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AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
weetlB. I bnvo knonn :i man to I*.*. n 
*200 tree* to Knve .1 dime's worth of mu, 
Plant well nnd cultivate as a good farm 
or would lil- .mi) and ymt on- all nt'-i ,t 
you get 1 h<- right trees Om- hundred 
mile- iv os t of Ho MI»»oiirl riv. r plant 
" hlio o.'fljif white or Walk -pro.c 
Norway spruce or white |.lno, ,1 
I'latto oi-iJars Austrian ind < ,.h,r H.. 
ami I.tlncl, I II1N nitrate, and I'loon pm,«on. 
aio nil right. Mol . true »*n to t-lt-lr. . . 
I 110 I 10 K. twice Iriinsplanio.i. nn ,| p. JV r „ , ( 
a ti'l liiUo care of [I anil you an all rlj > * 
l,:nt spring I plaflUal 2.000 Pice , 
eight to twelve lliebc*, with heavy 1 
mol only lost two out of the lot 
Vegetables. 
GROWING SWEET POTATOES, 
Sweet potatoes nn- grown sue e-rfulh 
III one-half the area of the UtiltwI Hlan- 
The crop produces from luo t.. aw iw* ol- 
io the acre In the states south of 
hraskn and New York nnd fair yields . . 
reported from Main.- alul the o.irin val- 
leys of the irrigated west The last .. ra- 
cial census gives the viold for the entire 
country at 44.000,000 bushels. Export 
giwvi rs estimate the at tail a -1 
auction from 1 1 > to 20 routs per luisi.e'. 
Theie is certainly good prolU in irr>nvfng 
the crop. 
1 have sold good sweet potatoes at ten 
cents per pound, but the general mark > 
prior will not avttrage more Hum mi. 
I bird, or even ns low «s on, .-fourth ti.m 
amount, says Joel Shumaker In I’p -res 
a I v c larmer. Souicliim-v n-rl.iln ion H 
Hons e.tuso very low pi Ices, ns In nlhe 
farm 1 1 rod nets, hut. as a ■nMiernl rule tl < 
iitnrkei remains very go. si, 
\ warm, sandy, well dm I not soil 1 - the 
ideal -pot for sweet potatoes. The . rop 
will not !«• Birtisfriclnry on heavy 1 'ay 
land nor on old wocnmtt held* New land 
is very good for the plan' If it ha- not 
hern highly fertilis'd with liarny.usl ma- 
nine. The potatoes will not iron i>. v.r, 
great success in the shade nor on a -old 
hillside 
The sweet potato Ih a heavy le< id " .1 
lento). - much plant food from the -or 
Vepordlnp to reports of the fulled suit.- 
Department of Asrrleullttp'. h*w *mi»1w - 
require' Id pound.* phosphor* - add -’.l 
pounds nitrogen nml IW pound* pot-i-h 
The potato thrift* best on -. 11 . d\ -dl- 
nnd these, a* a rule, ••"ninln Hie Viri 
food. An average application lor • •* 
pululocs should he rllKUlt 1*00 to S*S1 pounds 
per Here of 11 fertllt /. - mulling «n •: I"' 
eolit phosphoric m id *> per . ■ >d f '• 1 * 1 ' 
and I |.. r rent nitrogen to he ti cd l .io c 
planting nnd well mllM with Ihi «-dl 
1 st^itr i* a iUrrwiM. 
Kvveel pntatoo* are hr* I gn wo f '•") 
pill III- The-e are Hurled <1 a h'‘H-e.l ■' 
.•old I'ntme, My l« »• plan r -'f v-dtinu th< 
plants I* the wild frame 1‘is tl>* pit the 
sice n'untied. about two fitM deep 1 >11 
III -is Indie* with co.’i -<■ leaves »r tvirn- 
vnrd llttler to Inaure proper dr.l". u:e 
Then pul nhtint *•* <«’ eight in. 1 .. - i»,r~ 
sljjhle manure, which t«0«l tie well pi- - 1 
down OD ltd* add four Inches of •■nlth 
Then Inv the «ivwi potato*' o* >•*"•* ' 
-.•III. I MS pl.-sdllc Willi I >|1 1 mil, to DC CO • 
Other and •’over « fl> tine -ami or 
l over the hed with n cloth arid ell that 
place some board* or slat-* tr< bold the 
• loth in place nnd proto, t nguin*t sodden 
freezes. Keep the tied well warn t 1 | 
• lie plant* s* III tie •! «uo rs. l‘>. I.-I 
should he mad.- ntsoit -it « .— y. »- • , r ,. 
