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Article XXXIII. 



tnjirti^ ions for raifing of Potatoes, 

 [By Mr. Josiah Hazard.] 

 Gentlemen, 



A Premium having been offered by the Bath 

 Agriculture Society, for the cultivation of 

 potatoes by farmers, &c. whofe rent does not ex- 

 ceed forty pounds per annum ; and the increafe of 

 that valuable root being of great confequence to 

 the poor, I flatter myfelf it will not be thought 

 impertinent in me to give fome inflrudions for the 

 raifing them to advantage. 



As I fhall point out various methods, it may be 

 right to inform thofe who have only a fmall fpot 

 of ground, how they may obtain a plentiful crop. 



Firfl; then, the earth fhould be dug twelve inches 

 deep, if the foil will allow of it; after this, a hole 

 Ihould be opened about fix inches deep, and horfe- 

 •dung, or long litter, Ihould be put therein about 

 three inches thick ; this hole fliould not be more 

 than twelve inches in diameter; upon this dung 

 or litter, a potatoe fhould be planted whole, upon 

 which a little more dung fliould be fhaken, and then 



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