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Artcle VII. 

 On the Culture (j/' Potatoes. 



f Communicated by the Norfolk Agriculture Society.] 

 liorwichy Jan. 13, 1776. 



AT a general quarterly meeting qf the Norfolk 

 Society for the encouragement of Agriculture^ 



B. G. Dillingham, efqs in the chair; 



A premium of three guineas was adjudged to Mr. 

 Jojeph JVright^ of Great-Melton, for planting and 

 gathering the beft crop of potatoes, the quantity of 

 land being one rood, and the produce ninety- one 

 bufliels. 



The Society cannot but recommend, in the 

 llrongeft terms, a more general attention to the 

 culture of this mofb valuable root. In the pre- 

 fent inftance, and that not a very extraordinary one, 

 the labour and expence of the hufbandman are 

 ^Tiply rewarded by the produce, as appears from 

 the following particulars of Mr. iVright's experi- 

 ment. The public too muft reap advantages of 

 the m(^ important nature, as the potatoe, befides 

 being an excellent wholfome food in various modes 

 of application, is well kno\vn to make a fweet and 

 nourilBing bread when mixed in equal quantities 

 with the flour of wheat. j^^ 



