The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1915-12-23

SlOO, yet they had to pay rent, labor
for seeds and all expenses,
Now we come to the question Of
raising and keeping potatoes. This
is fine potato country, but what
good does that do7 We don't know
or are too trifing to raise good pc.
tatoes. The average yield in Missis.
sippi is 30 bushels TO the acre. In
Belgium il is over 800, Belgium's
land has been worked for 5000 years,
while Mississippi's has been worked
for only $50 years. Once in a while
you hear a man boast that he has
worn out three farms, and 50 that he
knows more about farming than all
the farm demonstrators put together,
What would Belgium be II every farm
er had worn out three farms?
How to Handle Potatoes.
The newest and best process FOR
storing potatoes is the dry kiln meth
cd, We are the originators of this
method, although we are not GWEN
credit for it. The dry-kiln is a large
room, around the walls Of which are
long, wide shelves, placed two feet
apart. The potatoes are placed on
these shelves side by side and enough
stoves put in the room to keep the
temperature at 100 degrees FOR two
weeks AT the end Of this time the
potatoes are in fine condition to be
kept the entire winter.
While at home last spring | talked
so much about potatoes that my son
became interested and wanted to raise
potatoes himself ! gave him q patch
and promised him fifty cents per bush
el for all he raised. On my last visit
home he informed me that he raised
two hundred bushels and insisted on
having the money. I'gave him tine
check and had the potatoes put in a
dry kiln. ! viii make my money back
since IN the spring win get 81 per
bushel for the entire lot.
Humus in the Soil.
Putting and keeping humus in the
soil is a problem which troubles the
farmers at the present time. Humus
is necessary for proper plant growth
and is easily kept in the soil II layer
OF dust is kept on top. BY using a
bed sweep, or some such shallow cul-
tivating implement, layer Of dust
may be kept on top all the time. Water
rises in the soil through capillary
tubes and the dust serves 70 stop zip
these tubes, Or rather to form such
large tubes that the water cannot rise
in them.
Possibly you will want to know the
difference In a corn (grain) fed hog
and hog that is fed on grain and
runs on pasture. Here is an illustra-
tion that shows pictures Of two hogs,
one granted and the other grain-fed
and pasture-fed. The former at the
end Of $50 days weighed less than half |
as much as did the latter This was
due to a lack Of balanced ration.
too much protein being fed.
The Yazoo Pig Club.
Yazoo's Pig Club is certainly big
help and important advertiser for
her. Every boy in the county should
raise a pig this coming year / also
noticed in your recent contest that
one boys pig weighed only ninety
pounds, but III guarantee that that
same boys pig will weigh twice that
much next year. To show the amount
IF interest he had, this same boy said
he would take the money which he got
Tor his pig and buy another 70 enter
n the pig club next year. In conclu-
sion, want 10 show you two bottles
IF soil, one dark and rich with humus .
md the other light, packed and hard.
The rich soil was taken from a field
hat is being cultivated wisely every
year. This poor soil was taken from
one Of your uncultivated fields near
here. The poor soil, devoid Of humus,
S hard and lumpy, while the rich soil
IS loose and dark. The dark soil alb
iorbs and holds the moisture, while
he hard soil absorbs very little wa
er and holds a very little. I am show
ny these to prove the difference be
ween the moisture qualities Of the
wo soils, and thus how TO meet the
,roblem Of droughts.
j thank you very much for your kind
ittention and sincerely hope you viii
k benefited by this lecture.
n.ath If youn~ Cuv uo.fer