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WEATHER CHOP BULLETIN Of the Indiana Weather Service in co-opera- tion vnththe United States Weather Bureau for the week ending Saturday, May 21, 1892. Precipitation greatly In excess, continuous low temperature, and but little sunshine prevailed again during the past week; these conditions are very distressing to the farmers, whose fields are not plowed yet or corn planted, as it is getting very late in the season for the planting of corn; wheat, rye, oats grass and fruit continue in fine oondition; wheat has commenced to head in some sections; in some fields continuous wet weather caused it to turn yellow prematurely; oats, of which but little oould be sown, has improved and stands well. SOUTHERN POBTION. Columbus, Bartholomew Co.—Wehave had another week of rain, with but one day that any plowing or planting oould be done; not nearly one half of the fields are broken and over half, the oorn yet to be planted; clover is beginning to blossom; pasturage is doing well. Rainfall, 2.55. Vevay, Switzerland Co.—The week is noteworthy for violent atmospheric disturbances; electrio storms, more or less severe on all days except on Sunday; the rainfall was profuse, only 0.73 below the _atej.-_efjr.tli9 whole month. Much injury has been done to hillside crops by washing j .farmers suffered great interruptions in planting corn and the prospect continues unfavorable while the rain continues; warm, dry -weather and plenty of sunshine is now badly needed for all crops. RainfaU, 3.14. Seymour, Jackson Oo.—Another seven days of low temperature, deficient sunshine and excessive rainfall intensify the unfavorable crop conditions; farmers are very much disheartened. Some fruit has been blown ofi by the winds; early cherries are a failure; late cherries, grapes and berries will be abundant; the peach and apple prospect is very promising; wheat and grasses are In prime oondition; other crops are very backward and farming operations are seriously retarded: live stock is in prime order; no noxious in «ecta. Rainfall, 2.76. Worthington, Greene Co. It rained nearly every day, and farm work has been at a standstill; a very small area of corn has been planted, Indeed, comparatively little land has been ploughed; the rivers are high and still rising and much of the low land is under water; wheat is growing wo rapidly and liable to be blown down. R&infaU, 1.48. DeGonia Springs, Warrick Co.—Another week of wet weather; it rained five days out of seven, but lighter than last week; iw.Uttle oorn **8 Planted and not half the breaking done yet; pastures are excellent and stock is doing well; gardening is backward. RainfaU, 1.59. Troy, Perry Co.—The weather the past ■even days has been very unfavorable; continuous rains have retarded farm work; very Uttle corn has been planted; wheat is heading. __-_.«Vernon' Posey Co.—The weather jOnwtions were very unfavorable; plow hot u. plantinS oI com was stopped and "BMHtlehas been dove yet; wheat and in~_ W8re benefitted and fruit is unin- jni-ed. RainfaU, 2.40. New Albany, Floyd Co.-Low tempera- dI-i-m exceasive rains prevailed; nc {£"mnR was done; farmers are much dis doi-***1' *neat> °*toi grass and fruit are crrm -?*U and bld *•** to makeafuU cr°P. RainfaU, 2^2. wXT1**16- Jennings- Co.-Another ot_o.n .wnhas fi0 dolayed the planting bjub_.»^f " -^average crop wW not Panted; wheat & heading, oats grow ing nicely; grass and clover are doing well; fruit has fallen from some apple and plum trees. Rainfall, 1.96. Marengo, Crawford Co.—There Is at present the least amount of corn planted for the time of year ever known; the ground is so wet that it can not be worked and warm sunshine is needed most; all vegetation planted is growing well; pasturage is good and stock in good condition. RainfaU, 3 20. CENTRAL POBTION. Irvington, Marion Co.—Wheat, oats, and g___s are doing weU, but farmers and gardeners are greatly discouraged on account of almost incessant rains which almost entirely prevented preparations or planting corn and vegetables; much corn ground and gardens are yet unbroken; fruit is at a standstill in consequence; much of it is dropping from the trees. Riinfall, 2 85. Mauzy, Rush Co.—Very little corn was planted this week the ground is very wet and warmer dry weather is needed for corn; wheat needs cools dry weather as some is too rank; rye is headed; pasturage in fine condition. Rainfall, 3 32 Franklin, Johnson Co.