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  AGEICULTURE. 
  

  

  a 
  smooth 
  skin, 
  and 
  the 
  color 
  rather 
  a 
  deeper 
  yellow, 
  was 
  

   introduced 
  ten 
  or 
  fifteen 
  years 
  since 
  with 
  high 
  com- 
  

   mendations. 
  It 
  proved 
  a 
  watery, 
  insipid 
  kind, 
  however, 
  

   and 
  is 
  now 
  generally 
  banished. 
  

  

  Up 
  to 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  1810 
  or 
  1815, 
  the 
  yam 
  potato 
  

   was 
  rarely 
  seen; 
  the 
  old 
  red 
  and 
  white 
  Spanish 
  being 
  

   altogether 
  cultivated 
  — 
  the 
  former 
  much 
  the 
  most 
  exten- 
  

   sively. 
  

  

  The 
  Bermuda 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  recent 
  introduction. 
  

  

  All 
  the 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  sweet 
  potato 
  succeed 
  best 
  in 
  

   a 
  loose 
  sandy 
  soil, 
  although 
  the 
  yam 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  flourish 
  

   in 
  the 
  prairies 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  counties. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  one 
  

   of 
  that 
  variety 
  raised 
  near 
  Macon, 
  which 
  weighed 
  ten 
  

   pounds. 
  

  

  The 
  proper 
  time 
  for 
  planting 
  is 
  about 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  April, 
  

   and 
  the 
  most 
  approved 
  mode 
  of 
  raising 
  the 
  yam 
  is 
  to 
  

   spread 
  the 
  small 
  roots 
  or 
  potato 
  plantings 
  on 
  a 
  rich 
  bed 
  

   about 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  March, 
  covering 
  them 
  with 
  three 
  or 
  

   four 
  inches 
  of 
  loose 
  rich 
  soil. 
  When 
  the 
  sprouts 
  make 
  

   their 
  appearance 
  above 
  the 
  surface, 
  they 
  are 
  drawn 
  and 
  

   set 
  out 
  in 
  newly-made 
  ridges 
  after 
  or 
  during 
  a 
  rain. 
  

  

  These 
  beds 
  continue 
  to 
  throw 
  out 
  a 
  succession 
  of 
  

   sprouts, 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  planted 
  every 
  favorable 
  season 
  as 
  

   late 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  August, 
  and 
  if 
  well 
  worked, 
  and 
  the 
  

   weather 
  be 
  not 
  too 
  dry, 
  will 
  make 
  good 
  potatoes. 
  It 
  is 
  

   said 
  the 
  red 
  potato 
  does 
  not 
  succeed 
  so 
  well 
  when 
  planted 
  

   in 
  this 
  way. 
  

  

  At 
  some 
  seasons, 
  the 
  sweet 
  potato 
  is 
  sufficiently 
  

   matured 
  for 
  early 
  use 
  by 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  September; 
  but 
  it 
  

   is 
  attended 
  with 
  great 
  waste 
  to 
  commence 
  on 
  them 
  so 
  

   soon, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  thought 
  the 
  tubers 
  grow 
  more 
  in 
  October, 
  

   after 
  the 
  vine 
  begins 
  to 
  decline 
  than 
  before. 
  

  

  The 
  best 
  time 
  for 
  digging 
  potatoes 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  good 
  dry 
  

   mild 
  weather 
  succeeding 
  the 
  first 
  frost 
  that 
  kills 
  the 
  

  

  