The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-04-16
.aGRICVLTURAL.
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Petaio." The portion Of the article relative
TO the preservation Of the Potato, we will give
10 come future number.-ED. PAL. STAND
On the Culture Of the Sweet Potato.
Soil - What kind to Be preferred.
THIS depends much upoa the character OF
the manure, or fsr,illzing ingredient to be
vsed. All planters agree that . rich, high,
dry, sandy soil. 10 veil suited to the culture
Of the swes, potato; but various experiments
hsve proved satisfactorily that s,lG clay or a.
iuvisl soils, when literally supplied With a
silicious material, such a. cat or rice straw,
will produce more abundanly 'hso the beet
candy lsnds. Colonel Bludwor,h Formerly
Of North Carolina, now OF Louisiasa) says /:
Deep loan ssd old slluvial soils yields more
than the bss, uplsRds." W. recommend,
therefore. for the yam potato, old sllovial lean
Sand if fhroughly drained but fer reds Of all
k,nds, 4 heavy yellow sandy soil.
Manures.
We may enumerste all green crops lieted
or ploughed rndsr, cat ard rice straw. and
s,ubble. pine trash, sal, marsh, marsh mud,
cotton seed, lime, comPosts, &C., especially
when ,rampled and incorporated with the
dropp'ngs from sheep, hogs, horses, and cattle.
How and whom applled.-In corn and col.
Ton regions movable COW pens are universally
recommended. claiming the advantages OF
spreading and moor porst,Dg the manure more
regularly and uniformly, and SAVING the labor
or cartlag. New lands, or those shich have
been fsilo~ed the wear previous are selected
as beng less grassy. The COW pens are pass.
ed over from four 10 six months previous to
planting, and the ground we'll broke up 9th
the plough as soon as the peus are removed.
When this system has not been prem'sed. The
land should receive two lIsrings-tbe frs, We.
~ light, drawing INTO a l,st or ridge shG;ev.
or growth there may be and the second tax
ing the superficial earth from the alleys with
the view Of getting al! the crosses and ther
seed unde, the bottom Of the beds. Well
rot,ed manure is then applied, broadcast over
the whole surface, or spread in q drill on the
list, the alleys thoroughly broken up with the
plough, and the beds made up with the hoe
when ready to plant. When the cotton seed
hes been used, two to three pecks have been
do not require 40 rich . soil as clips. They
do best with we'll ro,ts5 manure; slips gov
freely on DE. lands With fresh manure.
With Us the plan OF cow.penning ls .mprsc
'icable, as large stocks Of cattle are found IN.
profitable os re plantations. A little sys-
TEN and attention, however TO our stable yard.
and the stationary pens OF our work catlie
have done much for the Improvement Of our
high. land crops; much more may be done by
making the accumulation Of manure . part o.
economy Of every plantation. Where rice
straw four chief dependency s used slthou
being .ramped by cattle, it should be applied
Literally and listed 10 as early ss possible
ll~sys after good shower, or when tho Ianc
is yet. When the ground cultivated the ca
previous. in some other crop, II should b,
Poughed up flush, end deep, hold, open fur
rev then made at the distance required 10
the beds. The straw is placed 10 this fur
row, and partly bedded under with tie plough
The hoe completes the bedding jus. belor
planting. The lsilIngs or ~ionowin.s frou
The rico crop 10 better than The straw aud
Usually 20. apart expressly for the pola,
field.
Mode of culture.
Potatoes may be grown in bills OF beds
IN both they are equally productive. BED
are preferable, however. ss they are MOI
easily worked. and are less likely TO be west
ed down by heavy rains. Various distance
have been tried, from two and half to o.
feet-preference 10 now gwen TO the nedIu'
! distance OF four and half fee, from centre
centre. Time Of panling-red potatoes e
Q early use, the frs. good season after 30,
March. Vans and Others from 10Th TO 25
: April. A correspondent, from Ono $50. Al
l64I) says, that for many years his crop ",
i planted IN bills, placing three to four po,alo
IN each hill, aud that he had fine, strong, iu
urtaDt vines, bu, no roots. B, putting on
one seed o each hii!, bis crop vas abundat
:, 10 beds. a drill or ,ench should 10 ina,
. upsn The top, tho seed placed stx OF D,
inches sPsrs. and covered two or three inch
deep. according 10 soil and season; the ca