—Wheat continues to grow very fast aud will soon begin to head; but in many, fields it is thin and will not make more than half a orop; oats looks well; although but Uttle was sown; early potatoes are growing nicely with no bugs yet ln sight; no corn was planted nor plowing done during the week on account of continued rain; warm and dry weather is needed. Rainfall, 2-75. Cambridge City, Wayne Co.—E. ery day except Monday was cloudy; the continued and excessive rain "prevented corn planting; aU other crops are in good condition; first bumble bee seen on the 16th. RiinfaU, 3.59. CjnnersvUle, Fayette Co.—It continued wet; most of the corn is not planted yet; t_at which was plantel earlier is up; warm- weather is needed for all crops. RainfaU, 2.72. Farmland, R.ndolph Co.—The weather ln the week was too wet for farm work; not a furrow or hill has been planted and the temperature was too cool to do the corn good; wheat and grass look well. Rainfall, 2.77. Richmond, Wayne Co.—Rain feU on five out of the seven days; aud the excessive rains during several weeks make matters serioHS where but Uttle'cora is planted and much plowing to be done yet; no injury is done to wheat, rye, and barley; but the unusually cool wet weather retards very much their growth; unless dry and warmer comes soon great damage may result. Riinfall, 2 58. Ashboro, Clay Co.—Another week of cold rainy weather; no corn planted and not 75 per cent of breaking done; wheat is looking weU and needs only fair weather to mature a good crop; very Uttle oats is sown this season; young timothy and clover promise weU. Riinfall, 210. NORTHERN PORTION. Logansport, Cass Co.—The continued wet weather has stopped all farm work during the past week; wheat and oats look yeUow from the excessive rains; farmers are much discouraged, half of them have no plowing done; fruit promises an abundant crop. Riinfall, 4.57. Haw Patch, L.Grange Co.—A number of fields of corn were planted on the lStft but the rains from the 19th leave the ground too wet for planting; apple trees are banks of blossoms, I have never seen them so full of bloom; plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and pears, have set more fruit than expected because of the low temperature. Rainfall, 0.49. Point Isabal, Grant Co.—Cloudy, cool and rainy weather has been very unfavor able to farm work, not anything toward corn planting has been done for over two weeks and but Uttle planting and plowing has been done so far; wheat is injured in places; the prospect for farmers is becoming alarming. Riinfall, 1.65. LaPorte, LaPorte Co.—Another dark rainy and gloomy week; the sun shone only part of one day; the temperature continues low; rainfall, 8 50 inch in the past three weeks; farmers are greatly discouraged; apple trees are loaded with blossoms, grape shoots are only a finger long; the tallest and best wheat is lodging and much has been injured by the rains. Rainfall, 1 24. Marion, Grant Co.—There has been one day this week, on which rain did not fall and no clear day at all; cool temperature continued; unless fair warmer weather comes soon'the crops will surely be a partial failure at least. Rainfall, 1.08. Angola, Steuben Co.—It rained continuously on three days and it was impossible to plant, and but very little plowing is done yet; the outlook is very discouraging and probably there will be a poor corn crop this year; apples are in fuU bloom and there is a good prospect for a big crop of apples, peaches and pears; wheat is getting very big. Rainfall, 0 85. Dalphl, Carroll Co.—Wheat has been injured by excessive rains, which also entirely prevented the planting of oorn; in the whole county, there are probably, not over twenty fields of corn planted, making the prospect extremely gloomy. RainfaU, 1 70. Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co.—The contin-. ued wet condition has retarded preparation for corn planting and is making spring work very late; pastures are in exceUent condition; fruit is promising. RainfaU, 2.61 H. A. Huston, Director Indiana Weather Bureau. Per C. F. R. Wappenhans, Local Forecast Official, TJ. S. Weather Bureau Assistant. Number of Days Required to Mature Corn. PROP. W. C. LATTA. The excessive rainfall of April and May will prevent the planting of the bulk of the corn crop before June lst. It is quite probable that on low and undrained land planting oan not be completed before June 10th. Can the varieties commonly grown in the State be matured when planted as late as June 10th? As this question is just now of great practical moment to farmers they wUl be interested in the results obtained at the Experiment Station bearing upon. this point. The varieties were planted May llth, 17th and 19.h respectively, for the years given in the accompanying table: NUMBER OP DAYS REQUIRED TO MATURE INDIANA VARIETIES OF CORN. 1889. 