. The North Carolina Presbyterian. \ .,- # *!J- Sr:^, t# , t. ..;^*^ *-•!? HOHTH CAROUIU PRESBYTERUy: ^jprwttltoral; JS^^^SoirOI Wl SWMt POTATO. The b««t tiiB« to pUnt ii from April flrttto JUT fifteenth. It wiU do to plMt laterbut not so well. Before pkBting, the groundBhonld b« broken up deep and fine. Thenthrow np boda with ft turn plow, toar^Mida half feet apart and put In the teed abouttwo feet apart. Some think this it giv-inff too ffreat dittanoe) it may bo of a wetbut I alwaya plant that distance, year, apd am ilwaye aocoewful, wet or 8pil. Soiue make high ridgea andiet the
. The North Carolina Presbyterian. \ .,- # *!J- Sr:^, t# , t. ..;^*^ *-•!? HOHTH CAROUIU PRESBYTERUy: ^jprwttltoral; JS^^^SoirOI Wl SWMt POTATO. The b««t tiiB« to pUnt ii from April flrttto JUT fifteenth. It wiU do to plMt laterbut not so well. Before pkBting, the groundBhonld b« broken up deep and fine. Thenthrow np boda with ft turn plow, toar^Mida half feet apart and put In the teed abouttwo feet apart. Some think this it giv-inff too ffreat dittanoe) it may bo of a wetbut I alwaya plant that distance, year, apd am ilwaye aocoewful, wet or 8pil. Soiue make high ridgea andiet the potato plants on the top of them,and when the spring grass springs np theydraw down the grasg, ridge and all, andJoare the plana away np on a narrow, dryridge, to starve for lack of moistnre. Whythey do this I oan*t say, unless their dad-dies did so. I think the best plan is toset the plants on the bed and draw the dirtto them as they will bear it. I dont thinkI labor under any ^reat miatake about thesweet potato, and if
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