. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. LaTK liKAlTY OK HeBKON. single eye, were obtained through the courtesy of the well known firm of B. K. Bliss k Sons, New York city, being copied by permission from their catalogue. Soil and its preparation. Although good crops of potatoes may be grown on a great variety of soils, that best I adapted to this product is a rich, I sandy loam, neith- i er too wet nor too 'dry; should there be a clay subsoil, it will require drain- ing to make it suf- ficiently dry. Cla
. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. LaTK liKAlTY OK HeBKON. single eye, were obtained through the courtesy of the well known firm of B. K. Bliss k Sons, New York city, being copied by permission from their catalogue. Soil and its preparation. Although good crops of potatoes may be grown on a great variety of soils, that best I adapted to this product is a rich, I sandy loam, neith- i er too wet nor too 'dry; should there be a clay subsoil, it will require drain- ing to make it suf- ficiently dry. Clay soils are unfavor- able to the health of the potato in a wet season, since they closely envelop the tubers and bury them so compactly that they prevent the access of air, Ught, and heat, so essential to their perfect development. Should the surface of the ?unnpe potato be kept constantly wet, as it would be in a clay soil in a wet season, this alone will be sufficient to induce decay, although the ^?ines might be perfectly healthy. A wet soil of anv kind is injurious to the quality of the product, it being generally coarse, watery, and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Flint, Charles L. (Charles Louis), 1824-1889. New York, Casselberry
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