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December; then juft as it begins to appear, and is 

 in its very tendered ftate, it has two of the fevereft 

 months in the year to contend with; when the ri- 

 gour of the climate generally (hews its utmoft fe- 

 verity, and frequently deftroys great quantities of 

 corn in this its infant and moft tender ftate. 



I am. Sir, your moft obliged fervant, 



JOSEPH WIMPEY* 



North' Bockhampt on, Feb. 28, 1792. 



Article XXXVIII. 

 On the Culture of Potatoes. 



THIS root is of vaft importance, whether it be 

 confidered as a food for man or beaft. Its 

 utility fecms to be fo univerfally acknowledged, that 

 every communication rcfpedling its culture muft be 

 well received by the publick. 



If the following experiments on a root which 



cleans and enriches land, at the fame time that it 



affords means of keeping a large ftock of cattle in 



the winter fcafon, fhould tend to the total exclufion 



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