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As to the land moft favourable to this root, there 

 can be little doubt: — A rich fandy loam is the 

 beft; but potatoes may be grown to advantage on 

 all foils of a looje texture. 



The richer the land, the more abundant the crop, 

 which varies from 50 to 150 facks, (2401b.) per 

 acre J but let not the farmer confide too much in the 

 flrength of his foil, to the exclufion of manure^ not 

 lefs than twenty cart-loads of which Ihould be put 

 on an acre ; by cart-load I mean 30 bufhels. Of 

 all manures, horfe-dung, well rottedy is the bed; 

 next to it, hog's dung 5 after that, all other forts of 

 animal dung. 



Lime, marie, chalk, foaper's afhes, and rags, do 

 but litde good J and in fome inftances do harm, by 

 making the potatoes fcabby. Green vetches, or 

 clover, covered in by planting, is good manure. 



Endeavour, as much as you can, to plant in dry 

 weather, either in the months of April or May, 

 Ufe large fets; that is, pick out the largeft and fineft 

 potatoes for feed, and (lice them in two pieces, 

 from the crown to the root. Notwithftanding the 

 experiments of your learned and indefatigable cor- 

 reipondent Dr. Anderson feem to juftify him in 



recommending 



