PREFACE. 



Tlie requisites for the proper production and cultiva- 

 tion of the Sweet Potato are probably less understood 

 than those of any other crop of like importance. 



The author, residing in a locality where the Sweet Po- 

 tato comes to perfection, and having a practical know- 

 ledge of its cultivation, storing, etc., feels that, in the 

 absence of any treatise on the subject, he may be able to 

 supply a want in horticultural literature. 



Whoever aids in increasing the supply of food, must he 

 regarded as a public benefactor, and the author hopes 

 that the instructions contained in this little work may 

 promote the public welfare. 



The author trusts that his friends in the Sweet Potato 

 districts will not regard him as officious if he urges the 

 importance of their looking to foreign markets for the 

 disi)osal of their crops of the Sweet Potato., Now that 

 steamships are constructed for the safe transportation of 

 perishable articles, there would appear to be no reason 

 why the Sweet Potato should not be a regular article of 

 export, and it only needs co(")iieration between ship- 

 owners and growers to secure this end. 



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