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The independent gentleman, who is fond of 

 theiii, may preferve fome with care till he can dig 

 (rcih ones, which he has caufed to be planted very 

 rearly; but I believe the poor cottager muft be 

 -without them, at lead three months, and this is a 

 long time. A third reafon is, that they are very 

 foon hurt by the froft -, and when they are frozen, 

 they are good for nothing ; and the peafant is fel- 

 dom in a fituation to be fure of preferving them in 

 •a fevere winter; they were almoft every where 

 ipoiled in thofe three days of hard froft in January 

 1776, which, however, did not exceed ten degrees: 

 by this it appears, that potatoes are liable to more 

 inconveniences than wheat ; and it muft be alfo re- 

 marked, that they require more care.* 



It has then been fufficiently demonftrated, that 

 wheat has greatly the advantage even of potatoes: 

 which, however, as Monf. Linguet juftly remarks, 

 fhould be eaten in their natural ftate, rather than in 

 bread: but I would wifti to do all poflible juftice 

 to M. Parmentier, who has taken great pains 

 to recommend them, and to perfe6t the art of 



♦ If thofe who have not cultivated them wifh to be convinced of 

 this, they fliould read wha^ is faid of them in the Socrate Rujfiquey 

 where their utility is well difplayed, and where the culture of them by 

 JKliock is fo exa<Slly and clearly defcribed, which produced him a very 

 f^TQii crop ; yet not fo large an increafe as they are capable of. 



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