1800. 1891. County Days Days Days Av. whence to to to No. selec'ns ma- ma- ma- of Name. obtain'd. ture. ture. ture. Days 1 Boone Co. White...Boone. 139 121 124 128 2 Munn's Early _ " 105 118 111 3 Kiley's Favorite... " 138 116 124 128 4 White Prolific Johnson. 138 121 126 128 5 Yellow None Such " 121 125 123 6 Hartman*s White_Boone. 116 122 119 7 EarlyYellow Dent " lit 114 112 8 Yellow Dent -.Delaware. 116 116 116 9 Yel'wSpeck'dBent.Monroe. 112 114 113 10 Purdue Yellow....Tippecanoe.l29 102 111 114 The wide range ln the number of days required to mature a variety of corn shows strikingly that much wiU depend on the character of the season—whether cold, warm, wet, dry, or seasonable. With average weather conditions, any of the above named varieties would mature In September as far north as Lafayette, if planted by June lst. It should also be .borne in mind that late planted oorn will mature in a shorter time—say five to ten days less—than the early planting, owing to the higher temperature as the season advances. The average monthly temperature of the corn- growing months for the State and for the vicinity of L.fayette is as follows: AVERAGE TEMPERATURE— DEGREES F. No. of Locality. Years. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. State 10 Cl-P 71.8° 74.3" * 71.2° 64.6° Lafayette... 12 60.8° 70.6'J 71.1° 71.2° 64.0° So far as average temperature is concerned—and this is au important factor in making the corn crop—September is superior to May. Bat can we be sure of the entire month of September for making the corn crop? The records of the S'gnal Office at IndianapoUs show the first kilUng frosts to have occurred the past 19 years as follows, at that place: Year. Date. 1373 _ September 14 1874 " 14 1875 " 29 1876 „ " 21 1877 " 27 1878 " 11 1879 " 25 1830 October 17 1881 •' 20 1882 .r. September 22 1883 December 11 1884 October 15 18S5 _ September 23 1886 October 1» 1887 'J 12 1883 _ •, 3 1889 '. •• 7 1S90 " 25* 1891 „. " 16» ♦Record at Lafayette. If planted June lst the earlier varieties given in the first table (Nos. 2, 7, 8, 9 and 10) would doubtless mature in Central Indiana by Saptember 20 ;h, and the later varieties would probably be secure from frost by the last of September. According to the last table the earlier varieties would have sixteen chances to escape frost against two of being frost-bitten, and the later kinds would have ten chances to eight of being frosted. The last paragraph appUes to Central Indiaua and the south half of the State. In the north third of the State wherever the planting is delayed tUl June lst earlier varieties than those named in the table should be planted. Other facts of interest relative to varieties of corn culture aud sugar beets were. published in a recent bulletin of the Experiment Station which will be sent on application to any address. Pardue University, Lafayette, May 21. Things I Have Found Out. Editors Indiana Farmer: Did any of the many readers of the Farmer, ever see such a magnificent growth of sorrell as the present ciop is? and can any One devise any way to exterminate it? D-m't all speak at once., bid any of the readers know that coal oil is just the thing to put on seed corn to keep insects, gruo, and moles from eating after planting? say about a pint to a bushel of corn, putting in a Uttle at a time after corn is put in planter or drill. Does every farmer know that planting two kinds of corn together improves the yield and quality? Do all the farmers know that two stalks of corn to the hiU is better than three or four? Does it not occur to every body that a dry March is almost always foUowed by a wet summer, and a wet March by a dry summer? Think of it. Does it occur to every body that in planting potatoes, early potatoes should be planted as early as the nature of the ground will admit of to ..insure a good crop, and late potatoes not before the 20Mi, of Jnne, I have known good crops planted on the first of July. And for late potatoes none are better than the peach bloom, and the richer the ground the better, a hog lot, or a straw stack lot is the best. Greene Co. Old Fogy.