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day an increase Of Weight
and Flesh Is seen and felt.
TIE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER.

Every drop Of the Sarsaparillian Resolsent
communicates through the blood, sweat, urine,
and other fluids and juices Of the system the
vita new, sound material. Scrophula, Syphilis,
Consumption, Glandular disease, Ulcers in the
throat, mouth, Tumors N1dcs in the glands and
other parts Of ihe system, Sore Eyes, Strumor-
Gus discharges from Tie ears, and the worst
forms Of skin diseases, eiuptions, fever sores,
scald head, ring-wo. IN, salt rbtum, eresypilas,
acne, black spots, worms in the flesh, tumors,
cancers in the womb, and I'll weakening and
painiul disorders, night-sweats, losB Of sperm,
and all other wastes Of the life principle, are
within the curative range Of this wonder Of
modern chemistry, and a few days use will
prove to any peiron usilg it for either Of these
forms Of disease its potent power to cure them
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tn' aal n ie
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rs Nell u inll s.tsut TANKS l1 mr.i
D,ary rlss
Tie claims cover Ir=r. mH'
wagons lumber, Timber. vrul lor
ago " go kinds and supplies oI eff,
cry character. of deception lur
nisbcl lor fhc nee of. or used Ny
the Us army.
~ persons having claims of this
kind, who think proper to place
them in my llrla. can rely upon
their being prosecuted with energy
and dispatch, and perfected in such
manner ~ to secure their speedy and
favorable consideration. These
claims also include the use and loss
of vessels OF boats While employed
in the military service OF the United
States.
\. Il. Howe, Ag't.
Office, Sardis, Pamela county, Miss.
52-3m
We would call the attention ofthc
ladies' to the advertisement OF ID. C..
& II. NJ. Lowonstcinc, Southern Pal
ace, Memphis, Tenn. They sell
dress goods, white goods, laccs,
prints, hosiery, domestics, &c. at the
lowest prices. moot
r. II. Strauss, Agent for N. y
Rubber Bolting-bes and cheapest.
i22-3m
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Blann has fine cigars and the best
assortment ofliquors in the town.
"Didu't you say sir, that this horse
wouldn't SLY before the fire of IN
enemys" mo more he wont; it
isn't I'LL after the fire he SHES"
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Perry Davis Vegetable Pain Killer possesses
vitore which not alone removes pain instantly,
but regulates the stomach, gives strength, tone
and vigor to the system 1t is one Of those
medicines which Is worth moro than gold.
Weadyisc the good people not TO try eSperimcts
by using the many ntw Rclief5 and pannceas
but call for the ryliable Davis Pain Killer.
Sold by all Druggist.
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Gold ChilIg. Auue Chills.
FEVER AND AGUE.

Fever and ague cured for fifty cents. There
is not a remedial agent in this world that will
cure fever and ague, and Fall other maIarious
bilious, scarlet, typhoid, yellow and other ie.
vers, (aided by Railways Pills. so quick az
Radways Ready Relief. Fifty cents per bottle.
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RADWAY'S READY RELIEF

will afford instant ease.
inflammation OF the Kidneys,
inflammation Of the Bladder
inflammation Of the Bowels.
Congestion of the Lungs.
Sore Throat, Difficult Breathing.
Palpitation Of tho heart
Mysteries, Group, Dipthcria.
Catarrh, Influenza.
Headache, TJ0,h elc,
Neuralgia, Rheumatism
Gold Chills, Ague Chills.
The application Of the Ready Relief to the
part or parts where the pain or difficulty ex-
lists will afford ease or comfort.
Twenty drops in half Il tumbler Of water
will, in a few moments cure cramps, spasme,
sour stomach, heartburn, sick headache, diar-
rhoea, dyseutery, collie, wind in the bowels and
all internal pains.
Travellers should always carry a bottle Of
Railways Ready Relief with them. A few
drops In water will prevent sickness or pains
from change of water. 1t is better than French
brandy or bitteTs as q stimulant.
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To Let.

