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yearly, every available piece of ground being planted 

 with potatoes. Mr. E. Le Bas, of Le Bocage, St. Peters, 

 has kindly supplied me with many points of interest 

 in connection with his method of growing the crop. 

 Although there are instances where the land has been 

 cropped with potatoes for twenty or thirty years with- 

 out a break, a great proportion of the land is worked 

 under rotation, grass, potatoes, and corn being grown. 

 As, however, the manuring is heavy, the necessity of 

 strict rotations is not of greatest importance. When 

 potatoes are taken after grass seeds the land is pared 

 about two or three inches in depth in November. In 

 January the furrow is broken by harrows, and a heavy 

 dressing of dung is applied ; this is ploughed in with a 

 furrow from 10 to 18 inches in depth, the usual depth 

 being from a foot to 16 inches. Planting commences 

 in the first week in February and is finished in the 

 first week in March. The land is laid up in small 

 ridges about 14 to 18 inches apart, and into this the 

 artificial manure is sown. The sets are placed in the 

 furrows about 10 inches apart. On an average Mr. Le 

 Bas finds that 25 cwt. of Myatt's Ashleaf, 22 cwt. of 

 Snowdrops, and 35 cwt. of International Kidney are 

 required per acre ; but the quantity varies consider- 

 ably in accordance with the size of the seed. The 

 seed is sprouted before it is planted. In September it 

 is placed in shallow boxes in potato-houses and kept 

 cool to prevent too early sprouting. The seed is 

 placed with the rose end uppermost, and at planting 

 time it is desirable that the shoots are about an inch 



