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r fruit, vegetables and truck. Grow More Potatoes. A dispatch from Boston say* ‘bat potatoes are likely to reach 75 cents a bushel wholesale In that city. If this figure Is reached it is predicted that there will be heary Importa tions from the seaboard provinces of Canada and possibly from Europe It Is a notable fact that America seldom raises potatoes enough to supply the actual demand. It la only the high tariff that keeps out Cana dian potatoes in all ordinary years; and sometimes It falls to do It. This Is more remarkable when It is considered that the average value per acre of the potato crop of the l*o.‘ed States last ) «ar »aa $> *<. mors than four time* that of corn or wh<*at and more than thr**e times that of cotton. In the South, where we are accustomed to think Irish potatoes cannot be successfully grown, the average ealu*** reached surprising figure*, being In North Caro.!ns, $77 in South Cat > I "3 In Georgia, 115 Sn Ala -ama. and I'2 *n Mississippi. The average yield f*T the country was 95.4 bushel* per acre, for North Carolina. So bushels; for South Carolina. 70 bushels; for Georgia. '3 bushels; for Alabama. bushels, and for Mississippi. 90 bushels. These figures show conclusively that potato** can be profitably rais ed in the South, if the proper land is selected for them, and the proper treatment given them Potatoes will not yield well under adverse con ditions. They require an abundance of plant food and moisture, and pro tection from bugs and blight. A deep rich, loose, loamy soil is best for them, but they may be grown successfully on clay soils that are not excessively tight, and la the trucking districts large crops are made on almost pure sand by the lavish use of fertilifers “More Un<| f• «r pulsltn-* ami !»-»% f *r cotton." would be a good bjo'-o f »" many Southern farmers to adopt this coming sejuwm. IlMU T»> TIL% WI %\T E1KR. OSUCKVt M<>r> IMfRc-tilt Than to Tran*f»l»«t Ih < Ulu<>u« Tree-*. hit I aa l» »»«« - rtsitfiiil; l*»»Oe. EwfT«*M are notably difflralt to transplant successfully Thu Is due to the fact that being evergreen they are constantly giving off more or leas moisture, and do not come to sa complete a dormant condition as deciduous trees. For this reason especial care is necessary 1® trans planting to pee that the root hairs are exposed as little as possible Simply shaking the earth from the roots of evergreen trees seem to in Jore them To get the best results with evergreens they are best, taken up when the earth is net about them aa in early springs or they may be irrigated to make the mud adhere to them. in setting they should be very carefully tramped so that there are no holes about the roots. If these precautions are follow **4 sa good results can be obtained in transplanting evergreens as in set* ting other trees. I’kniinK Tmw Tmkrm Ir»»m M-d* Many people compuua of haring poor reanlta in transplanting tree* from wood* or natural forwsta. Let na look at th# reason too»g tree* grown In th# forest under ih* pro tecting shad# of their mother tree# bars almost Ideal conditions of growth Th* forest canopy abor* protects them from th# wind and from rh* Intense rays of th# son, Whilw beneath them th* forest floor supplies all the necessities of mol* tnr* and plant food To remor* a ire* from such condition# to *n open Add Is to gir* It a great shock If It la not very carefully handled and tended Th* soil to which s»ch a ft u ’ »'d should by #r*.A< :.tl means be mad* to rwwembl* a# tUnmty as possible th# ctrgitt fertility Of the forest