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1892, v. 27, no. 22 (May 28) |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Transcript | WEATHER CHOP BULLETIN Of the Indiana Weather Service in co-opera- tion vnththe United States Weather Bureau for the week ending Saturday, May 21, 1892. Precipitation greatly In excess, continuous low temperature, and but little sunshine prevailed again during the past week; these conditions are very distressing to the farmers, whose fields are not plowed yet or corn planted, as it is getting very late in the season for the planting of corn; wheat, rye, oats grass and fruit continue in fine oondition; wheat has commenced to head in some sections; in some fields continuous wet weather caused it to turn yellow prematurely; oats, of which but little oould be sown, has improved and stands well. SOUTHERN POBTION. Columbus, Bartholomew Co.—Wehave had another week of rain, with but one day that any plowing or planting oould be done; not nearly one half of the fields are broken and over half, the oorn yet to be planted; clover is beginning to blossom; pasturage is doing well. Rainfall, 2.55. Vevay, Switzerland Co.—The week is noteworthy for violent atmospheric disturbances; electrio storms, more or less severe on all days except on Sunday; the rainfall was profuse, only 0.73 below the _atej.-_efjr.tli9 whole month. Much injury has been done to hillside crops by washing j .farmers suffered great interruptions in planting corn and the prospect continues unfavorable while the rain continues; warm, dry -weather and plenty of sunshine is now badly needed for all crops. RainfaU, 3.14. Seymour, Jackson Oo.—Another seven days of low temperature, deficient sunshine and excessive rainfall intensify the unfavorable crop conditions; farmers are very much disheartened. Some fruit has been blown ofi by the winds; early cherries are a failure; late cherries, grapes and berries will be abundant; the peach and apple prospect is very promising; wheat and grasses are In prime oondition; other crops are very backward and farming operations are seriously retarded: live stock is in prime order; no noxious in «ecta. Rainfall, 2.76. Worthington, Greene Co. It rained nearly every day, and farm work has been at a standstill; a very small area of corn has been planted, Indeed, comparatively little land has been ploughed; the rivers are high and still rising and much of the low land is under water; wheat is growing wo rapidly and liable to be blown down. R&infaU, 1.48. DeGonia Springs, Warrick Co.—Another week of wet weather; it rained five days out of seven, but lighter than last week; iw.Uttle oorn **8 Planted and not half the breaking done yet; pastures are excellent and stock is doing well; gardening is backward. RainfaU, 1.59. Troy, Perry Co.—The weather the past ■even days has been very unfavorable; continuous rains have retarded farm work; very Uttle corn has been planted; wheat is heading. __-_.«Vernon' Posey Co.—The weather jOnwtions were very unfavorable; plow hot u. plantinS oI com was stopped and "BMHtlehas been dove yet; wheat and in~_ W8re benefitted and fruit is unin- jni-ed. RainfaU, 2.40. New Albany, Floyd Co.-Low tempera- dI-i-m exceasive rains prevailed; nc {£"mnR was done; farmers are much dis doi-***1' *neat> °*toi grass and fruit are crrm -?*U and bld *•** to makeafuU cr°P. RainfaU, 2^2. wXT1**16- Jennings- Co.-Another ot_o.n .wnhas fi0 dolayed the planting bjub_.»^f " -^average crop wW not Panted; wheat & heading, oats grow ing nicely; grass and clover are doing well; fruit has fallen from some apple and plum trees. Rainfall, 1.96. Marengo, Crawford Co.—There Is at present the least amount of corn planted for the time of year ever known; the ground is so wet that it can not be worked and warm sunshine is needed most; all vegetation planted is growing well; pasturage is good and stock in good condition. RainfaU, 3 20. CENTRAL POBTION. Irvington, Marion Co.—Wheat, oats, and g___s are doing weU, but farmers and gardeners are greatly discouraged on account of almost incessant rains which almost entirely prevented preparations or planting corn and vegetables; much corn ground and gardens are yet unbroken; fruit is at a standstill in consequence; much of it is dropping from the trees. Riinfall, 2 85. Mauzy, Rush Co.—Very little corn was planted this week the ground is very wet and warmer dry weather is needed for corn; wheat needs cools dry weather as some is too rank; rye is headed; pasturage in fine condition. Rainfall, 3 32 Franklin, Johnson Co.