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Show HOW DEEP TO PLANT POTATOES. AniNfrt OMtn1)! t7 Ain Itrjr lntrt 1p I tprrlmtnl. While no oiw depth can le named ft bett In all Ml, It 1 a fart tint timed 1 method of rather ihallow planting nnd hilling up around tli ftrowinfC plant bi( by many potato groh era brrii atiiirr-iwlwl atiiirr-iwlwl ly dc-p planllng ainl ivtiipanv tnely lerel culture. In tJ, on The , Ilnral New Yorker'aexpfrlment Rrotmdn, three nut of tire lowanf n am&ll (dot v.ero by high cnlturo and fertlllxlm? tjade to prod arc at the rnio of 1,070, G I and 00? liiahili to the acre, rexU,ely. The tl woe lantcl l;i trenchee 8 Incheti deep and U lochea wide. No one liaa experlmentet more on the aubject of ilerp nrahallow planting than Ir Carman, Car-man, who conducted the experlmcntt, TliefollowioK aro given ai the areraice reanltafor threw aeiuoua' trial on The Rural gronnd on a different tM. At IlacbridtftHtaBrU jwrarrtv At llbcbei)p(Dbnftt.f?ui(wrrrf. At lutlw dp, SU tm-tfU per m w At lafhetiltplsrTbit.birrarf At U Ibcbc dofp, XtO tmbtb ( arr. TlieMll wa aitnrally )vor and thin and hnd never n-ctdvul any mnuure For the thrro trldl mrntloned Mapi' (MitAto fertlllter wa n each year at theratoof 1, WW pound to theatre A awn above, the fourteen lnoli IremliPi IflTO theUrgeat )letd n tho aCMgeijf threo yearn' tk rlnuiit on IhUklndof land. As rcportnl by The American AgrtculturalUt, the late Alfred !(. of IVnn Yon., N. Y., rnIM In IfrO I m buttbela a n hlnglo mniwn'a crop from two at pirate planting on the game ncr.-Trrlidie ncr.-Trrlidie eight Incite derp Wrru jtralnl to an even depth of ix Imhea. Tho feel wa droppitl in the Imttotn of the trencbe and covered nlth two Inchea of eoll. A the plnnt grow the Ml 1 gradnally flllod In. Other Mptrimmlj. with Urge reanlt from almlUr iim1 of culture, Including tho great crop of Mr. U. II Coy nf 7.W bmhfla from a eingle plantlug, on one acre, might bo men tlonvd. l IJm n lMIIIer n IfllflJ, In ft paper real before the H-JcMy for the I 'roii lotion of Agricultural rVIence J Ik Hmlth had the fullowlng to aay alumt timet Llmfi IngentrnI um ana fertillxer, and to a liiiiH.il rxtent alno u an IiiM-ctl ctde. Teatimony a to It value la con tlk tin j, and IhU I am cfrivinced U tine) to the con 111 ion when appllMl. LI mo uwt m nn iiitcctUldo ought to m In the fun 1 1 of a dry hydrate. To ahelt or atone lime juot enough watt r I to 1h addml to tU then lift through a inIrrntely flue aelve, and dmt on the I meet when they arc wtt, Unlyaoft lu-llil lnerta can lie rtwhed by thl auUtnnce, and the application luuU bo o made that the cauatlo jiroiiertlm of the lime may have n chance, Tbelarvmof the potato hretta uinl ajparagu betU ore good aubjccbi, and twtimony of It ilTectlveneMoti tho caUugo worm la not wanting. , lug aiHt. Tliero la no qneallon about thiwklom of rtnewiugacel, and tletUlly mull grain, from n dlataiue. (Irnlu lluit Im Ui n repeaU-Uly nown iu the miuo )Icu Hy w 111 'run out" -that li, bat e a graJ. nAlly w aker vitality, and jo fivUt tht-M adverMCoudltloniwe mui renaw tlio life of the wed. Henewal from the Mine connty or the aame parallel "f latitude lati-tude are not auflb lent, but live nn Kel tdionld U brought from a locality tlut lutartventiallydllTurcnt clliuatln 6.n.ll-tlona. 6.n.ll-tlona. Tlie girneral principle, according tu Meld an 1 Farm, U that altoul 1 work from the north toward tlw eomh lu hm renewals, but IhU rule, of conre, bo IU llmltatlou from natural cau. With wheat an 1 ait tho luime eed ahould Hot Ite iiwl for luure tlian three iucccmIi o 4notii. , lUIIIntf II-ki. It I ifd nltogrtlur e.y to dcrlbe tho prMV lvivmn n t kit lug a hog, but with the nwutauce of n cut Tralrle Kanner iiumitgC'e to make It understood. To licgiu riitht pt the hojfemircly lu a l-n that w 111 juat hold him, Htun hlUt by a blow tharply gien In the forehead, with a poto ax or atmllar weajftn, half way between the eje and top of tha bvod, or iboot him iu the forehead with reudrer. Tlien h torn tho animal 1m gin to Ktruggle turn blui tfmara on hi Wk, pUctj a foot on ewJi aide of the head, facing tho animal, liold the hmd -tc fc . jar?-mnaMi jar?-mnaMi a uon. down to the ground by placing the left hand on the anout. Now place tho julut of the Lnlfe a aeven Inch blade 1 lon euongh for any bog on tho aulmal throat, at the aarno time looltng oer tho carcAM, and puih the knife In a it rid gut line lu the dliittlun of tha tout of the tall, a ahowu. Withdraw the knife link lily, mid n giubing at ream will follow It out, 1 he Idea 1 to cut the aorta, the great arttry riaing from tho left ontriil of the hi art. If ) ou do not atick JuU rlht the lint one you u 111 etre why wUn tlio Ih-k I oj tied. A little oWvatlon, bowe f r, w ill aoon i nable you to become cijiert. Airlrulturitl Note. rnhlhook tarly Matt niuluii 1 claimed to In the t arllett uivUui of It klzo and of the Illicit iuality. Nitrogen lathe moat cotly Ingreilient of mauurr. Oiw thouoand jvjmid of atatle mamm ranly contain more than file pound of nitrogen, fni Jtural New T..- (.rrilng.tlTrrt. A corrrix)ndcut of Tho Now York I World mji Ho far a my obn'ni.tlon ixtend, or 1 hut hal any vxputencc, I luM) uu uuraorubleotlnlou of theprao 1 tkti weaomvtlmeaere rivomnirnded of ton grafting apj It tree 1 1 poor arietlea withaclonarrom letteraort. If nperaon ha tuo or three tri'eaRtaiidliig In uphco where be v, ant them to coutinui , nud la unwilling to wait for)ouug troeatoaui ply tin lr platen, he may t hnngH tho cliar-aUorof cliar-aUorof moat of tbelr fruit 1h thl wa). Ho far n prht U concerned, I will lu pnftreuco wt out thrifly oung trvea of Mich kind a I want, and wait for them to grow U forv I w ill climb lutoold li w-a uud'iwott HmU and graft into them t. ii or llftn n ftwt from tho grouud to gut K a dlUcrtut Uud of an apple, - I |