Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-11-08
ro.n;,r Svveet Potatoos.

| A correspondent of the american FdTDieT gives
his plan of keeping sweet potatoes, which viii be
found worthy trial by all who cultivate that IA
vorite escuent. He has tried it for fifteen TWEEN
ty years, during which time he has succeeded in
keeping them the whole year round. He says:
never dig my crops until the tops are killed by
frost So soon this is done get them cut of the
ground, taking care to preform this work in dry
weather if l can do So In a few hours after dig
ging put them into good dry cellar, taking care
to take out all the broken or cut roots which are
laid aside for immediate use. The cellar is prepar
ed by being laid off into bins, large for eating
roots and the other small. for seed ones After put
ting in potatoes until get them about one foot Deep
add dry sand until all the intermediate spaces be-
tween them are completely filed. then add anoth-
layer of potatoes then before, until am DONE
After this merely cover over the top lightly with
sand, adding few shovelfulls occasionally until the
weather becomes quite cold, then cover three or
four inches deep, and the work is done. There is
great advantage in using dry sand all roots go more
or less through what we cali a sweat. and IN this
operation the moisture is taken up by the sand and
the potatoes dry of without injury. Il is well to
have the cellar well ventilated until cold weather.
particularly whilst the sweating operation is going
on. l have been using the same sand for fifteen
years. taking care to slft 1t througha sieve
every fall to take out any small bits OF rotten pota
toes that might be left In getting out for use, let
them be taken from the top, and if it be done by
careful hand, the sand will Itself fill up the hole
made by taking out, thereby insuriDg the remainder
from injury.
The pIanks that form the front of my bin are so
arranged that can put them in or lift them out one
at time for convenience in putting the crop in or
taking out. For instance-after taking off the top
roots fer USE the sand will begin get too thick and
in the way then lift off the top plank and rake with
the hand portion Of TIE sand away leaving. as be-
fore remarked, just enough to cover the proper
depth
have been pursuing the foregoing plan for years,
and have never been out of good, sound, eating po
tatoes but during the whole period and selling
from 100 TO $50 bushels each year, and not unfre-
Ouenty selling the most of them during the summer
months. Before concluding | must remark for
summer or late keeping the sand must be very thick
on top as heat penetrates much deeper than cold.
A better plan, however, when not too troublesome,
is to lift the potatoes out OF the sand and put them
on dry floor, taking care to spread them tolerably
thin.
SALT PREVENTIVE OF RUsT IN CoTToN-Aceording
to a correspondent of the Mlledgeville Recorder,
who recently visited Mr. DICKsoNs plantation in
Hancock county Ga salt is preventive of rust in
cotton The writer Gays:
We took peculiar interest in examining the result
of an experiment made by Mr.. Dickson, which. to |
entire satisfaction went to show that salt IS
preventive of the rust in cotton. |
Four rows of cotton were planted in thin land |
One MANFRED with guano alone; the second with |
left without manure. The row that was MANFRED |
with salt and guano did decidedly the best-was |
full of bolls and not affected by the rust. That ma
nured with guanO alone rusted and did not do |
near well; also the one that had no manure was |
still more indiferent-badly rusted-not worth the /
labor of planting The row that had salt alone APP
piled to it, had not much fruit where the
guano had been used, but the cotton thrifty and
growing. full of leaves and had no rust This re-
suit satisfied US that guano, or any other manure /
and salt in judicous proportion is preventive of
the rust
How TO PREVENT SORE SHOULDERS WORKING
HORsEs.-An exchange says: THE plan we have
tried and never found to fail, is to get piece of
leather, and have it cut into shape to lie
snugly between the shoulders of the horse and the
collar. This tends off all the friction the collar
slips and moves on the leather and not the shout
iers of the herse. Chatting is caused by friction
hence this remedy is quite plausible one, and is
much better than tying clips of leather or pads of
sheep skin under the collar"