Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-03-21
From the Southern Cultivator.
Sweet Potato GUILTY xtra ordinary Yield.

! Mr.. EDITOR believing that the following extra
ordinary yield of sweet potatoes with the system OF
cultivation adopted would be interesting your read
furnish the To those of us living on the
seaboard the potato crop consider very Important
and our planters have devoted little attention in
ertaning the best system of culture The SUBJ
Joined account you will perceive, was furnished
to the Agricultural Society of Liberty County, by
one of its members, Mr.. G. B. Dean. l would fur
ther remark that the gathering of the potatoes
under the supervision of a committee, of which was
chairman.
sin 184S," says Mr.. d. I cow-penned some old
wornout lands filled with carpet grass and in July
planted the in slips. In the Fall of the same
year dug the potatoes and turned in hogs, which,
by roofing, turned up and exposed the roots of the
grass to the winters cold. In the month of Janua-
ry, l849, listed it up in five feet rows in Februa-
ry, powed up the alleys again; In March, bed
ded up the ground and planted sweet potatoes about
the 25th. | put 20 bushels to the acre. or to the
task, taking good to hure both ends cut off; and,
cutting the seed two three inches in length, placed
them inches apart in trench inches deep, co.,
cred deep. So soon as the potatoes began to come
up shaved off the top of the bed with hoes some
5 tasks to the hand. This work DESTROYED all the
fine grass, and the plant then came up finely AS
| soon as the potatoes were all up some or inches
listed down with the hoe some tasks to the hand
Four days after, run two burrows with the Ruggles
pillow, and drew up the bed, being careful to place
the dirt we'll under the potatoes I allowed them to
remain until the vines were about II inches long
then listed down again near TO the plant very light
ly turning up the vines carefully. After allowing
them to remain for two days. broke up the alley
by running furrow with the double mould board
pillow, deep in the centre. then bodied up closely
returning the vines to their places carefully with
the hand. I did nothing more, except to pick over,
in the month of June all the grass. The yield was
from 10 104 bushels to the task row One fourth of
an yielded taCo hundred and ten bushels or at
the rate of eight hundred and forty bushels the acre.
G. B. DEAN"
You will perceive, Mr. Editor, that his whole crop
did not turn out in accordance with the above. As
committee, we measured only one fourth of one
acre Judging, however, from the appearance of the
balance, we suppose that his crop would not fall very
far short of the above have neglected to mention
that the potato planted was the ordinary Yam; the
soil high and sandy.
In addition to the above, Mr.. Editor, you will
fer favor of your subscribers by informing
u.s. through the columns of your valuable paper of
the process for making the ordinary Pine Gum Soap
The attention of many of our farmers being turned
to the manufacture of turpentne, any information
respecting the above, would be valuable
have in my possession the yield of one acre of
corn reported to our Society, for which prize was
awarded If the above potato yield proves interest
ing, it shall be at your disposal.
Respectfully yours S.W., MD.
REMARK.-We shall be pleased to receive the re-
port referred to by IS W." We must leave the
inquiry of our cOrresnOndant ahout nine ouu soan