A Store House at Como, q feet wide by so
feet long. Can be used for groceries, dry goods
Hardware, or any kind Of merchandise. In
quire GAR HOWE, at sardis, or 7. G, BASS,
Como. jyl5-tf
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laH affts aff.ffm elf w 9
aaat cunts W rr il IF
n- eH fts teb in.l w. na PIE
pose Of aus aa'fIE %. ess'ra e. is
Caatty C4ftHt.H. 70 iaaaa aa
de 21al Of N8r s7afytat of q
teaf eng ur '.l. No. a. Cgt
gsf fain fa Chair $50 ~
a. OH itlD t'uaou s.rfy
col W. r. i1haan explained de
object tfiit meeting fro % neat ari
for manner
On motion 10 va ordered tis' ibr
Fhia anl oo'1r.l be clal'y lifhlel
when ibo following citizens were
appointed W. H. johnson Peter
Hubbard l,oht Shields ~ NJ. Sims,
and many otlors
on motion tho Chairman was adj
dci TO Che delegates.
On motion il was ordered that the
proceedings Of the meeting be for
warlcd to lho panola Star, With the
request that they be published.
On motion the meeting adjourned
III. g.. Cruzicr Chairman.
W. S. Hudson Sccty.
Blann has icefor sale at all times
and If you are warn patroniae him.
The way a young lover warbled
Il am lonely to night, love, without thee
uuderhis dulcina's window the other
evening, was very affecting, until
the old gentleman LET loose two dogs
in the back yard, The sentimental
youth had no cause to complain OF
loneliness after that. His new pants
cost S14, and he wears q square foot
Of sticking plaster inside of them
some where. For the next week or
50 he thinks he will imbibo his hash
pefpendlcularly at counter III
healthier that way and he doesn't
really care about "sitting on the style
Mary" or any thing else at present.
Blann keeps leo cream during the
warm weather and he.knows how to
have it made to be good.
Tie Columbus Ohio papers don't
have any editorials now, the alleged
cause being that, "the thermometer
is up to three shirt collars a minute
A western train advcrtises that j
carries a coroner and six jurymol
for the convenience Of passengers.
60 to Blann's foI fine liquors
mixdc in the most tempting style,
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ATTENTION LADIES.

60 and sec Layendcr'S Custom
made shoes. Every pair Warrant
ed
Planters will do well to call at d.
G. & II. NJ. Lowenstcine's Southern
Palace, 1913 Main street, Memphis,
when in hat city before purchasing
elsewhere their heavy dry goods,
boots, shoes, hats aud staple goods
Of all grades. m20-d
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DESCRIPTION.
School Notice.

The citizens Of Sardis and surrounding conn .
try are notified that Miss Mollje Duvall, will
open n priz.ary eehool in this place on Monday
18th July, at The room occnpicd BY Miss.
Fletcher last year, on east Lee Street between
Main md Childress Streets.
Terms, $3.50 per Month.
Parties held responsible fol tuition until the
school Is accepted by the Board Of Education
and become a free school.
Ne3.lm
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VERANDA HOTEL,
SARDIS, MISS,


g. W. RICHARDS.
This Hotel has just been completed, and Is
furnished throughout IN most handsome style.
The proprietor pledges his utmost endeavors TO
give satisfaction To those who may favor him
with their patronage.
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Sale OF Railroad Stock.
R. r. r.
RAILWAYS READY RELIEF,

CURES THE WORST PAINS
In from One 10 TeeRiy Minutes!
Not One Hour
after reading this advertisement need amy one
suffer with pain.
Railways Really Relietis a cure for every pain
1t ia the first and Is
The only Pain Remedy
thati s%tantly stopsth most cxcruciating pains
allays Infamations, and cute1 Congcstions,
whether of the Lungs, Stomach, Bowels, or
other glands or organs, by one application.
In from one to twenty minutes,
no matter how violent or cxcruciating the pain
the Rheumatic, Bei-ridaen, InRrm, Crippled,
Nervous, Neuralgia, or Frustrated with disease
may suffer.
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HEALTH! BEAUTY!

