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teen waggon-loads to an acre, leaving an interval of 

 about two feet and a half between every row of 

 manure. The intervals to be broader or narrower, 

 according to the depth of foil on the land $ where 

 the vegetable mould is fhalloweft, the intervals to 

 be broadeft. Then cut your potatoes into pieces, 

 leaving one eye (from whence a fmall fibre of the 

 root feems to grow) upon every piece : every one of 

 thefe eyes will produce a new plant. Then fpread 

 the pieces on the ground, at a foot or a foot and a 

 half diftance. Then fend in your diggers, and let 

 them dig out of the intervals as much earth as will 

 cover the pieces of potatoes about two inches. 



As foon as the new plants all appear above 

 ground, fend in the diggers again, and cover the 

 plants completely. When they appear above ground 

 a fecond time, cover them again with earth dug out 

 of the intervals, taking care not to go much deeper 

 than the remaining vegetable mould ; though you 

 may venture to go a little into the thill or clay, as it 

 will tend rather to improve the land than otherwife ; 

 for lying at the top, it will not injure the vegeta- 

 tion ; and being expofed to the fun and dews, it 

 will be converted into fertile earth, in a feafon or 

 two, as well as the reft. 



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