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three loads of good earth to one load of 

 dung,) thus bringing the whole to a sort of 

 rich garden earth, would always produce 

 better crops of any kind. This will be the 

 case especially with turnips ; which will thus 

 pay more for labour than any thing I know 

 of, and be of very great utility to the com- 

 munity at large ; and if so, it is desirable 

 that it should be made generally known. 



The produce of the potatoe crops was 

 one hundred bushels to the acre, which 

 sold at about three shillings and six pence 

 per bushel. They were good in quality 

 for America; but there are no potatoes 

 equal in flavour in that country to the Eng- 

 lish, nor so mealy : and though some pota- 

 toes are sold there at seven shillings and six 

 pence per bushel, I do not think a crop 

 of potatoes in any market I saw in America 

 will average more than three shillingsand 

 six pence per bushel, nor even so much 

 in Philadelphia or New- York. I heard a 

 Scotchman, who was selling potatoes in 

 Philadelphia market, say, that they did not 

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