story se seafloat set setafloat seafloat
afloat by the Chicago Evening Posabout Pos Postabout Posabout
about one Darst who claims to iav iavdiscovered lave lavediscovered lavidiscovered <
discovered a method of raising raisin potatoes po potatoes potatoes
tatoes that will not only revolutionize revolutionizethe
the tuber business but make him himveritable himveritable a averitable
veritable Rockefeller in wealth I Iis It Itis Iis
is rather against Darst that he once onolived oncelived oncelived
lived in Chicago but as for severa severayears several severalyears severayears I
years he has been located at Grea GreaFalls GreatFalls GreaFalls
Falls Montana the improved atmos atmosphere atmosphere atmosphere
phere there may have toned down the tinlove thelove thelove
love of the marvelous liable to bi bigenerated be begenerated higenerated
generated in the Windy City Bu Buhere Buthere Buhere
here is the tale in brief on which thAmerican th the theAmerican theAmerican <
American Farmer will suspend judg judgment judgment judgment
ment until it sees some of the po potatoes potatoes potatoes
tatoes tatoesDarst tatoesDarst tatoesDarst
Darst declares the secret lies in the thicomposition thecomposition thecomposition
composition of a preparation tha thatakes thattakes thatakes
takes the place of soil It is upon thi thimixture this thismixture thimixture
mixture that he claims to have secure securea secured secureda <
a patent He says thai a layer of thi thimixture this thismixture thimixture
mixture three or four inches deep deepmay deepmay deepmay
may be placed in a box with eyes o opotatoes of ofpotatoes opotatoes
potatoes on this first layer may bi biplaced be beplaced biplaced
placed another layer of the mixture mixturewith mixturewith mixturewith
with potato eyes scattered through it itand itand itand
and so on one layer on top of another anotheruntil anotheruntil anotheruntil
until the box has been filled Theithe Then Thenthe Therthe
he de declares declares dcclares
the mixture may be heated ¬
clares and the growth of potatoes wit wilcommence wi11commence witcommence
commence and progress rapidly it iteach in ineach iteach
each of the numerous layers Ht Htclaims Heclaims H Hclaims
claims that all that is necessary is t tkeep to tokeep tckeep <
keep the mixture at a growing growing temper temperacure temperature temperattire
acure attire aim and lu to water waici it i every every two ivvu weeks weeksand weeksand vcuiv vcuivand
and that within sixty days of the tim timof time timeof timeof
of planting the eyes there will be becrop hecrop a acrop
crop of perfect potatoes in each layeof layer layerof layerof
of the box all the tubers being p pabout of ofabout oo ooabout
about the size of a hens egg Allthis Allthishe All this tllishe thislie
he claims will result without a singlvine single singlevine singlevine
vine or sprout appearing above th thsurfact the thesurfact thesurfact
surfact surfactIn
In his experiments Darst haheated ha has hasheated hatheated
heated the contents of his box b bmeans by bymeans b3means
means of a steam coil but he declares declarethat declaresthat declaresthat
that this is unnecessary and that thheat th the theheat theheat
heat of the sun will suffice if the bo bobe box boxbe boabe
be covered with glass He terms hi hibox his hisbox hisbox
box an incubator The one he has user useris used usedis usedis
is a small one but he claims the same samresults sameresults sameresults
results may be secured in a box of an andepth any anydepth anydepth
depth length or width widthHe widthHe widthHe
He claims he has demonstrated h hcan he hecan hecan
can produce in a box fifteen feet deer deerand deeiand decpand
and covering 43560 square feet 30 3000 3000bushels 00 00bushels OO OOhushcIs
bushels of new potatoes every sixt sixtdays sixty sixtydays sixtydays
days and secure six such crops everyear ever evervear every everyvear
vear ear He claims such a box covering coverinione coveringone
one acre with the required heatini heatiniapparatus heatinr heatinrapparatus hcatincapparatus
apparatus may be constructed fo for
2500 and that the cost of his com compound compound compound
pound and the labor required requirewill requiredwill requiredWill
will amount to 200 a ton He Hideclares Hedeclares Hedeclares
