The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-04
HOW TO KEEP SWEET POTATOES


Method Described in Detail-Farming
At ox1ord Orphanage-Thoughts of
Down Home
10 the Editor of The Robesonian:
! note IN a recent issue of The !
KoneSonlan an article by Mr.. J. A.
McAlllster with reference to saving
crop OF sweet potatoes.
! cannot correctly quote Mr.. Meal
lister, but from what I remember If
ms article he wanted some one to
tell the farmers of Robson low toI
save their sweet potato crop. This
propose to do, if the farmers will
get together and fit up a building
Tor the business, as it would hardly
be practical for each farmer to pron-
erly build'a house for this purpose.
Dulio a brick house Is x 20 1c|
feet, build bins 4 feet wide by 81
feet. deep all around the inside wall
beginning about four feet from the
ground floor ard placing the bins 3
1eet| above each other, or 4 feet
is better. Cover the building with a
good tight roofing, placing a skylight
feet square in the top with a re-
movable cover for ventilation, cut i
holes = inches above the ground in
the wall 6 inches in diameter, one at
either side of the building, to let
fresh air in, directly under the bin,
then place in the center of the build
ing wood or coal heater. Let the
flue out of the top near the ventila-
ton skylight. Such a building as
this Will hold 100 Oto 1000 bushels of
potatoes.
Nod for the treatment of the pota-
toes when they are placed in such
building. Dig the potatoes, separate
the cut, large smooth and small
smooth ones, put the cut and small
smooth potatoes in the two lower bins
separate of course, where they can
:. be used first, then the large smooth
potatoes in the top bins. Put fire
IN the heater and run the heat up to
55 to go degrees and hold it there
', until the potatoes begin to sprout
freely, keeping all the top and bot
tom ventilation open during j.. this
time. After the potatoes begin to
spfout, the temperature should oe
lowered to about 40 degrees and the
bottom ventilation closed at night
6 and on rainy damp days.
This method will positively insure
J; your potato crop for any length OF
!. time and can be carried out on a
scale sufficient to keep thousands OF
! bushels of the crop in Robson coun-
u ty this year if the farmers and bus
!, mess men will get together anc
Il build house for the purpose. Oh
course many Of the farmers are able
!. to build their own houses, but many
~ are not and those that are able shoule
8 help those that are not. Turnips car
) be kept by this same method ant
: in the same building.
! I placed over 1900 bushels of pc
q tateos in a house of the above di
u mansions last October and by Marcl
T l had fed them all away to 400 chill
e dren with loss of not more than
I or 10 bushels, caused by bruisins
e them. We can't keep such thing
, long as it takes from Is to 20 bush
). els for dinner up here, as we hav
quite a family Of children. I pulle'
a CARLOAD of onions few days ag
and we all had just one onion eacl
for dinner.
l could write columns Of news abou
:. our work here that might interes
lc the readers of The Robesonian, blu
time and space forbid.
I glory in the spirit Of patriotism
= shown by SO many Robson count
y young men. I look for the "Hono
Re Roll'' as soon as get The Robesor
E ian to see how many and who hav
9e Joined the colors.
?r This is truly good county to liv
Is l in. Oxford is. nice town and he
= hospitality unexcelled anywhere, bl
- alas! as many other sons OF Robeso
" have said, there is no place like RoI
1l.l
u Farming here is quite differel
is farming in town; but then I'm nj
qr farming, Pm just working lin tn
ly garden with the 40 boys I have
I'M help me. We don't plant but abol
re 35 acres in our garden. We are
IS the country and We are in town. "
er have our own postoffice and | don
IS like it much. l can't see old ava
er French" or "Judge Edmund" in tt
;. postoffice; then when 60 to the prl7
IT, shop in our own town here l dor
n see Ed Freeman, Britt or Sharp
Nightingale" Stephens or "Chicl
NJ en-" Sam Edwards. When l take
n m walk down front street for a lit
OF s'Pastime" amusement, miss o
nd man &C" Wishart. Another thing
ng miss awful bad when I go waikiki
down town is the handshake I used
ry get when met some of those cand
5. dates around the court house dow
We there; but the boys at the court hou
mo are all right and deserve anoth
~. term.
op Here in our little orphanage TOW
us we have peace and happiness WI
10 only the song, laughter and frolick
Is our orphan boys and girls to mole
ut US. I truly wish that every man al
op woman in Robson county could VI
it this or some other orphanage al
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