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ploughing would amount to, being only an addition 

 of 6s. to the expence; the winter being the feafon 

 when the fertilizing principles defcend moft copi- 

 oufly to impregnate the earth. 



I fhould obferve, in ploughing up the potatoes, 

 we always take out the coulter, which would cut 

 and damage a great many of them; but in this way 

 the bufinefs is performed without the lead injury; 

 as a proof of which, I did not fee one root that was 

 at all hurt by the plough. 



My principal obje6l in adopting this method of 

 cultivation was not the obtaining the largcfl: quan- . 

 tity of produce poflible, but rather the largcfl that 

 could be got confidently with cleaning, ameliora:>. 

 ting, and improving the foil. This was my firft 

 and principal objed, and perhaps a more efFc6lual 

 method is not eafy to be found. Had the largeft 

 quantity of produce been the only thing aimed at, 

 the number of rows might have been doubled, and 

 inftead of 32 inches, 16 only might have been taken. 

 The produce in that cafe, doubtlefs, would have 

 been much more confiderable, but then the land 

 would have loft all the benefit of horfe-hoeing. 



Since writing the above, I have had the pleafure 



of reading the learned Dr. AnderJon\ very valuable 



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