The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-04-14

The Producing Power OF Potatoes.

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If you seat dozen hungry guest
at q table that contains only foo,
enough for six, although of the bes
quality, the oloth and dishes scrupu
lously clean, and tho attendance am
pic, your gests will eat up all ther,
is and still feel lank and hungry
But If you seat only six at q table
that contains food enough for l2
each one will eat that which suits bis
appetite best, and all will be oom.
iortatly full. Thss figure contain.
tie whole question of profitaLly ma
nuring for a potato crop. There
must be more prepared food in the
ground than the Drop can eat, or a
tull and increased dovlopemont arc
out the question. But SUI pposo that
there is more than enough food in
the ground, how shall we induce the
plants to consume moro than is their
wont, and consequently to grow
more Z BY increasing the number
Of their roots.
A potato plant in the common way
will make two or threo joints before
1t reaches tho surface. If it be COW
cred lightly 1t will make short joiuts,
if deeply it will make; long j,ints,
and and each joint will; throw out a
set of roots. Horo is the place for
the brains and hand Of the ia,provor !
First cover lightly and obtain short
J rints, then whom the shoots arc about
to troa k through, cover again with
two inches more soil. In this second
covering the shoots in their progress
to tho surfac will make more Joints.
Whom about to break .through, a
third time cover them up again it
may DO done when they are even three
inotes high, and they may be covered
quite over without injury. If when
they are we'll out of the ground we
dig some Of them up, we shall find
that they will have made six or seven
joints with full set of roots grow
ing from every joint, instead of only
three joints with three sets Of roots.
Here, then, we have twice as many
hungry mouths in search Of food, and
if the food DO there y hat is to hindor
them growing7 This il q method of
my own, aud it hasinorsased my Drop
generally about one tEird, With .
worry triding extra expense. And
this Is Quo Of the plaoos in which
have found some money for what
ever increases the crop without extra
cost is SO much clear gain. If the
land is mellow, without brush or
large stones, q scantlihg rugged to
draw slantingly along the drills will
do for tho first and second oper ,tions,
and a double mcld board -plow will o
nicely for the other. But whom the
whole is done by hand it will pay
han dsomely. Potatoes managed in
this way should bs planted about five
inches below the level sulface of the
ground William Hunt, New Lon
don Co., Conn.
T. J. Milliken, one of tho wealth..
est merchants in Saoram ento, took for
a second wife young ootoroon. She
was very pretty, woll educated, and
her African blood was barely per.
ceptible. The marriage was opposed
by the children of tho frst wife, who
would have no acquaintance with
their step-mother. A short time
ago Millikcn died. Hlving mape no
will The octoroon wife could only
claim the wife's usual share of the
pro' erty. The estate was worth
about million dollars. Tho chill
dr'a are contestiug her right to
rnything, basing lhoir suit on the
fact of Mrs. Milliken being part
negro, the California law declaring
that call marriages between white
persons and negroes or mulattoes are
illegal and void" The evidence
shows that during tho years Of Mr..
Milliken's welded life with his
second wife she was received in good
society, although her tuint of blood
was we'll known, and that his affec.
tion and respect for her were sincere.
The defence is that the law particu-
laIly designates "negroes and mu.
iattoes" as ineligible for marriage
with white persons, and that the
wife in this instance was neither,
being only one.eighth negro. A
decision has not been reahed.
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