Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending the cultivation of plants, the husbandry of the domestic animals, and the economy of the farm elementsofpracti00lowd Year: 1838 THE POTATO. 319 After an interval, as a fortnight or more, the horse-hoe with lateral coulters is again to pass along the intervals. Imme- diately succeeding the horse-hoe, the hand-hoers are to follow as before, hoeing about the plants and cutting up all weeds. This is generally sufficient to clean the land in an effectual manner, though sometimes, when it is exceedingl
Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending the cultivation of plants, the husbandry of the domestic animals, and the economy of the farm elementsofpracti00lowd Year: 1838 THE POTATO. 319 After an interval, as a fortnight or more, the horse-hoe with lateral coulters is again to pass along the intervals. Imme- diately succeeding the horse-hoe, the hand-hoers are to follow as before, hoeing about the plants and cutting up all weeds. This is generally sufficient to clean the land in an effectual manner, though sometimes, when it is exceedingly full of weeds, a third hoeing may take place. The last operation is raising the earth to the stems of the plants. This is done by a double mould-board plough passing once along the intervals, and throwing up the earth towards each row. A transverse section of the ground will then appear thus; Fig. 162. This in all cases completes the culture of the potato. The plants will now grow with quickness, their stems spreading over the intervals and covering the entire ground. Deviations from this method of culture may take place, but these it is unnecessary to detail. It is sufficient to have ex- plained one practice, simple, cheap, and efficient, and which, under all circumstances of potato-culture in the fields in this country, can be carried into effect. The crop requires no further attention until the tubers are ready to be taken up when ripe, which is generally in the month of October. The operation of taking up the tubers may, upon the small scale, be performed by digging them up with a three-pronged fork; but, on the large scale, it is to be performed by the plough. The plough, from which the coulter has been previously
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