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Show FARM NOTES. j J A potato ouchl not to be larger than , in ostrich egg. or a nlcoFiod apple. I j Toniiilix s may be a second crop If . he plants are set In the rows whore t ettiice has grown j ( Swi-ct nrii inakia a good supple jj neni.iry crop where strawberries are et In a garden. Few field irops are more dlllieiili to ollow as to volume and pi h trend i han ( lover seed Male, tobacco and potatoes are he three great products of the .oll thleli America gave the world. Karly potatoes m.-iv b" followed by ite cabbages; snap beans will be out J f the way for late cabbiiges also. There are about lnniio hills on an ere of potatoes planted in rows i-ot apart arid It Itu his apart In the r dw. d A week or two before needed for (anting cut large potatoes lengihwlse j rid across, allowing two or three eti-s ) a piece Ninety five per rent, of t' e her. M-pers in the I'nlte.l Stl.tes keep a le Italian In', so you will not mfes If you. too. sturt with them i Cm limb' ra, s'lua l es or other tine- rodnelng tire'ab'ei may he planted , tiong the swot (orti. the stalls Of ! hlch are cm as the corn Is us.-d The lowly peanut has roicltol cm derabli' nfteiitioTi from tie bureau ' plant Industry, especially f oni a rac and o'l pi o.'ni iuz standpoint. Foloc t rl h new ti-nbei land for pr. to-S If I" IS Hi ' I ey! to !M v. he ground si oi.l be w. !l manured, owed deep and i'-il p.p.. a io att !ler. On large farms where th.. owi.rr i a a traitlo'i i ng'iie i a siiupie atter to Intih a n irnt r of w scons geiher and h.ite tin m hauled to arket by the engine. Humus oiens u and mellows henry 11a and aeries to materially dlmln-1 dlmln-1 the loss of fertllijlng elements by alnage. thus permanently Improv t. In the beat way, tha light soils. |