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bufhcl per day, but will fatten one-third fooncr than 

 on turnips. The potatoes fliould Be clean wa(hed, 

 and not given until they are dry. They do not 

 require boiling for any purpofe but fattening hogs 

 for bacon, or poultry; the latter eat them greedily. 

 I prefer tlie champion potato^ to any fort I ever 

 cultivated. They do not anfvver fo well for horfes 

 and colts as I expedled; (at leaft they have not with 

 me) though fome other gentlemen have approved 

 of them as fubftitutes for oats. 



When predileftions for old cuftoms are fubdued, 

 1 hope to fee the potatoe admitted in the conftant 

 courfe of crops, by every fpirited hufbandman. 

 The moft beneficial effefts will, I am certain, ac- 

 crue from fuch a fyftem. The advantages in my 

 neighbourhood arc apparent; I cultivated, and fed 

 my own children upon them, and my poorer neigh- 

 bours fenfibly followed the example. A great pro- 

 portion of every cottager's garden is now occupied 

 by this root, and it forms a principal part of their 

 diet. Potatoes are cheap and excellent fubftitutes 

 for peafe in foups and broths, allowing double 

 the quantity. 



Although it is nearly a tranfcript of the direc- 

 tions given by a very ingenious author,* yet I Ihall 



• Mr. Hanwat. 



take 