soil. A* mor* root * are renoved from a forest seedling In trails punting than from a nor* j her? grown tree. th* top will bar* to' k* tut bin k mor*. In setting nil; th# spongy ienf mould should b* Pnmoi»*d from tb# roots, for when ■ aspoM .1 this porous matter readily drii-it out. In plac* of tbla mould th# earth should be more carefully parked sboqt the roota. With for mi aswdllngs It la always best to mnlrh the surface of th* ground •bout them. PKOF. W. N. HITTT. i TO <.lt%TT. -- '»mpU* f«*e \t*<rt Vthal %*»y I arrwr < an l *'»rn to |*u. Fl« r»?ve teil em* bo* to graft, and the kind* of tree* beat •ailed to each other." aaks a correspondent. There «r# many w*y* of graft ing an t Jl w-suid take quite a chap ter to tell of ail. Apple* and pear* mn he grafted, but pea* boa and plum* are budded The common me*h'»d of crafting la to cut off a limb and split the end. and In tht* apUt !n*ert a *rk>n of one-year-old »'» d cut With three Of four bit* The k>*#r end la cut ■ i it go tits part and Inserted Into the split ao that the young bark mill h* In direct con nection with the young bark of the stork Then mix a putty of one part freeh co* dung and three parts smooth clay, and co*e-r the graf' 4h f »fh thl* and wrap around with *»r‘p* of mr.no cloth Or you r*r. «• * ift Rg w ax made of eq sal parts of rowln bee»*.*t and tallow be«t«| together The Scion fot grafting should be ru! In winter and buried t» »be ground and the graft made )u»f aa the rtork la atartiug to grow tn the spring Pearh tree* are budded oft seedling* S<wi jn the apting. and the bud is inserted m August tn a Tshaped rat made tn the bark, the bud being rut ahleid* shaped from the young wood of the same season. pear he* are budded a few inches shoe* the ground, and the bud r main* dormant til! the fol lowing spring, and a* It grow* the top of the seedling 1* cut of? and the bad trained up for the tree Apple* are grafted on the root* of seedling apple* Nurserymen do thl* during the w’nter bv cutting *»f? the root* and making a splice graft, sloping th<* scion *nd root alike to lit togeth er and *i« them with wuef string They ar*- then buried UU planting, time In spring Pear* are grafted or buddsd either on seedling pe >r at or k • or for dwarf tree* on French^ ,\n* * r# cjulnce. W K MAS&KY liltntMirh »« the w.*«(h. What i* the mat few wuh ray rhubarb* Secured root* that were showing sprout# the last of March Divided eight large roots Into about 3*i piece# and set a row about feet long, after jutting in the soil eight or ten bushels of sheep manure, and afterwards made another appli cation on the surface Kept well ^ cultivated till middle of July when they began to wilt and die. A. O. R. Franklin Co., Tenn. (Answer by Prof. W. F. Massey.) The matter Is that you cannot un d*r any conditions carry rhubarb through a summer in the South ex cept In the cool high mountain sec tion. No one has ever succeeded in growing rhubarb in the warmer parts of the South. I tried to do so for several years In North Caro lina. and finally gave up the effort as use Jews. You can set large roots from the North and get a spring crop, but that will always be the last of It, Climate is one thing we cannot control. Moving an * »id »*tv!i*r*l. ! have an orchard now six years old which ! want to move. The tr«~*s are apple*, pears, peaches, and plums What Is the best time to move them, and what^jto put under the tree#? T. C. B * \f»*'T by rrof'Mor W. F Mae.* y j You might poealbty move th*» pear* and appl*«* aurnraefally, bat not the pe*rhe» and plama Bat you will have to prune off at leant half the tope of the tree*, and prune the - ■ ?