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drcd of them as I would cabbages in drills, when 

 fomq manure had been previoufly laid ; and pulled 

 off the potatoes that adhered to the roots of the 

 flalks. On digging them up lad autumn, I found 

 that the experiment had fucceeded beyond my ex- 

 pectation. Every (talk produced from ten to fifteen 

 potatoes, none very fmall, and fome of an uncom- 

 mon large fize. I weighed the produce of a dozen 

 flalks, and found that they amounted to twenty-feven 

 pounds; but thefe I took as they lay contiguous to 

 each other in the drill ; had I v/eighed the produce 

 of picked flalks, I am fatisfied the weight would 

 have been near forty pounds. 



Now, fir, the beneiits that will arife from this ex- 

 periment, if the mode be generally praftifed, I take 

 to be the following: — 'Whenever potatoes (hall be 

 left in the ground, the ftalks that grow from them 

 will reward the induflry of the farmer, in clearing 

 the ground of them ; and the potatoes (adhering to 

 the roots) may be given to the pigs. The man of 

 fortune will give ihefe ftalks to his cottagers, or to 

 poor people, to plant in their little gardens, whIcK 

 muft be a relief to them, when potatoes happen to 

 be fcarce in the fpring. 



Thofe who have fmall potatoes only fit to be 

 thrown to their hogs, can make beds of them in. 

 November, and plant out the ftalks in fpiing, or fell 

 them in the market as they would cabbage plants. 



