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Upon what principle this method is adopted it 

 is hard to imagine, unlcfs it be to fave the incon- 

 fiderable trouble of cutting the fets. 



The feed potatoes faved in like manner from 

 the crop of this rubbifh, it appears obvious, mud 

 be continually degenerating, till at length they 

 will no more anfwer the trouble and expence of 

 cultivation. Hence farmers are driven to the nc- 

 ceflity of purchafing their feed potatoes at an ex- 

 penfive rate from diftant parts of the kingdorn; 

 the fupply alfo is precarious, and good fcafons for 

 planting are frequently loft. 



It is true, the potatoes fo purchafed generally 

 yield a favourable crop, with a fuitable manage- 

 ment and a proper foil. But probably this arifes 

 from the very circumftance to which I allude; 

 namely, their being the prime produce of fuch 

 places from whence they are brought. This is 

 indeed the fact, and a very natural one; for is it 

 likely that an inferior kind would be felected 

 for the purpofe of fending a great diftance for 

 falc, cfpecially of fuch an article as potatoes; 

 the cxpences upon which, fuch as freight, load- 

 ing, unloading, &c. are very high in proportion 

 to their value? 



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