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bufhels, then 14 bufhels fhould have produced no 

 bufhels; but 14 bufhels of uncut produced only 

 66 bufliels, which is 44 bufhels lefs than the pro- 

 portion. A preference of 40 per cent, in favour of 

 cut potatoes, in comparifon with whole fcts ! 



By this ftatennent it clearly appears, that any 

 quantity of land planted with potatoes cut into 

 pieces of the fize above-mentioned, will, Cccteris 

 farihusj produce as great a crop as an equal quan- 

 tity of land planted with uncut potatoes, the weight 

 of which fhould be 40 per cent, more : for example. 



To plant a flatute acre with potatoes as above, 

 would require of uncut 37 -j- bufhels; of cut only 

 20 a bufliels, the difference nearly 17 bufhels; 

 which at as. 4d. per bufhel, the price they fold at 

 in March and April laft, amounts to il. 19s. 8d. 

 an object much too confiderable to be neglected by 

 the planter of many acres, even when the price 

 may be as low as 3s, a fack. 



N. B. Potatoes in this county are ufually fold by 

 the bag. By a bag is underftood a fack which will 

 hold four bufhels of corn, 9-gallon meafure, which , 

 they fill as full as they can to admit of its being 

 tied ; and the ufual weight is 1 2 fcore or 2401b. 

 This fack holds 3 bufliels of potatoes heaped. 



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