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the fets five inches deep; they muft receive two or 

 three hand-hoeings, and be kept free from weeds; 

 always obferving to draw the earth as much as pof- 

 fible to the ftems of the young plants. I find, by- 

 repeated trials, the firfl: or fecond week in April 

 the moft advantageous time for planting. 



In the end of September or the beginning of 

 October, when the haulm becomes withered, they 

 ihould be ploughed up with a ftrong double-breafted 

 plough. The workman muft be cautioned to fet 

 his plough very deep, that he may ftrike below all 

 the potatoes, to avoid damaging the crop. The 

 women who pick them up, if not carefully attended 

 to, will leave many in the ground, which will prove 

 detrimental to any fucceeding corn, whether wheat 

 or barley. To avoid which inconvenience, let the 

 land be harrowed, and turn fwine in to glean the 

 few that may be left by their negligence. 



By this method, the fets will be fifteen fquare 

 inches from each other; it will take eighteen 

 bufhels to plant an acre; and the produce, if on 

 a good mixed loamy foil, will amount to three 

 hundred buftiels. 



If the potatoes are grown as a preparation for 

 wheat, I prefer having the rows two feet two inches 



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