declares that at certain seasons Iv Ivcan he hecan ltecan
can market all the potatoes he can sun sunnlv suoulv sunn1v
nlv in Chicago at 8 cents a pound T The If Ifhe iflie
he received only I cent a pound hi hiyield his hisyield hisyield
yield an acre on an investment o of
2500 and an expenditure of Srsoc Srsocfor l8o l8ofor 1800for
for labor and materials would ber8oco hi hiSiSoco he
SiSoco according to his figures figuresDarst figuresDarst figuresDarst
Darst declares his potatoes are no noonly not notonly notonly
only vineless or topless but that thathey thatthey thatthey
they are also eyeless He asserts assertsthey asscrtsthey assertsthey
they are as smooth as an apple hav having having having ¬
ing no eye and that he must securehis secure securehis securehis
his seed suoplv from others not bcincable being beinlahle beingable
able to raise by his his process He de declares declares declares ¬
clares the potatoes are of excellentquality excellent excellentquality excel1entquality
quality and will keep as well as any anyWhat anyWhat
0 0hat
What hat can bo done in the line ofpotato of ofpotato ofpotato
potato farming where prices Jlr Ces usuallyrange usually muallyran usuallyrange
range ran e much lower than those received receivedyj recc receivedIM e1 e1hy
hy > yj Florida Flo < 1a growers rowers ower in ordinary ordinaryyears orllinaryyears ordinaryyears
years is i shown by an article from fromthe fromthe fromthe
the Southern Planter The New York
growers owers crop must have been serious seriously
ly attached by the potato blight from fronthe fromthe frogthe
the amount of spraying that was doneThis done doneThis doneThis
This is an extra expense that ouifarmers our ourfarmers outfarmers
farmers have 60 o far escaped escapedSpuds escapedSpuds escaliedSpuds
Spuds Raise the mortgage mortgageWhen Mortgagehen MortgageWhen
When hen T 1 1 ID Martin a Monroe coun county county county
ty N Y farmer got possessed of hisland his hisland hisland
land several years ago a o it was produe producing produein produeipg
ing in about 00 bushels < of potatoes per pelacre peracre Peiacre
acre Other crops were nothing tc tcspeak to tcspeak I Ispeal
speak of but he went to work In a de detcnnincd detennined deterihinetl
tcnnincd way to inprove the place placeThe placeThe placeThe
The farm was poorly drained so year yeaiby yearhy yeasby
by year he has been putting down the tindrains thedrains thedrains
drains until he now has nine miles ol olthem of ofthem o1them
them planted The work was done donewith donewith donewith
with care and system so the benefit benefitfrom benefitfrom benefitfrom
from them would be permanent The Thedepth Thedepth Thedepth
depth of the drains varies from four tc tcfour tofour tcfour
four and onehalf feet and the dis distance distance destance ¬
tance apart is i < about fifty feet The Thttwo Thetwo Thetwo
two general outlets are protected by bjconcrete byconcrete byconcrete
concrete casing and so grated with witliron withiron withiron
iron rOIls as to exclude any animal animalthat animalthat animalthat
that might do injury A diagram diagramcarefully diagramcarefully diagramcarefully
carefully made shows the exact loca location location ¬
tion of every ever line of lile lileThe lileThe lifeThe
The following record of his potato potatccrops potatocrops potatecrops
crops shows what he has done 1901 1901t1i70
4570 bushels from eighteen acres acresaveraging acresa acresaveraging
averaging a vera ing 254 bushels 1902 471E 471Ebushels 4715hushels 471fibushels
bushels from seventeen acres averag averaging avera averaing averaging ¬
ing 277 bushels 1903 4718 bushel bushelfrom bnshelfrom bushelsfrom
from eighteen acres averaging 2G2 262bushels 2G2bushels 2G2huslwls
bushels 1004 1100 100 bushels from eigh eighteen eighteen eighteen ¬
teen acres averaging 283 2 bushels In
1002 a plot of ten acres averaged averagedHOC averaged30r averagedoft
HOC oft 2 23 ° bushels bm hels and he thinks that thatwere thatwere thatwere
were it not for the early frost in the thefall tilefall thefall
fall of 1004 the entire eighteen acreswould acres acrewould acresoulll
would oulll have averaged 300 bushels an anncre an1cre anacre
acre acreThe ncreThe 1creThe
The cost of draining 2000 add added addell added ¬
ed to other indetedness on the farm farmplaced farmplacel farmplaced
