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Young finds the planting at a foot apart all over Ihe ground produce 

 most & prepare the ground best for wheat. 3. Exp. yr. 260. 



mixed with corn. 



one way is to drill the corn in 8.f. rows,& 18.1. apart in the 

 row; then to drill the potatoes between, with good ploughing 

 this is the best method. G. Washington. 



this method takes about 5. bushels of seed to the acre, if cut 

 into eyes. 



Peters has tried this method many years, & measuring the produce 

 of several acres it has been 40. bush, of corn & 120. bush, of 

 potatoes to the acre. 



June is the best time for planting potatoes, by which time the 

 corn may have been worked over 3 times, per Parker. 



another way is to plant the corn & potatoes in 4.f. rows both ways, 

 every other row being potatoes. This takes 2. or 2i bush, of 

 seed to the acre, &, with bad ploughmen, is the best, because 

 of crop ploughing. 



to feed with potatoes, they are put into a trough with some water, 

 and stirred about with a switch broom, then put into a dry 

 trough & chopped with an S, the blade of which is 7^ I long. 

 3 I. deep, & has a socket to receive the handle which is as 

 long as a spade handle. 



a double measure of potatoes yield as much nutriment as a single 

 one of corn. Logan. 



a peck of potatoes a day serves a horse. a handful of bran, or rye 

 meal &c is mixed in for them. 



a bushel a day serves a fattening ox. 



