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Now, If 325 poles, the whole meafure of the 

 ground planted, produced 378 bulhels, then 265 

 poles Ihould produce 308 bufhels, (I omit the frac- 

 tions) but this quantity of ground planted with cut 

 potatoes) produced four bufhels more nearly, that 

 is, 312 bulhels. Again, as 325 poles produced 378 

 bufhels, then 60 poles fhould have produced 69 

 bufhels and a fraftion; but it produced only 66 

 bufhels, which is upwards of three bufhels fhort of 

 its proportion. It is true the difference is too tri- 

 vial to be worthy of notice; but what it is, is in 

 favour of the cut potatoes. With refpedb to the 

 acreable produce, then, it is a matter of little im- 

 portance whether the ground be planted with cut 

 or uncut potatoes. 



The acreable produce being nearly the fame, 

 whether planted with whole or cut potatoes, the 

 great and interefling comparative queflion remains, 

 viz. What is the difference of the expence in the 

 planting of cut or uncut potatoes? which is very 

 fatisfadorily afcertained as follows: 



If 48 bufhels, the whole quantity of fets ufed, 

 produced 378 bufliels, then 34 bufhels, the quan- 

 tity cut, fhould produce 267 bufhels; but they 

 produced 312, which is 45 bufhels more than the 

 proportion. Again, If 48 bufhels produced 378 



bufhels. 



