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tatocs, A certain quantity of the largefl: and fincft 

 were fcleded, one half of which were planted whole, 

 the other cut into pieces of a moderate fize. An 

 cxa^ account of each was kept at taking up, when 

 it appeared that the acreable produce was much the 

 fame as in the former experiment; but as the cut 

 potatoes planted nearly four times the ground that 

 the whole fcts did, the advantage lay in the fame 

 proportion on the fide of planting with cut potatoes; 

 therefore I think there cannot be the lead doubt 

 that the preference is to be given to cuttings, as the 

 fuccefs of the two experiments fo nearly coincides, 



I have been ufed for fome years to furnifh my 

 neighbours with potatoes for planting. The laft 

 feafon one of them defired I would let him have them 

 all fmall. He faid he had planted fmall ones feveral 

 years, that he found tliem equally produdlive with 

 the largefl, and faved much trouble in cutting. 

 Others preferred the largeft, who carried their oeco- 

 nomy much further; they it feems ufed to pare 

 them, eat the flefhy part, and plant the rinds only. 

 Upon enquiry, I found it was not an unufual prac- 

 tice among the cottagers, and I have been credibly 

 informed they get as large crops and as good po- 

 tatoes in that method of planting as in any other 

 whatever. If this be a fafl, it fcems to appear that 



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