* around a hull of earth Pe*< h e* and ; inn bear ao early from roung tree* that you will get better «ucr. .# from planting yearling tree* t ' an by attempting to more aU-year one* In fact, I had rather plant flua< tree* of all than bother with the old ones. WHereto Buy Farm and Garden Seeds Rossers No. I The <mr MM w# *»• ; aos**»r. to y uilHl ' :<*a sr.®**rr * 'a.: <-«**». I«m®. r 6*rt!» M« atWI «t*iao4* l*iicr I >rf Ha ? 0 *» *«M- » - ■ • • . T«ar fwtof is «®r.: Mdl »«M Apia | * a.m ;**jr.a0 ft X> ;«pf *»« 1 lAXm BY HD M«®. art) i Hnici U/FLL «- »-*««<»: Iar*p»V r® Mr atm. <»r MfM —4 Fk>» PKmi. AABmw Letts west, •«. rrMwIttlUc, u. Japan Glover 'wnl r«Mi *«i« Muo« <*pm» Bay fm* Um> (M«ef n i u. %tkw tmr t<N>rw uui.t*. Where to Buy Farm and Garden Seed. Fall Seeds, Crop 1908 A Kit.?* Clover Seed. tier pound ate. ccmson Clorer Seed, per pound _14c. lied Clorer seed, per pound Sic Trjrkt»*tj^R Alfa,f*Seed prr joun-i . —*r llurrOoeer Seed (re-cie*r.»>d > per <h. «W W r.vr Of Hairr Vetch seed ;>er lb. Me. Knifllsb Kri* <(egut«. seed. p»T Ih Me. Winter fterier Seed, pertm»b«i fi 40 W ater Kre Seed, per bushel 1.40. Red Rust Proof (utv per bushel_** Vrutl jsriee an (strper patN/iHrs, m lOUtiiKLE SEED COMPART *» MUARS.LWSMM Florodora Cotton Seed! -o Early and Prolific. The best ion* staple cotton tor the hill*. Sold for 22 cents per pound last jrear. Ovr Saad are para. Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Roses. • nd etc. adapted to the South. Reduced prices for February and March. Write for price list The CttseQ Nurseries, ye* Q | Ijrmp* 4tmm fcnt N'ovpb r Or OftiC tmT mk5 I>ceaiber 1WW. mmmm crop If** to ear-load lota and .****. now .*»< «*wm. very Sae red. rustproof. Aval $ep temowr and October <V.ivery- Crop of isos Name the paper J. BUIIUSS McfiCXEL Laurel HUi. West Fr.'ximom Par.ah. La. Triumph Cotton and Motby Prolific Corn Seed. TV** arc oar leader*, and arc crown on the ■ 'ewmaeBt Trail Hal mill m 'arm* They are t*» T*e»t ***d "armer* an uar *tth or ntbaut tV l».l werrtj Tury are improved for de m©n*t rat..M5 wort* $«ad for amr price am! le •crlption list of the** and other fancy »*eda r w htcfhkwrok Alexander City Ala. TRIUMPH AND KING CotfosSesd For Sale. T*o of the ear. r*i afid beat varieties for boil eeev d 1st net* Have mad every prevail uust w» keep jn»re seed from cotton that ***ra«ed ot»*! a-e of aotion per acre this year Triumph is » and K a« Li • per boa be., f a b Durant. M.a* Address all order* to H T WEATHKRRY Dntaurr If.aa. CORN AND COTTON Y j double ,uw **' 9wm roar yield *.n lflW by p.aat.n* Joboaon a Improved rtr,rt;«* if tented Cab ?«**■*» :4am* *e«et potato piaota. fruit tree*, etc. at whfllnaalri arUms Write "or rata ■»cu» '-*».i*r LI MMsSwMiRwlCa. Ufifapiia PE rOlNO gSPgClALLY ADAPTED TO TNg SQUTt^^^fl f ( PIUCK* OX A FKW HKASOSABLK HEKD. I \ . i n. HnrCUicerSm] ntrinanad. jj*> Bar Ckt*m Seed ?n tmr • . Aif*.!a s»»t <jaa*;ty . . . IN I’rtme»-»n Oover . . . ;P Hairy ot Winter Vetch (Vl. ela rtUoaa).- . .... ff i <•*>#»«»* Witter Viuclt < VI e:a niUroi ^ Rape. Dwarf Kuw* . . . <*r ‘ _ __ »*** »r. Urlj Burt ■ >»«. - | 75 w.otrr "TurTOute. .... ^ Trxa# Ru«t Pmof Qiu - - 75 W i) up r - - Southern Winter Rre. . j 43 J J*e*»l W*»«•»: Blue HUsm. R«U M*y. Fulls * other* - I m j J*imn Clo»fr. ..... *' u jur uur ;»r:oes so iusnUty on toe above articles ai-«o uncos <w /rase*** or mud needed FRFE T<’ lbt*mr •nirr»-si*d. fcnlirUtt* cm tlur rlover Vetches ' '*•'» it:-on and cfarr Clove**, Bermuda i.'ui Writ* for »u* ones you are 1 ate rested in. L J