The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-05-04
How TO Raise Vans.


4 correspondent of the .Nutherm CuHi
rator mt Dirie Farmer, writing from
Greensboro, Ga, over the. signature 0
"One. Horse Farmer" says <.5
f, ,yEhave been solicited recently to write
something FOR your readers on the cult
vation of the yam potato. will first Civ,
my plan for bedding the seed, rs that j.
the first thing TO be done aud about the
most important part of Tie work The
point aim at in bedding is to have slips
early, and plenty of them. Ny neigh
bors, aud some of them much older than
myself, ask me how | get slips SO carly
| mark of my bed in warm place IL
the garden, take of the earth to the
depth Of about six inches, then put in
stable or other rich manure, that will
make heat, about four or five inches
cover that lightly with dirt SO the seed
will not touch the manure, then spread
the seed as close as they will lay, side by
side, cover with the earth taken of The
bed two or three inches, then put oil that
.Lin coat of Stacked ashes. bed from
the 10Th TO goth Of March The depth
of manure is TO keep the bed hot, and
the ashes is TO keep the top Of the bed
soft. and also to stimulate the sprouts to
rapid growth. Thus it is that get
slips carly, and bed enough seed to
plant my ground at one or two drawings.
If want to plant one acre | bed about
four bushels, and moro in same proper.
ton, and thus it is that while many are
setting out slips in Juno and July, have
mine set in April and May, and they get
we'll 20 growing before the time the
dronlhs usually set in. The kind of soil
best for the yam 10 my county, Greene,
is light gray soil, with some sand if
poor, manure broad cast with compost or
lot manure. don't advise commercial
manures for anything, because they have
done much to ruin the country. ! plant
like everybody else, on bed made with
a turning plough, about thirty inches
apart in drill. I plough and hoe them
about twicc-do it at the proper time
when the ground is in good order, just
after n rain. 1t is not necessary to hoe
them much. They are wonderful easy
thing raised, and almost sure crop if
planted out in good time. Plough them
twice in good time, and you are almost
sure to have plenty Of nice yams and,
AIessrs. Editors,I wish you would urge
the people to plant Of them largely, be-
cause we may have another dry season
throughout the States, and there may be
great suffering unless more attention is
paid to the root crop. Sweet potatoes
are bread and meat, is M old maxim, and
| would add, not only SO, but luxury.
What is better than yellow yam, baked
and buttercd nicely? Every family,
both white and colored, should raise
sweet potatoes. never fear starvation
while I have bank Of them in my yard.
Another important item about it is,
farmers in the South could so easily fat
ten few hogs on potatoes. usually
plant about one and one. half acres, and
AFTER / gather the potatoes ! turn in three
or four hogs, and they get almost fat.
ASHES FOR SWEET POTATOES
Ancrcer correspondent of the same
paper says:
Il notice the question is asked, which
IS the best fertilizer or manure for sweet
potatoes 2; Froinsthe experience have
had in manuring the sweet potato, must
say that rotted ashes, when properly pu:
on has precedence over NIL others have
had any experience with. The plan that
/ adopted was TO open deep furrow
with q: scooter nlng and put in plenty o.
ashes. Bed on the ashes and d sure croI
may be realized on the poorest soil
Cow ponning is good so are cotton sect
and stable manure; but, after expert
;nnefiting5with the hsl,es, they will MI bt
abandoned, provided ashes can be had
experimental Oh as poor soil os | had
and the result YVES rs iina crop of potn
toes as ever saw on any kind of land
Rotted ashes is good for cotton also, ant
almost any kind of vegetation. an
convinced there is not n better fertilizer
~ made on any plantation than rottet
ashes. So every one will find il greatly
20 his interest 10 take special care Of it,