Strong and pure rich Blood-lncrease ofFlesi
aud weight-Clear skin and beautiful CON-
plexion secured TO all.
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DIR. RAILWAYS
SARSiPARILLIly RESOLIElT

Has made the most astonishing cures 80 quick
20 rapid are the changes, the body under
goes, under the influenza Of this truly won.
deTful medicine, that
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ra.t .f.sft ~
IH Watrf4ts. ts iHi ~
Ls tlt fft atH ~ t
sa hove sssa il sf.an o.
maiafsi snl ds slsp very iaf
ifKFfIN 4 uuGgUOp. WHI
.uko "ALCORN mohey iaf a
Two fhoaa and Dollars IN re
minms ~ tetion N newt Hit
sissippi state Fair.
Bell Treble Plano, and B1rdcl
Organs. En- DENNY,
!bi Second ",
Pursuant 60 aclIl through Dhe
Pamela Star the Citizens of beat no
. met in convention 90 the Court
House. ia tie 1ovu Of Pamela ON
the ilth Inst for ths purpose If s,-
Letting delegates 90 represent them
III the County Convention, 10 be
held Oh the 22ni OF ibis month, Tor
the purpose Of nominating and put
ing in the field good men to repre-.
sent them in the State legislature
and different county offices.
Tho meeting having been called to
order, on motion Of Captain Ro5t. il
Taylor Col. +. b. lrby was made
Chairman and G. b. Vance Secrcta-
ry Of the meeting. Col. lrby, then
in few brief remarks, stated the OBJ
ject of the meeting as enumerated
above, after tie close Of which, Col,
Joel Wall suggested hal the Chair
man make a short speech to the col
ored portion of the meeting, when
the Chair moved that honor and
duty be awarded to Col. Wall, who
being called forward, entered into a
short explanatory speech, showing
to the colored portion ofthe meet
ing the advantages, and benefit they
would derive by acting in harmony
and unison with the whites. Alter
Col. Wall retired from the stand,
it was moved by Major w, 7. Woot-
ten that the chair appoint fifteen del
egates from this beat, to meet the
delegates from the other different
beats, in general convention at this
place on the 22nd. After some de-
bate it moved to increase the num-
Der Of delegates to twenty; where,
upon, the names Of the following
persol S was chosen by the Chair;
Capt. r. II. Taylor Col Joel Wal
Isaac Jones, (co) Mcdicu8 Turner.
(coD Edwin Bel, (coD s. y. Powell
NJ. 7. Wright, Doc FIyn, (coD Capt
7. 4. Wilson, Staplotvn Baker, (col
Harry Leland, (e0I) John Falkncr,W
p. ootton, Martin Canon (coD Joe
Allen ,(coyG. W, Dyer, Ihos Patrick
(coDCaIeb Scott(col)W Wesley Caldwell
and j. l.. Fletcher, on motion thu
Secretary was requested to Iurnisl
a copy Of the proceedings Of thi
meeting to the Pamela Star, wit
the request that the Star publish til
same.
There being no other business be
fore the house the meeting adjour
ned.
f. b. Irby, Chairman
G. b. Vance, Secty.
Blann's Billiard tables are all new
and of the finest pattern.
Mr.. EDITOR:
Have you heard from Bro. Hen.
E derson since he undertook to scoul
the kettle white this hot weather
: He stand above suspicion, but if
had INDUCED in such twaddle abou
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8 25REWAkD!