the time tin- plants are witti'i-d ,. 1, , 1, - 
I'stnilly shout the hr»t of May. 
vsnirrirt. 
tier.- are -veral e .*M vnrfct • • the 
Jersey or Nan«oniond MAt N >t for Moan 
early market, and Hu- Taos* t»«* for late 
plantluc for the general market amt s»o* X 
hs il. The potiitoett will , sStorp in from 
*>.»!> t-> ninety d-vj* after plontleu 1 ‘lnlds 
* luntM he set at- on 1 h n.~be* ipart In fur 
row* rtinnirijr north and «onth if p>te* hie, 
•CUU plant* an wr-st side of farrow T • 
furrow- u.av • <- three feet apart. •- rue 
plant thirty iro br* I'pher way ratjnlVna 
alwviit T taut h’tU tn the n> rw Pinrits are 
usiiNliy set when »la inetie* la heighi n«. 
dllihl. i* Ih- slr.elet.jnd t.>e.l f 
triin-planting, hut *rvrrfil m.ivldnc* -re 
now in use, hy whleti hre are.i* arw 
planted. Cniuvatlon I- )-tv aimple. « »t 
low ploirlux and car* fill wvedlng tn«Ucr 
the rhtt*f rwquIsHiHi. kfs’st fartneis iMnk 
lint cultivation the I--.- :«nd do not d- 
turh the see, I 1-1 only In l*uUI«a "tit 
ciww tv*T m •rovui. 
The P*)tat>^s nitty Is- plowed .oil and 
uft.-r drying hr mnrk-Td ->r not in the 
winter -lorac Wo» I'Uey will k.v-p it ,i 
uniform tejniwraturf of about •*■ h grees 
I- maintained, Rmue hnd f-a *nrpto* p>"c 
ti^s. left after the market prices dr«-p 
, cry valuable f- d for ho*- - eattlc t'd 
hog- Several esnnitic fucioric* .ire • f* 
i»l»enittnn put Hub the i-Mutiss n mi.- 
ptMIDd ran* and tdarlng the pr-lnci . 0 the 
ir.arket with ' cry «.•<• «"»• lory t'-"di« 
Son- stmt hern h'.ii-vwltt* have f- tH •* 
verv s.—l a tul pr-fltaMe to dry He t«>'- 
law* 111 the sun liy site ins than. Into t«o 
The crop t» dm- which every f.t 
r-ntrd. lint 
•nrse fbe Vs-st evasr 
Ite dldteult to keep 
le .vttvrv rtv* ( rt- 
, itr Ikp. fro.. 
sxt.ki»nr or o v stf» ruin 
P*r t *r. 
Ida-. 
cr -houid try if 
i llmate ftavorwhlc 
olitniut-t o* swUt 
elnlr 
and ih 
••r I hr 1 
ll*le rata 
KEEPING CABBAGE 
I hill up the ratal 
Town, die a itviw 1 
if a larav u>tnu" 
« arlth a plow 
throw a >»vrii 1 
I In' rahhngc In fids, a- If planting It «•»» "• 
srow out' Hull the Hewds arc rlwe *•' 
*vth*r Plan# tny kitial a.r eld Vw.irvU tuUh-l 
,-ivertsi they a Hi rwtuhir tlie nsvf of a 
house. Ustlng |—rh«is ,.i># f.-.t at-'*c the 
.-aMtaaw f'**' vetrtltan*-u. t'nvw* iln— • 
t.,«rds it tth a thin lajer of dir* a* lh«* 
u erttbrr hm.me- cvdvl. «tul In- res—- the 
ptttet'lna a* fIVi'dM weather »|..pn>* he- 
Koa.p the cahhagi aa vsd a. t-wathW. 
«>\.,pt Dial t! -hotiM ti«d fr.-'n rids rm 
hi p.tftilatetl hy bavin* »t . en pin--- it -a. 1. 
end and perhaps "U cr jds- t-. which e«a« 
he ch—d Hi the ->hh-t w m \ tier lie 1 ■ 
Tow in u from our of «»ur v-%* Tiawif** \% v»»ir<*i 
r* jm'u* I ns ! 
*f7\v »* * %t fhur 
hilt- In MlUHani ' I*' plal.l •' • :o> 
.ailbtrlv mlnplc .1 tt> n high . 00! a tin o» phare 
,ind »ii.ee.-l« eeitutrkahlt w-'ll In ’all*' - 
lltc this Hot gTUW'f'S ■ , 'd>Hi.e Is D-* 
Uting while >. throort fbj 
winter l* »iu'd* nwitllic" p *■ • Idem the odd 
FRUIT LANDS* 
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 
ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R Ct» 
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