Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-16
BEST OF THE YEAR
Mr.. Slayton's Exhibit 10 the
Farmers Club.
POTATOES AND GOOD ROADS
Discussed az Length-Mr. sisyton's Trial
On Seed Potatoes-S- s. Bzley's
Ideas Of Good Roads.


club sAd display OF vegetables on
table IN the esntsr OF the club room
Yesterday which was . revelation 10
many Of those present First, huge
pumpkin two feet aud four inches
hong and large enough around 10
weigh sixty-tso pounds, claimed the
attentlon of all THAI entered. A Hub
bard squash weighing 24i pounds was
very much admired A half dozen
plates OF sweet potatoes weighing from
one-hzlf pound TO three and one-half
pounds each were on dress parade and
many expressed surprise that such line
specimens could be grown here. Mr..
Slayton says be has grown them since
he came home from the war and has
raised As high "a forty bushels IN one
year. He also exhibited some fine
sugar beets, q sample OF which he cent
10 Washington and was informed that
they yielded Is per cent OF sugar. tie
estimates that he can raise twenty tons
70 the acre, which would produce 5000
pounds OF sugar. Mr.. Slayton received
his seeds from the agricultural depart
ment IN Washington.
Mr.. smith was chosen chairman for
the day, the president and vlce-presi-
dent beng absent. Secretary slayton
read the following paper on his expert
enec IL raislag potatoes IN the past
year.
Potato Trial
STATE OF MICHIGAN,
COUNTY OF KENT.
Hills TWO feet apart in rows three
feet asunder, medium SIZE potatoes;
yows two potatoes N each hill, rows
one IN nIll. rows one-half potato in
each hill, fiat side down, and rows with
Hat ssdo up and rows with two halves
IN each hill vs. rows with one-fourth
potato. one-eightn and one-slxteenth
In each hJi. and rows with hills sixteen
inches apart, rows with oval shaped
seed and rows with dumb-bell shaped
seed, ct Al.
and defendants all appear. join issue
and enter into the customary bonds,
being covered by Sheriff Hoe four
inches deep; then adjourned SUIT for
one month
June 20, 1892. IL seems that all the
parties tn this suit have had rather too
much TO drink during the past month
and greatly TO their detriment, how
ever, the rows with halves dat down
put IN the first appearance. the whole
came next, then tue halves with fat
up; then came the fourths, eigbths and
Gxteentns in turn. tottering feebly af-
ter. Plaintiffs asked for adjournment
one week. Granted.
July ~, less of drinking and more of
OF genial sunshine has much improved
she looks Of all the contestants. 1t is
plain that the evidence of the halves
Rat down is more compact and up
right, while that Of flats up and Of the
whole ones is more scattered and I'M
even. The fourths, eighths and six
teenshs offer less OF evidence in their
'-order; but II IS strong and TO the point
and seems to be gaining IN favor. De-
PENDANTS request . months adjourn
ment; granted.
Con fdest OF winning.
August 20, all the contestants in this
case now seem equally confident of
winning. The fractional parties. at
FIRST slow to appear, have brought for
ward much substantial testimony of
late, and 10 will require q careful con-
sheraton of AL the points involved in
order 10 give decision which will be
just 10 the htigsats and fully protect
The public good. Material witnesses
beng out of sight the case is, by
mutual consent, further postponed for
nifty days: and Sheriff Hoe and his
deputy: Hook, were instructed by the
court to have all the parties and their
witnesses present punctualIy At the ap-
pointed time.
October 10, 1892, in the supreme
court of experience IN and for said
county and state: In the case above
rscited, its appearing by the affidavit
of Sheriff Hoe, that all the parties
have Jared exactly alike as regards
food and drink, and moral and physl-
cal cultivation; and, being much in
cIIped to keep foul company, were
thoroughly dressed out by him IN per-
son three distinct and separate times;
and IL further appearing that Father
Purple Of London at four different
convocations has granted full abeolu-
ton from all striped SINS to each party
alike. Il IS ordered that the trial do
now proceed To . conclusion.
Tn. Arguments
Attorney workforpsy remarked that
his clients. the wholes and halves,
were the first to appear in court, also
she first 70 change their garb from
green 20 brown; thus maturing two or
three weeks the earliest. winch fact
must certainly give the plaintiffs their
case.
Attorney Noyoudont sprsng TO his
feet, exclsiming: The early bird
catches the bug which thing Is what
We defendants did not want. Again,
'Snon ripe, soon rotten That We do
not want. But u is potatoes we are
after; not potatoes for the pig. but
good. seookabie.' edible potatoes for
he table the most We can get for toe
beast land and labor"
Judge scales ordered that the test
mony be takea. Clerk Slate add Pen
cii administered the oath to each party
separately. Two whole ones IN a hill
declared that they produced 1873 bush
els per acre. 81 40 per cent beng
nerchantsbls.
one Whole one in hill stated that he
Yielded liza bushels per acre, 81 40
per cent beng marketable.
Two halves n hill asserted that
tner gave Isl S-i0 bushels. 81 $40 per
eens OF Nnicn were respectable.
One haif n hill. Fat down. sverred
thss ne turned out i62 $40 bushels,
81 g-i0 per cent ncing cempaaioaabls.
enc half IN hill, fat up, affirmed
ara. ne fsthered feS 3-40 bushels. 81
TO OF ~hich we're OF good rspute.