viii pay the above reward to any one who
win give me information Of the shercabout
ofthrcc Filiie which were stolen or strayed
from my premises some time curing ths month
of March last.
DESCRIPTION.
One Sorrel f.lie---4 vars old; one Bay
filie-2 years old, with q blaze III the face; one
Roam fllie--2 years old.
N. d. WRIGHT.
Residence s miles east Of sardis, Pamela
County Mississippi.
j29-4w
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EEELY PAlOLA STAB
SAEpIs DIRECTORY


Anisal and departures of mills. holy
~Chulaboma, Tyro ard Pleasant Mount.
III 6ffives u v. and departs ] p n. Monday
u thursdays iongtowp, Star fiace ans
~ Crssswell mail departs Ga ~ nnt arrives
Il J. every Saturday. Daily nails close a'
flows roinp North ~ 1885 a ~ going
,utfA At $50 ,. NJ. Mails opened fifteen min-
aher arrivals. Office open laily, Sunday
Ic<pied from 7.30 TO G $50 p. A.
JIM. WADDEY, ?, NJ
Masonic
LODGE No. 307 A. T. 4 A. NJ.
Anted Communication third Thursday
~ in each month.
JOHN WRIGHT, W NJ.
IN. WADDEY, Secy
Sardls Chaper, No. II.
Ckder of the Eastern Star, Regular meeting
Thursday night in each month.
Mrs. NJ. A. Thompson,
Worthy Matron,
NJ. B. Wright,
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T',cO Eightn!ng Express Trains
DnlFH.

DditD.
This is the only line from Cincinnati 10 New
York under one management; the only Line
from Cincinnati to New York without break Of
Gauge; the ouly Line whose trains run through
to New York without change; the only Line
running Coaches through without using Com
promise Wheels; the only Line running Palace
Broad Gauge Coaches through without change.
EsSslfyou desire prompttime and certain con
n%cctions, finest scenery on the Continent most
comfortable cars IN the world, most magnificent
dining halls and ample time for meals, and So
fest, best, aud most comfortable rotte,- go TO
New York by The ERIE h ATLANTIC h
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
Tickets by this Line for sale at all Ticket
Offices through the South.
". b. SHATTUC Gen. Sih'rn. Agt. Gin. o
WM r. BARR, Gen Pass Agtp Y.Y
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PASSENGE RS GOING EAST,
Via Louisville or Cairo,
Should purchase tic cts by the
ERIE & ATLANTIC & GREAT
WESTERN R'T.,

forming the best and most comfortable Line 10
New York, Boston and Northern and Atlantic
Cities, with magnificent Palace Combined Day
and Night Coaches, through toNew York with
out change.
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Notice.

For Shares, Circulars, or airy Information
"a to the Grand Real Estate distribution adj
dress or apply to J.. A. HUSTON BaesviLe
Mississippi, and B. +. sCALL0y, Como
Miss. ssippi. tESAsHfl
General Anthoiy r ster,. Agent at EArdis.
will close his office for the sale of'tickstS by
the 18th inst. Get yolr tiskcts bniorc it il
too late.
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Y MAD DoG.--There was qnite
excitement in town few days
bee, caused by the appearance
the streets Of a large dog, sup
|sed to be rabid. He was fired
several times, and finally pursued
of town by some colored peo-
with sticks. We learn he was
led next morning.
MI We have heard of one horse and
e'eral hogs and dogs that have
Pone mad within the last week OF
IN days--all bitten by the dog
heniioned byu us in our issue of the
F9u IL, We advise our readers
the vicinity OF sardis to keep .
'afp lookout for dogs, and to kill
very stray they may find on TIER
rclnises.
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Masonic
Religious.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
81 vices every Ind and ith Sundays Rev,
q Doak, Pastor.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
8eryices every LIST and 3rd Sundays Rev,
B. Young, Pastor,
METHODIST CHURCH.
Services every LIST and Bird Sundays By the
". Mr.. Sage,
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NEW ME!NpnIs TkgATnE

Erected al a cost Of ss5, 900, and now fcnt-
ing for 5000 annually, Palatial and, Cottage hes
idcnces, valuable Business Houses, Vrsmincnt-
~ located, beautiful Suburban Homes, . fnc
plantation in + high state Of cultivation near
the city, and other realty ranging from 1900
to $40, 600. All under the management Of
Mcsrs. PASSMORE & RuFFIN, Real Estate
Agents, Memphis Tennessee, who respectfully
refer to the citizens Of llat c.ty.
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3lst of August.

