conclusion-. 55 



The Sweet Potato will grow, thrive, and mature, 

 despite of the driest and hottest weather, and there is 

 scarcely any other esculent that will do this under a 

 burning sun and torrid atmosphere. In this work we 

 have given the various modes of culture, and the most 

 approved methods for the preservation of the tubers, 

 as practised in widely different sections from New York 

 to Texas. To preserve the crop, different localities require 

 more or less protection, according to climate. If due 

 attention is paid to this there need be no failure, and but 

 little loss if each section adopts modes of culture and 

 keeping suitable to its latitude. 



There can be no doubt that a vast increase of whole- 

 some and nutritious food would be secured should the 

 people within the wide range in which it may be cul- 

 tivated be made to see the great value of the Sweet 

 Potato as an adjunct to the ordinary roots and cereals in 

 increasing the resources of human food* 



