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this the fets were put, at the diftance of 9 inches, 

 and then covered with a light plough. After 

 the potatoes were about fix inches high, a fur- 

 row was turned froai one fide of the plants, and 

 in a week after, another furrow from the other 

 fide. They were then hand-hoed between the 

 plants, after which the earth on the interval was 

 returned to the plant, by the double-breafted 

 plough. They were after this hand-hoed lightly. 

 Great attention was neceflary to keep off the 

 rooks, both after planting, and after the bulbs 

 were formed; for the wide intervals, and the ele- 

 vation of the foil on which the potatoes grew, 

 gave them an opportunity of free accefs, and I 

 verily believe, had they not been narrowly 

 watched, they would have totally deftroyed the 

 crop. As it was, they did a great deal of damage. 

 Previous to digging out, a furrow was turned in 

 the middle of the interval, fo that the diggers 

 had only a narrow flip of earth to turn over. 



EXPENCES. 



1784, OSiober, £* s» d, 



Firil ploughing oat-ftubble, 3s. - - i 16 



1785, March, 

 Crofs ditto, 3s. per acre - - i 16 o 



Harrowing, is. - . - - o 12 o 



JpriL 

 Marking out furrows - - 050 



Carried over ^^.4 9 