In the above can be found some Of the finest
improved and The best paying property In the
city Of Memphis, among the leading OF which
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Met 2 Il Monday in J%aruory, April,Jaly,
octUber and holds two weeks.
Elder T. w. Cask:e, Of the
christian Church, has continued
hiss VERY interesting series of dis
course the present week. His
audiences have been large all the
lind, in fact, the church has gene
lilly been crowded, and we have
neyer seen closer attention paid to
INV speaker. He has administered
Ne ordinance of baptism to seye-
VI persons during the week. We
Wlre not present, but have heard
thnt the countenance of the young
tads who was baplised on Tuesday
evening, as she came up out ofthe
NJ Ter, shone almost as the counte-
nance Of an angel, being such a
pjcture of perfect peace as to at
nct the attention Of all who were
present.
Planters wanting their old Gins
thoroughly repaired, will send them
4 by shop. All work guaranteed:
gines, Boilers and Machinery
Smptly repaired.
r. III. STRAUSS.
Office over Kinchloe and Wrighti
bp at Caldwell and Ctitts Planning
|lls.
22-2m
fANTED-Every family in Mississippi t.
Rne bottle of Mansfield 4 Higbee's celebra
|iagic Arnica Eminent, which is a pene
ng fluid made Of Extract of Arnica, Elk
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ANTED-Every family in Mississippi to
ene bottle of Mansfield 4 Higbee's celebra-
iagic Arnica Eminent, which is a pene-
pg fluid made of Extract of Arnica, Ex-
OF Camphor, rare Essential OILS. Chloro-
and Magnetic Fluid chemically combined
which is warranted TO cure pain in five
Fntes. 1t is always ready, pleasant to use,
knows no competitor wherever it has been
One bottle is equal in medical proper
and strength to a score Of other liniments,
II is pronounced by all as the King OF al
p Killers, Reliefs and Embrocaiions which
Re ever been offered to the American pub
Price 81 OO
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Mr.. EDITOR:
Have you heard from Bro. Hem
derson since he undertook to scour
the kettle white this hot weather
He stand above suspicion, but if |
had INDUCED in such twaddle about
the gracefulness, gentility, urban
ity, thrift!and courteousssdemeanor
of Radicalism, some would have
said that | wanted TO be School
Commissioner, or, in some other
way, play second fiddle to this po-
%litical Dagon.
| have no utterances against
these gentlemen personally, but |
cannot feel compliment d by the
foot-pad who, hat in hand, says !:
any dear sir, | would be greatly
obliged to you for the loan of that
horse"
What concerns me most is, |
have been robbed. Our county
writhes under the lash of Radical
ism. It's aphorism is that, rebels
have but two rights left thcm-the
right to be hanged and the RICH. to
!, be damned. [Thad Stephensl.
Solomon says: "Buy virtue and
sell it not" and he would have
, said the same of principle if he
! had thought of it, or if, in his pro-
i phetic vision, he could have mag.
c med the degradation we are re-
: duced to. Principle is immutablt
! and should not be bartered for
mess of cottage.
. My counsel is, hold district con
4 ventions, beat conventions, county
r conventions, bring out your hes
men, take high vantage ground
u make no compromises, dare to d
( right. We can Afford 10 be d.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-01-06
Properly Feeding Farm Stock.