—Wheat continues to grow very fast aud will soon begin to head; but in many, fields it is thin and will not make more than half a orop; oats looks well; although but Uttle was sown; early potatoes are growing nicely with no bugs yet ln sight; no corn was planted nor plowing done during the week on account of continued rain; warm and dry weather is needed. Rainfall, 2-75. Cambridge City, Wayne Co.—E. ery day except Monday was cloudy; the continued and excessive rain "prevented corn planting; aU other crops are in good condition; first bumble bee seen on the 16th. RiinfaU, 3.59. CjnnersvUle, Fayette Co.—It continued wet; most of the corn is not planted yet; t_at which was plantel earlier is up; warm- weather is needed for all crops. RainfaU, 2.72. Farmland, R.ndolph Co.—The weather ln the week was too wet for farm work; not a furrow or hill has been planted and the temperature was too cool to do the corn good; wheat and grass look well. Rainfall, 2.77. Richmond, Wayne Co.—Rain feU on five out of the seven days; aud the excessive rains during several weeks make matters serioHS where but Uttle'cora is planted and much plowing to be done yet; no injury is done to wheat, rye, and barley; but the unusually cool wet weather retards very much their growth; unless dry and warmer comes soon great damage may result. Riinfall, 2 58. Ashboro, Clay Co.—Another week of cold rainy weather; no corn planted and not 75 per cent of breaking done; wheat is looking weU and needs only fair weather to mature a good crop; very Uttle oats is sown this season; young timothy and clover promise weU. Riinfall, 210. NORTHERN PORTION. Logansport, Cass Co.—The continued wet weather has stopped all farm work during the past week; wheat and oats look yeUow from the excessive rains; farmers are much discouraged, half of them have no plowing done; fruit promises an abundant crop. Riinfall, 4.57. Haw Patch, L.Grange Co.—A number of fields of corn were planted on the lStft but the rains from the 19th leave the ground too wet for planting; apple trees are banks of blossoms, I have never seen them so full of bloom; plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and pears, have set more fruit than expected because of the low temperature. Rainfall, 0.49. Point Isabal, Grant Co.—Cloudy, cool and rainy weather has been very unfavor able to farm work, not anything toward corn planting has been done for over two weeks and but Uttle planting and plowing has been done so far; wheat is injured in places; the prospect for farmers is becoming alarming. Riinfall, 1.65. LaPorte, LaPorte Co.—Another dark rainy and gloomy week; the sun shone only part of one day; the temperature continues low; rainfall, 8 50 inch in the past three weeks; farmers are greatly discouraged; apple trees are loaded with blossoms, grape shoots are only a finger long; the tallest and best wheat is lodging and much has been injured by the rains. Rainfall, 1 24. Marion, Grant Co.—There has been one day this week, on which rain did not fall and no clear day at all; cool temperature continued; unless fair warmer weather comes soon'the crops will surely be a partial failure at least. Rainfall, 1.08. Angola, Steuben Co.—It rained continuously on three days and it was impossible to plant, and but very little plowing is done yet; the outlook is very discouraging and probably there will be a poor corn crop this year; apples are in fuU bloom and there is a good prospect for a big crop of apples, peaches and pears; wheat is getting very big. Rainfall, 0 85. Dalphl, Carroll Co.—Wheat has been injured by excessive rains, which also entirely prevented the planting of oorn; in the whole county, there are probably, not over twenty fields of corn planted, making the prospect extremely gloomy. RainfaU, 1 70. Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co.—The contin-. ued wet condition has retarded preparation for corn planting and is making spring work very late; pastures are in exceUent condition; fruit is promising. RainfaU, 2.61 H. A. Huston, Director Indiana Weather Bureau. Per C. F. R. Wappenhans, Local Forecast Official, TJ. S. Weather Bureau Assistant. Number of Days Required to Mature Corn. PROP. W. C. LATTA. The excessive rainfall of April and May will prevent the planting of the bulk of the corn crop before June lst. It is quite probable that on low and undrained land planting oan not be completed before June 10th. Can the varieties commonly grown in the State be matured when planted as late as June 10th? As this question is just now of great practical moment to farmers they wUl be interested in the results obtained at the Experiment Station bearing upon. this point. The varieties were planted May llth, 17th and 19.h respectively, for the years given in the accompanying table: NUMBER OP DAYS REQUIRED TO MATURE INDIANA VARIETIES OF CORN. 1889. 