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made on the crowns of the ridges, as I had di- 

 rev5tcd, were, by a moll: unaccountable blunder, 

 very injudicioufly dropped on the hard bottoms of 

 the parting furrows between the ridges. 1 had no 

 remedy left to corredl this mift:akc, but by running 

 the plough up each fide of the furrow; by this 

 means new ridges were formed with the potatoc 

 fets exadly under the crown of each ridge, and 

 the fets were well covered with mould very well 

 broken; but ftill they lay on a bed of hard uncul- 

 tivated earth, which is a very great impediment 

 to vegetation; for though the potatoe generally 

 grows above the fet, the roots and fibres which 

 furnifh it with nourifhment penetrate deep and 

 every way in a well-prepared foil. 



Nothing encourages and promotes the growth 

 of all kinds of plants fo much as breaking the 

 foil as deep as the flaple of the land will allow; 

 and it is for this reafon that I advife deep clean 

 furrows fhould be opened, and the crown of the 

 ridges, which are to be planted, fhould lie exadly 

 over them. The furrows on the tops of the" ridges 

 need not be more than four inches deep for beans; 

 but it mufl be fix at leajl for potatoes; for almoft 

 the whole of their produce is above the original 

 fet, and therefore fliould have fix or eight inches 

 to grow in. 



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