The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1901-10-17
FACTS ABOUT THE SWEET POTATO.
Prom the New York Sun.

Nesbii, a grower Of Maryland, for the
Department Of Agriculture, at the re-
quest Of Major Henry L. Alvord,
chief of the dairy division of the
bureau Of animal industry. Mr.. Nes-
tit was put in charge of some expert
mental shipments TO Europe made
early In 1900 by the Department of
Agriculture, and these opened up so
many possibilities for expectation to
European countries that he was ask
ed to prepare paper on the sweet
potato.
The paper will be of special inter
est to growers in view OF the recent
ly reported organization in New
Jersey of n concern which intends to
broaden out one Of the branches Of
the sweet potato raising industry by
making Hour out Of the sweet potato.
| lHc Hour, IL IN huIu, chn Dc ubcu "S
blend for wheat, rye aud corn -four,
and II Is asserted that these nours are
made richer aud more nutritious and
are protected from mold or sialeness
by such blending, II. 5. Morris, Of
Vincland, y. j., the organizer of the
company, saws that beyond u doubt
there are in this new industry great
possibilities tor the utilization of the
great sweet potato crop OF the South,
for which in the past = very unsslis-
factory market has in most cases
been obtained.
IN the beginning of the paper Mr..
Nesbit gives n list OF names more or
less generally used to designate vari-
ctlcs OF the sweet potato. lie names
eighty varieties aud SAYS those are
not all. Here arc u few of them:
Barbsdoes, Bermuda red, Bermuda
white. big stem Jersey, Black Span
ish, Voca Sagarlo, Chinese thirty
days, Delaware, Dog River. General
Grant, Gold Skie, llayli Spanish, five
varieties of the Java potato, Mexican,
several Manscmonds, negro chOker,
Old Maurice, Orange, Orleans red,
Paragon, radisha, Peabody, Pimento,
Poland, Porto Nicio, Providence,
Rcdding, Red Nose, Shanghai, South
orn Queen, Strasburg, Tennessee
TicOtea and Ninclcss.
There are many Of what Mr.. Ncs-
bit calls types of the sweet potato.
These are usually names applied
: locally. Jersey sweets. for instance,
is type. What Mr.. Ncsbt regards
as the essentials for profitable field
culture arc vigor, carliness, product
ivcness, color, form aud size. IL the
potato is intended for spring or win
ter use, good keeping quality is also
essential.
The Northern markets prefer a
dry, yellow sweet potato Of medium
, size and comcly shape. Sweet pota.
! toes of this class are planted under
! several names In New Jersey, Della
) ware, Maryland, the Eastern shore oI
Virginia ana the middle West. Far.
ther south, FROM the regions shut of
! from the Northern markc by freight
!. rates the moist varieties that cxudo 4
. sugnry syrup in baking, are in de-
! nland in the local markets. Larger
and coarser varieties are used ioi
Z stock feeding.
! The sweet potato needs n warn
q climate. Where there is no frost /, Il
) perennial. Frost is Immediately fatn
, to il and n temperature below forty
five degrees Is very dangerous. T0
profitable culture the sweet potato
requires al least four months of warn
weather, free from GOODNESS at rigtr
= II does not suffer so quickly as ,h
common Irish potato from drought
On the other hand too much moist
urc Is bad for it. In suitable eli
mate the sweet potato will thrive oI
almost any well drained soil, the bcs
q soil being light sandy loan wher
p there Is no excess of organic matter
oh In a chapter on planting he say
"Whcre the plants are set in rows Of,
!. way q distance of only cightec