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them choking animals wlien the lattor aro hnn^rv and tuhors whole. The 

 feeding value of potatoes is said to be ahuut e(jual to hects and turnips ; but 

 the cost of growing them is greater — still, when they are cheap and a hirge 



If 



British Queen. Xatanil size. 



surplus 



on li 



and, it is well to know that the inferior tubers may be used 



with such good cITcct. 



Potatoes (jroivii on top of the soil and matured nnde>- straio only. — 

 Some soil is too heavv and stiff for potatoes, and will not allow the tubers 

 to expand. There; is mucli of this class of soil on the flats of New England. 



