The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-12-07
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From the Southern Planter.
Sweet P0tatOes-Mn Ruring Salt.
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NJ. Editor Without preface or apollo.
gy, OFF, few desuitory remarks upon cer.
tain articles IN the September number Of the
Plan or.
The article extracted from the Southern
lCulilvator, on the "preseryation Of Saee,
Potatoes" page $40, reminds me OF basket
of large vans, which | saw at Col. VIM II.
Bask-ryIlle's in Meoklenbu'g County in April
isAs, which were grown by the Colonel in
lsi6. They were very large, and in fiue
state of preservation. lie informed me that
he kept his common saee, potatoes and yams
IN the same way, end had preserved .hem
Two years, with very little more trouble than
most people encounter in keeping them one
year.
His vans and other sweet potatoes wero
carefully slowed away 10 cellar, in an out
house, which, as it 10 occupied by servants,
there is KEEP constantly fire during winter.
They are so arranged around the cellar, a.
to leave an open space in the middle, Of about
three feet square, from the bottom to the top,
and it IS an Invariabe rule 10 fire (or rather
smoke them, by means of an iron pot or
oven containing few chips Of wood, at the
bottom OF the open space. Whenever there
IL too much dampnes-, or whenever in the
Judgmen, of the servant whose business il Is
to attend TO them. the temperature of the
weather Is so low as 10 endanger them the
( fire rery moderate, and rot continued longer
than 10 evaporate the moisture, or TO raise
the temperature above freezing point. either
z r -
would no require more time than it will take
| to consume few handluls Of dry, fine wood
I pile chips. In first scoring them away, the
close Trap door is lief, open, but the cellar is
/ secured by lattice door made Of Stats, very
wide apart for the double purpose of admit.
/ ting air aud allowing free, and indeed
rapid escape Of The eshalaton, arising from
them, and which continues for some time az
ter they are ceiafed. Upon The approach Of
cold weather, aud after Ga planter phrase.
Tres have gone through the suca', to which
all vegetables are subject, end which is ne
cessaty To their connection, the closs door il
ST ''S.iiu,sd f1r The opeu one, though hat door
and the Il iOr above them are both perforated
Wl'h al inch auger, in many places 10 insure
free ADMISSION of air or alloy IN equally
lfee escape OF vaponr, as their patucuar
state may rcqnte. Thsre Is no covering Of
Any kind whitsye5, put upon the potatoes,
except tho loor q tfe house, 10 pro,ecl
fbrn
am cerau 'ha [ never saw better look
lng Aloes lhtn those mad- b. Oh. R5~-
kerulemISI6 AID gxalmtrd Is NC iH IsIs.
The aricle, al paec 30 on +" We'll Aiaeu.
ring LrlJ, IS, 10 thu nam, sensible and
lIdiolous. s., the writer, whilst he seems
duly sensible Of tho truth Of the adage that
. circumstances alters cases. loses sgtt Of
It when he 80 4 esma,icalv urges hat IN all
cases, IT is hes, 10 " make one acre rich,
rather than spread the amount of manure re
qU,stc ior hit purpose, on three acres. In
manurIns for tobacco, he may be right. Blu,
planters and farmers aie often so circum tan.
ced that they must make little manure
go long ways" slse f.il in producing O.
nough food "to keep soul and body together"
Experience has led me TO believe, TIM, ma.
nuring in the hill, when ludiciously done, is,
10 many cut,va.~rs, their most profit bile EN-
poyment !; and that even IN broad cast ma
nurns, i, is not always best 10 apply enough
OF the iertilIzng materials TO make The land
rich, all at once. In exhausted lands, orig
inally good. and adapted to clover, we may
be amply remunerated for the cost and trouble
OF even very sparse manurlng with the
wheat crop. Some say We must apply the
manure on the surtace-others, that we must
plough IT in. Hero, agaln, circumstances
alter cases" We may not have time, when
seeding the wheat, TO apply the manure. The
land may be in porous condition, from a
recent fallow Of undecomposed vegetable
matter. Under such circumstances, surface
manutng on The wheat crop, in the winter,
may be judicious. But my experience teach.
esrne that ii is best to harrow in the manure
specifically, Immediately after ploughing
in the wheat, as we thereby get all Of the
benefits Of surface manurlng without so
much loss by evaporation or washing off by
has,y rains. In this way, know, that a
respectable crop Of when, can be made up.
on poor land, with a quantity Of manure,
which, applied broad cast, would scarcely
enable the same land, TO produce barrel and
half Of corn TO the acre. And II we clover
the land the same winter, and plaster the
clover, we shall find It at once, good cash
and credit business--lhe whea, crop furnish.
ing the cash and the clover and plaster, bor
rowing aid from the atmosphere, permanent.
Iy improving the land, and iusursng better
subsequent crop than the first, even withou,
further maturing. 10 pursuing this course,
il is best to distribute the manure in piles, al
convenient distances before sowing the wheat;
and after ploughiug in the grain, (Which can
be done withou. disturbing the plles,) srea,