The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-08-17
The Evansville Farmers Club.

The Evansville Farmers Club held its
regular monthly meeting Saturday even
ing at the residence of Mr.. A. J. Bennett,
Contec Station, this county.
The secretary, Mr. D. NJ. Nesbit, was
called upon for report On the sweet po-
tato export inquiry initiated by the Vans
Vile Farmers Club. Mr.. Nesbit stated
that the Secretary of Agriculture had au-
thorized the sending of 10 barrels of sweet
potatoes to London and as many to Paris.
He read abstracts from letters of the de-
partment's agents in those cities. The
potatoes sent to Paris were put on exhibit
ton at the Worlds FAIR and attracted
much attic ntion. Those sent to London
were put on the market and reports re-
ceived encouraged Secretary Wilson to
continue his efforts to have American
sweet potatoes regularly installed in the
markets of Europe. 1t is not expected
that our exports of sweet potatoes will
be limited to the tubcrs in their natural
form but will include the canned and
desiccated products of the sweet potato
concerning which the secretary OF the
club has received many letters. There
is reason to hope that the demand for
American sweet potatoes in Europe will
in few years come to be, as the demand
for American fruits have has already be-
come, of very great Importance.
resolution was passed thanking Score
tary Wilson for his courtesy in giving
this report to the Evansville Farmers Club
in advance of its official pub ication and
for the vigorous action he has taken III
pushing this promising inquiry.
The members of the club regard the
sweet potato experiment as the most i'm
portant move made for many years ill the
interest of the farmers and truckers of
this State, and in fact of the greatest in
tercst to our whole country. The potatoes
not only met with favor, but were regard
ed by all who tried them the greatest AID
most attractive of the vegetables, and
they really sold at a very large price,
enough to realize nearly double the amount
to be got for them in this country clear
of all expenses.
Director Harry J. Patterson, of the
Maryland Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton, on the cultivation of tobacco in
MARYLAND says: "The more nearly level
and smooth the surface of the ground can
be kept the better, but thorough cultiva-
ton does not mean deep cultivation.
Tobacco does best on soil which is deep
and loose, but the deepening and loosen
ing of the soil should be done before the
plants are set, and the shallowcr the cult
walton which is given afterward the more
satisfactory will be the results. Tobacco
is in the main shallow and surface feed
err, so that whenever the soil is given
deep cultivation which distrubs and breaks
the roots, the Plant is necessarily weak
ened by having its meaus for supply
ing nourishment and moisture decreased.
A constant supply of nourishment is as
necessary to growing plant as to grow
ing animal, and the cutting off of some
of its roots as will be done by cultivating
from four to six inches deep, gives the
plants check from which they are liable
never to recover. Cultivation should be-
gan Immediately after the first rain that
follows setting and should be as shallow
as possible.