The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-11-29
THE FARM AND THE GARDEN.
Let Other Peoples Affairs Alone and Mind
Your Own Business.
7ag ANNUAL PRODUCT OF OUR FORESTS.
. rreatise on tho North Carolina Yam and
Something Further About tho Disap-
penrance OF Well Known Pests.

Tho advance Of civilization means the
elimination Of unskilled labor. Inc man
who does not know and does not caro- now
farming should be carried on has no right TO
pretend 10 be farmer. Whatever human
laws NAV do. the laws of the gods Will not
leave him long in possession oil tho gfoaho'
Sooner or later. by tho operation OF these
inexorable laws. the farmer who does not
realize the importance of knowing his ousi-
ness and attending TO it must let 90 MS
hold upon tho earth. The process OF change
Of worse men for better must always appear
rs an industrial depression For this suffer
ing there IS but one certain remedy. IN 'he
words OF q successful farmer whom know;
Let other peoples affairs alone. mind your
own business and you will hayc prosperity.
INSECTS DYING OUT.
writer from Rockville. Ind, TO The hurai
New Yorker says Our apples. pears
neacbes and plums are very fine this year
from observations am Of tho OPINION tnaI
many OF our injurious insects are becoming
scarce The Colorado potato beetle - surely
becoming extinct, and so IS the curculio' D1'
in q much less degree. Cabbage WORMS cou-
ling moths, etc, are also GROWING scarce.
parasite? II it were not that the Enghsn
sparrows have 80 completely expenen an m
sect-feeding birds We might lay some or ING
good to them. But we can't. so many goou
observers have seen the sparrows CHASING SO
MANY robins blue iays meadow larks doves.
otto away that we must look elsewhere But
where Before tho days OF the codling moth
and curculio Indiana WAS the leading location
for fruits OF all kinds, and believe abe Is tast
returning 10 her former position IN TINS re-
spect.
SWEET POTATOES ~ NORTH CAROLINA.
One Of the most funny things in the South
| ia the nomenclature OF the sweet potato.
| There are Local names without number Tor the
same variety; but the funniest OF all IS tue
! Barbados or, as the Raleigh hucksters can
! it. "Bayduses' Sweet potatoes. as SOLD IN
| Raleigh. include seldom less than three sorts
! jumbled up together, unculled, from the size
| of q half grown mouse TO that OK
| dressed chicken but all are Bay
duses.p For two years have
tired 10 find out Just what tho 'Baydus' po-
tato is Once got clear lot that / was as
sured were pure white baydusess. ~ ~
we're the Tolman Spanish. Another dealer
assured me that his were pure yellow Bay
duses' They were q mixture OF Norton vans
and Southern Queen or llayman. as the Nor
! folk folks call them Generally the maioIliy
of lot of "Bayduses" are Southern Queen, so
/
| "Baydus' is a myth and probably corrup-
| ton OF the SPECIFIC name of the plant, batatgs
Some growers have what they SIMPLY call
vans. " without any prefix. and they seem
very much amused when tell them can ina
| no difference in appearance or taste between
yams and the Southern Queen his name,
| Southern Queen was doubtless q remaining OF
/ the yam by Northern scotsman. and the
| Norfolk name Hayman IS probably the old
est name, and entitled to precedence. 1t IS
great pity that the confused nomenclature of
the sweet potato cannot be unrayeled aud
| uniform series of names adopted somehow
The Peabody, q very large-growlng and
productive early sort with dry. yellow meat
aud light purplish red skin, IS often sold as
Early Red. IL is valuable sort for early
use; if the market North gets ac9uMnteea
with IT, But when fully grown Il Is entirely
too large and uncOuth for the Northern
market and too dry and meGly for the Southern
taste. The NansemOnd Is grown 10 some e1-
tent by New Berne truck growers under the
name Of Yellow Bark The Virginia Red
Nose is the finest of all yellow potatoes, and
ought to be more largely grown by North
Carolina growers for the Northern
markets II is almost unknown
in North Carolina now. The dark red skinned
variety. with white flesh, known veriously as
Black Spanish, Niger Choker and Niger
Killer is also a good and productive sort and
would suit the Northern taste If once known
there The Norton Yam and Pumpkin Yam
similar sOrts-wil never be popular North,
but for the home market viii meet q ready
sale. AS "Yaller Bayduses." The most pro-
ductive sorts are Peabody and Hayman but
all varieties give large crops here and ought
10 be a profitable staple If sorts suited TO the
Northern and home markets are grown.
Wake County. n. c. W. t. MASSEY.
PLEA ron THE FOREST.
The Agricultural Department at Washing
ton recently published figures which serve to
show the Importance of our forests TO the in-
dustry and business Of the United States
The total annual product Of all our woods is
about - zoe 000 600, being about ten times
that of the entire gold and silver output
three times the product OF all the coal and
other minerals and nearly three times the
value of the wheat crop Ii exceeds the gross
income Of all the railroads and other trans
portation companies. Ten years ago manu.
features Of all kinds held the first place of
Importance as measured by dollars. agricu-
ture second and forest products ranked third.
Since then the lumber Industry has enlarged
to such an extent that the forest production
now occupies the second If not the first place.
With these facts and figures before US. we
can realize to some extent what valuable
inheritance man has in the forest primeya,
and tho importance Of preserving and per-
petuating this God-giyen heritage. Science
is teaching us the value and necessity of pre-
serving and fostering tree culture Their
usefulness IS shown in several ways, in the
enriching and retention of soils and as q
preventive against disastrous foods their in
fuonce on the rainfall, and last though not
least. their hyglenic effects. 1t is well
known that in many malarous countries unfit
for the haDtation of man by planting the
eucalyptus tree they have been made
habitable In tho older States much Of the