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wet, it could not be burnt. The potatoes there- 

 fore were dug in without any manure, in beds 

 about 8 feet wide, leaving a deep furrow between 

 the beds to let off the moifture. 



The pared turf was laid under the fets, and then a 

 fpit dug on them. In the greateft part of the 

 field I planted whole potatoes, and of the mag- 

 pie fort, which do better without manure than 

 the white Scotch. In a fmall part I had the fets 

 cut ir> two pieces; and at digging, it appeared to 

 me that the potatoes were larger and of greater 

 weight per acre than thofe produced by the 

 whole fets. 



