The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato; and How to Cook the Potato
by D. A. Compton
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- Author
- Compton, D. A.
- Title
- The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato. Prize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton. How to Cook the Potato, Furnished by Prof. Blot.
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Steven Giacomelli, Jeannie Howse, Irma Špehar, Janet Blenkinship, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA), Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University ( chla.library.cornell.edu/)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- SB: Agriculture: Plant culture
- Subject
- Potatoes
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 25905
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25905
- Release Date
- June 26, 2008
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.E-text prepared by Steven Giacomelli, Jeannie Howse, Irma Špehar, Janet Blenkinship, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from page images generously made available by Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA), Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University ( http://chla.library.cornell.edu/ ) — THE $100. PRIZE ESSAY ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE POTATO.
- 2.Prize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton.
- 3.HOW TO COOK THE POTATO, — Furnished by Prof. BLOT. — ILLUSTRATED. PRICE, 25 CENTS. — CONTENTS
- 4.PRIZE ESSAY — ON THE — POTATO AND ITS CULTIVATION. — $100.
- 5.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.
- 6.HOW TO COOK THE POTATO. — FURNISHED BY — PROF. PIERRE BLOT, OF BROOKLYN.
- 7.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. — TABLE OF EXPERIMENTS. — Try it and Report Results. — 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
- 8.AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, — FOR THE — Farm, Garden, and Household, — TERMS—English Edition.
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