1800. 1891. County Days Days Days Av. whence to to to No. selec'ns ma- ma- ma- of Name. obtain'd. ture. ture. ture. Days 1 Boone Co. White...Boone. 139 121 124 128 2 Munn's Early _ " 105 118 111 3 Kiley's Favorite... " 138 116 124 128 4 White Prolific Johnson. 138 121 126 128 5 Yellow None Such " 121 125 123 6 Hartman*s White_Boone. 116 122 119 7 EarlyYellow Dent " lit 114 112 8 Yellow Dent -.Delaware. 116 116 116 9 Yel'wSpeck'dBent.Monroe. 112 114 113 10 Purdue Yellow....Tippecanoe.l29 102 111 114 The wide range ln the number of days required to mature a variety of corn shows strikingly that much wiU depend on the character of the season—whether cold, warm, wet, dry, or seasonable. With average weather conditions, any of the above named varieties would mature In September as far north as Lafayette, if planted by June lst. It should also be .borne in mind that late planted oorn will mature in a shorter time—say five to ten days less—than the early planting, owing to the higher temperature as the season advances. The average monthly temperature of the corn- growing months for the State and for the vicinity of L.fayette is as follows: AVERAGE TEMPERATURE— DEGREES F. No. of Locality. Years. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. State 10 Cl-P 71.8° 74.3" * 71.2° 64.6° Lafayette... 12 60.8° 70.6'J 71.1° 71.2° 64.0° So far as average temperature is concerned—and this is au important factor in making the corn crop—September is superior to May. Bat can we be sure of the entire month of September for making the corn crop? The records of the S'gnal Office at IndianapoUs show the first kilUng frosts to have occurred the past 19 years as follows, at that place: Year. Date. 1373 _ September 14 1874 " 14 1875 " 29 1876 „ " 21 1877 " 27 1878 " 11 1879 " 25 1830 October 17 1881 •' 20 1882 .r. September 22 1883 December 11 1884 October 15 18S5 _ September 23 1886 October 1» 1887 'J 12 1883 _ •, 3 1889 '. •• 7 1S90 " 25* 1891 „. " 16» ♦Record at Lafayette. If planted June lst the earlier varieties given in the first table (Nos. 2, 7, 8, 9 and 10) would doubtless mature in Central Indiana by Saptember 20 ;h, and the later varieties would probably be secure from frost by the last of September. According to the last table the earlier varieties would have sixteen chances to escape frost against two of being frost-bitten, and the later kinds would have ten chances to eight of being frosted. The last paragraph appUes to Central Indiaua and the south half of the State. In the north third of the State wherever the planting is delayed tUl June lst earlier varieties than those named in the table should be planted. Other facts of interest relative to varieties of corn culture aud sugar beets were. published in a recent bulletin of the Experiment Station which will be sent on application to any address. Pardue University, Lafayette, May 21. Things I Have Found Out. Editors Indiana Farmer: Did any of the many readers of the Farmer, ever see such a magnificent growth of sorrell as the present ciop is? and can any One devise any way to exterminate it? D-m't all speak at once., bid any of the readers know that coal oil is just the thing to put on seed corn to keep insects, gruo, and moles from eating after planting? say about a pint to a bushel of corn, putting in a Uttle at a time after corn is put in planter or drill. Does every farmer know that planting two kinds of corn together improves the yield and quality? Do all the farmers know that two stalks of corn to the hiU is better than three or four? Does it not occur to every body that a dry March is almost always foUowed by a wet summer, and a wet March by a dry summer? Think of it. Does it occur to every body that in planting potatoes, early potatoes should be planted as early as the nature of the ground will admit of to ..insure a good crop, and late potatoes not before the 20Mi, of Jnne, I have known good crops planted on the first of July. And for late potatoes none are better than the peach bloom, and the richer the ground the better, a hog lot, or a straw stack lot is the best. Greene Co. Old Fogy. |
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