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Article LIII. 



To prevent the Blight in Potatoes ; to make a 

 Cow a good Milker i and to prevent the Putre- 

 faction of Meat. 



[By Mr. John Smith, of Ozleworth, in Glocefterftiire,] 



INSTEAD of planting potatoes at fpring of 

 the year, rcverfc the cuftom, and plant them 

 againft winter. Plant the roots in rows a pretty 

 good depth, and draw the earth over them with a 

 hoc, fo as to keep them from the froft. At the 

 fpring of the year take down the ridges raifed by 

 the hoe, and when weeds appear, hoe the interme- 

 diate fpace between the rows; and when the plants 

 appear, draw up the earth round them. Many 

 people put dung in the trenches, when the pota- 

 toes are planted in the fpring ; if the fame method 

 be ufed againft winter, it will help to preferve the 

 roots from froft. 



It is well known that bulbous-rooted' flowers 

 never bloflbm well, if removed at the fpring of 

 the year. As potatoes are bulbous, the fame in- 

 ference may be drawn. 



This year I have feen two patches, which were 



planted laft year, and again this feafon. In both 



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