A CORRESPONDENT writes us, alluding
to one of John Jonston's hints on the
Keeping of farm stock, to which he says
he owes much of the success he has since
attained: "When an animal does not gain
In size or weight, you lose all the feed it
consumes, or, at best, gain nothing. When
COWS are poorly kept, they barely pay their
Keeping, rendering no profit to the owner.
Acting on this hint" he adds, "I have in
creased the yield of cheese per COW from 300
pounds to 475 pounds, on an average an
nually, which is 17j pounds, or more than
fifty per cent. gain. This was done by
feeding meal, rather freely, some of my
neighbors think. In 1865 fed 700 pounds
of the best corn meal per COW, costing
Sl4.23 while the average price of cheese as
sold, was ID cents-equal to q net gain of
over S11 per COW in those years. In 1864
we did very much better, as cheese sold
very high. You will see by this that |
think meal does not hurt q cow and
as to turning off old COWS, let me say,
keep the old COW farrow; feed her eight
quarts OF the best meal daily and milk
her, and in the spring she will sell for
enough to buy young COW, and will have
given milk enough to pay for the meal
And this meal feeding does increase the
manure heap, which is the farmers chief
source OF permanent prosperity; not the
least of its advantages, though not includ-
ed in the figures have given"
Our correspondent shows that he has not
read, as so many do, without thought, and
without making any attempt to apply the
principles inculcated to his own practice.
If he can get oil cake conveniently, he
may find that he can do still more at feed.
ing to advantage, and ultimately add as
much to his income from other sources as
he has already done to that derived from
his sales of cheese. Country Gentleman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-01-06

man as they do in the selection of horse
that Is to work on the farm, 1t will re-
main as II Is now till farmers are willing
TO pay more per month 10 man of good
habits than to man of loose or bad ones
Farmers must offer an incentive to sobri.
ETY., morality and to correct department.
Until then hired men may think like the
honest Hibernan soldier in the old days
of low pay in the regular army. He re-
piled to the officer that upbraided him for
appearing. on parade in state of intoxica-
tion, "How can you expect a man to prac-
tice all the cardinal virtues for seven dol
lars a month, when the meanest soldier
gets that any howS"
There may be a reasonable presumption
that man who applies for work on a
farm by the month Is industrious, and not
opposed to labor. He is not to be looked
upon with suspicion as q person who in
quires for some easy position in large
town or who seeks q government clerk
ship Still the relation which he bears to
the family of his employer is so much
more intimate than in most other occupa-
tions that corresponding scrutiny is re-
quired before he is judged trustworthy.
A good farm hand is not one whose only
merit consists in doing very large amount
of work and doing it well. He should be
more than a strong, capable animal. AS
farmers families are now constituted, he
should be free from those vices that will
contaminate the young with whom he is
brought in contact; while his manners
and language should be free from coarse
ness and vulgarity. Prairie Farmer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-01-06
Potato Production.

AS an experiment in developing the pro
ductiveness Of potatoes, a Rev DIR. Wren.
ford, of Nairnshire, Scotland, last wear
planted twenty-siX tubers, each by itself
uncut, in pit dug three feet deep, but
with foot of intermiXed manure and soil
at the bottom, so that the actual depth was
was about two feet At the time of plant
ing, onlJ two inches of soil was put on
the tubers and as the plant grew higher
and higher, more was added until the pit
was filled, The weight of the seed DO.
tatoes was about eleven pounds, and on
digging the crop, the yield was found to
weigh 3l2 lbs, and to number G27 tubers,
or an average of about half pound each
Only fifty-seven were small, weighing / X
ounces each, or less, while eos weighed
over pound apiece, five of them going
above two pounds. In addition to the pecu
culiar method of planting, the leading stalks
were pegged down from time to time, and
asa result of this, in one case, thirteen no
tatoes, weighing G21 pounds, were dug
within circle around the collar of the
plant and about 1S inches from the root
Potatoes planted in the ordinary way suf
fered much from the drouth, but in this
experiment the depth at which the tub.
ers were placed prevented their feeling
the scarcity Of moisture,