placed him under an uncomfortable uncomfortableweight nncomfortnhlewei uncomfortablefreight
wei weight ht of 4500 debt This fact com coming eomill coinit ¬
ill ing it to the knowledge of the neighbors neighborswho neighborswho neighborswho
who had been criticising and watch watching watchin watchint ¬
in ing made them chuckle and say I Itold Itold Itold
told you on so In four years this debt debtvas dehtwas debtryas
vas paid and a surplus placed in the thebank thehnnk thebank
bank hnnkThe bankThe bankTlie
The tile draining merely lJ1erel opened the theway thewa theway
wa way for improved farming Under a athreeyear athree athreeyear
three threeyear ear rotation rotationpotatoes potatoes wheat wheatind wheatand
and meadow meallmthe the land is improved in inproducing inproducing inproducing
producing power All the manurefrom manure maJlurefrom manurefrom
from four horses two cows three pigs pigsniKl pigsaml pigsand
and the poultry is applied direct to the thepotato thepotato thepotato
potato field Plowing is ten inches inchesilcep inchesdeep inchesdeep
deep and other preparation very thor thorough thorough thorurii ¬
ough urii Potatoes are planted in drills drillsthirtythree Ilrillsthirtythree drillsthirtythree
thirtythree inches apart and aboutthirteen about ahoutfhirteen aboutthirteen
thirteen inches incll apart in the drills drillsusing drills11in drillsusing
using 11in an automatic planter which whichjuts whichcnts whichcuts
juts drops and covers the seed The Tliepotatoes The1otatol Thepotatoes
potatoes 1otatol < receive from twelve to fifteen fifteencultivations fiftecncnltiat fifteenmitivations
cnltiat cultivations OJIit and about ten anplica anplications nnplieations applications
tions of Bordeaux using l1sin 178 barrels barrelsif harrelof <
of fifty smllops inns each This keeps the thefoliage tliefolile thefolice
foliage perfectly healthy healthyTn
Tn addition flfllit on to the table rnnnnre rnnnnrelii
lii notntoos receive lle e 1000 pounds of a aOTnnoiinrt ar0tT1f0111101 acimronnt
OTnnoiinrt of South Carolina rock 101 anal nniiiii analsslnhate 1n1h
h iii ltTlo snlinte lnhllte of potash an acre acrerim acrerl
rl rim 1 > n forrniln is s per rent nliosphalo nliosphaloii nhosnhates9n1
9n1 ii 1 21 > 1 fin 1lT11 nil onehalf r Per > rr cent notnsh notnshriiis T1ota notaAtThis h hrrlls
riiis i building no the land in r otflll potashThe > otn otflllThl sh shThe
The selection of seed cl is important importantrrom in1l10rtantPro importantrrani
Pro rrom Roo 00 br lwlJ brghels hels I ho hI pinks out fiftyntsliels fifty fiftywsliels fiftyhl1lIel
wsliels of the most choice large larsre5Tontli la11ellonth largenonth
< 5Tontli porfectshapod tubers to Plant Plantin
in the tll lrt h 1 + st t piece of trrortnO to crow crowseed 10 10seel row rowsee
seed see fl for the next year yefl A second secondrrnilp seeonluncle < onl onlt
t uncle l of 210 r > 0 Inslrols is selected Icltell to toilnnr tonlllnt tohint
ilnnr the main crop Sir WalteRaleighs Walte Walterjaeishs alte alten11ei
n11ei rjaeishs hs are grown evclnsivelv evclnsivelvThe evclusivelyn evclusivelyThe
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The followin from the Michicnn ATichiganPartner MichicnnTnrrnor Ii hifln hiflnfirmer
Partner firmer gives < I the results of cutting onttiruro Iuttinto
to o a sinclo f l1le eve There is plenty of ofonfirniatory ofron ofonfirnatory
ron onfirniatory fi rma tory evidence m I1ence to bo had hadto hftllDo hadDo
Do Single Sin Jc Eyes Eyestoes Make Large Pota Potatocs Potatoes
toes Only OnlyT
T roticed an article artirle in The Fnrtne Fnrtneicnrted F1r1l1eeII111 Farmeleaded
leaded Experiments AVith W itll Seed Pota Potaoos PotatOf Potanos
tOf oos in which the writer critiefee critic e < all allf fillof allif
of if f PS 11 > 1 who cut out seed potatoes to tono tome
0111 no and two eyes e and asks a lu if we 1 do dot 110it
it t hocnivo her > m1e our fathers did T can 1n only onlyinsvto onl onlfllSf onlynglwe
insvto for one sly Vly y father cut a aiotato anotato aiotato
iotato into two to four pieces accord aecorlliu
iu um 10 to size and planted one piece in inhill ina inhill
a hill hillSeveral hillSeveral
Several instances have come under underuy 111111ermy underny I
my uy observation and every single one
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