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toes that were scabby. I waited a fortnight, and dug the 

 next row, and I found them still more scabby. I dug at the 

 same time the first row right through of the four lots, and 

 when I came to the lot where I used Reed's Compound alone, 

 I did not find a particle of rust, or any scab, or defect. 

 When I came to the parcel where I used Reed's Compound 

 and manure, there I found some scabby potatoes, but not so 

 many as I did where the manure was used alone. I found 

 more potatoes in the hills where I used the compost, — that is, 

 the No. 1 lot. I found more pounds of potatoes to those 

 rows than I did to either one of the others ; but the best 

 potatoes were where I used Reed's Compound alone. 



In respect to the rot, at the last digging, I found among 

 the potatoes, where I had manured in the hill with compost, 

 about one-third of them rotten. In lot No. 2, I found some 

 rotten ones, but few, however; and where there was no 

 manure, I found some. Where I used Reed's Compound, I 

 found not a particle of rot. 



Now, in respect to squashes. In the same parcel of 

 ground, I planted twenty-four hills with Boston squash. I 

 took great care to get seeds from three different places. I 

 got one lot of seeds from the farm where I was brought up, 

 where they had very good success last year, and also the 

 year b fore. I took two years' seeds and mixed them 

 together, and the other seeds I got from two other places. I 

 put rather more than three good shovelfuls of manure into 

 each hill, covered it lightly, and then dropped the seeds and 

 covered them. When they came up, I took a little dredging- 

 box and dredged them every morning. I never saw a black 

 bug or a striped bug about them, and I had the best lot of 

 squashes I ever had. So much you are welcome to from my 

 experience of this year. 



Mr. Paul. What did you dredge with? 



Mr. CoTTixG. After they came up, I dredged them every 

 morning with Reed's Compound. I have used black pepper 

 and plaster. I have used plaster alone, and have lost my 

 squashes. I have generally made a loss of two crops out of 

 three. 



Adjourned to Thursday. 



