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the farmer might with fafety cultivate as many as lie 

 could confume with advantage, without depending 

 upon a foreign market, which, by means of an ex- 

 ceedingly extended cultivation, is become very pre- 

 carious. Add to this, the potatoe in itfelf is a pe- 

 rifhable commodity, and when ever fo well kept 

 muft be difpofcd of in about eight months, or be- 

 come totally ufelefs. 



But as the above queftion involves a great deal of 

 f radical knowledge, which is attainable only by real 

 experiment, and as I am now feeding of different 

 kinds of flock on potatoes, 1 hope therefore to be able 

 to write on this fubjed with greater prccifion, and 

 will beg leave to lay an account of this matter before 

 your refpeclable Society in fome future paper.* 



.On examining the account of the above experi- 

 ment, I fee little reafon for making any alteration 

 in the mode of culture there pradlifed. After the 

 firft ploughing in the winter, I think if it were to be 

 followed by a fecond acrofs the firft, and the land 

 thrown up into fiiarp narrow ridges by one 'bout of 

 the plough, .or by the double-breafted plough, the 

 land would be much more effectually expofed to 

 the influence of the atmofphere, and the improve- 

 jfient much greater in proportion, than a half 



• Such account will be received with pleafure^ 



ploughing 



