184 | Remarks inan Excursion into 
By the common practice of cutting the - 
potatoes, we generally get four or five good 
sized ones from every root,.and about the 
same number of small ones; but when they 
are set whole, the proportion of the small 
ones to the larger has with me, never been 
less than four to one, and sometimes much 
more. ‘This overbalances the advantage in 
point of weight, to say nothing of the en- 
creased labour, the plow being of little use 
when potatoes are planted whole...) 6.) !0! 
..From Preston to Lancaster very little is 
still to be learned by the experienced farmer : 
there is however an appearance of greater 
attention to a more uniform course of crops. 
The wheat being chiefly summer worked, is 
cleaner, and as the second crops of clover 
are generally eaten off, the land is left in good 
condition. Some large houses are seen in the 
distances, and a few of them are well shel- 
tered by extensive plantations. Many of the 
cottages and some of the farm houses, have 
mud. walls, but they are kept cleaner and 
neater, on the outsides at least, than those 
on the road we had passed. 
The fences, particularly after leaving Gars- 
tang, have a great proportion of hazel in 
them, which independently of its being na- 
turally tender, is often broken by children 
