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difficult to handle, and when lifting them into a 

 cart, the most convenient way to do it is for two 

 men to work together. The man on the left side 

 of the sack should grasp the top with his right 

 hand, and the man on the right should grasp it 

 with his left. Then a stout, short stick should be 

 passed behind it, and held against it, rather below 

 the middle, by the two men. The sack should then 

 be allowed to fall on the stick, and with but little effort 

 the sack may be carried or pitched on to the cart. 

 Owing to the way in which a sack of potatoes usually 

 flops over, when lifted by ordinary means, two 

 strong men usually have to struggle to pick it up. In 

 loading a large number of sacks, the advantage of the 

 plan recommended is soon appreciated. 



Yield of Potatoes. 



Owing to the preferential rates granted by railway 

 companies to foreign growers of produce, the English 

 growers do not benefit so much by their nearness 

 to the home markets as might be expected. Less 

 than fifty miles from London the rate charged to 

 us is over 6s. per ton, when carried loose in trucks ; 

 but when sent up green, in skeps, the price is relatively 

 much higher, the cairiage, with salesman's commission, 

 amounting to 25s., or 10 per acre on an eight-ton 

 crop. There is naturally a desire to sell as many as 

 possible locally ; but, except in the neighbourhood of 

 large towns, this is a very restricted quantity. Occa- 

 sionally fields of potatoes are sold to dealers, who buy 



