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D. A. Compton. The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato
The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato
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PRIZE ESSAY
ON THE. POTATO AND ITS CULTIVATION
$100
POTATO CULTURE
BY D. A. COMPTON, HAWLEY, PENNSYLVANIA
SOIL REQUIRED—ITS PREPARATION
GENERAL REMARKS ON MANURING WITH GREEN CROPS
VARIETIES
INFLUENCE OF SOIL ON SEEDLINGS
HOW TO CROSS VARIETIES
SMOOTH VS. ROUGH POTATOES
CUT AND UNCUT SEED
PLANTING AND MANURING
CULTIVATION
PLASTER
THE POTATO-ROT—ITS CAUSE
REMEDY FOR THE POTATO-ROT
DIGGING AND STORING
INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE POTATO
GENERAL REMARKS ON INSECTS
VALUE OF THE POTATO AS CATTLE FOOD
HOW TO COOK THE POTATO
FURNISHED BY. PROF. PIERRE BLOT, OF BROOKLYN
THE POTATO:
ILLUSTRATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS
Excelsior
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA
LIKE WEIGHTS OF SEED UPON EQUAL AREAS OF GROUND
Massasoit
Bresee's Peerless, or No. 6
Brezee's King of the Earlies
THE EARLY MOHAWK POTATO
Brezee's Prolific
THE GLEASON
Willard
THE EARLY ROSE
Early Goodrich
HARISON
CLIMAX
Early Prince
ESTABLISHED IN 1842
A Good, Cheap, and very Valuable Paper for Every Man, Woman, and Child
IN CITY, VILLAGE, AND COUNTRY. THE. AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST,
FOR THE. Farm, Garden, and Household,
TERMS—English Edition
