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spring, on the sunny side of a hill, covered with a very light 

 covering of loam. In this way they sprout early, and are then 

 transplanted into the rich and warm ground, where they are 

 intended to remain. They must be transplanted with much 

 care ; and are yet liable to be cut down by frosts. The first 

 potatoes brought to market command a high price. 



It would be dilRcult to enumerate the various kinds of pota- 

 toes cultivated, and more especially as the same potatoes are 

 differently designated in different places. The early potatoes 

 are a small white flattened potatoe ; the Chenango or Pennsyl- 

 vania blues are a kidney-shaped potatoe, and are much valued 

 for their eating qualities, their earliness, which places them soon 

 after the first which come, and their continuing good for the 

 table even until quite late in the season. They are likewise 

 good bearers. The La Plata, or long red potatoes, are much 

 cultivated for an eating potatoe late in the spring, as they are 

 scarcely in an eating condition until that time. They are like- 

 wise good bearers. It seems however scarcely possible, in a 

 comparatively old country like this, to produce as good eating 

 potatoes as are found in a new soil and in a cold and moist 

 climate. 



1. I give an account of the cost of cultivating potatoes ; in 

 Shirley, for example. 



Ploughing, 4 00 ; manuring in the hill, 15 50, 

 Seed, 20 bushels, 5 00 ; two hoeings, 4 00, 

 Digging, 



Returns — 200 bushels potatoes, .... 



Balance in favor of potatoes, 



2. In Pepperell the account is thus : 



One acre of potatoes. 

 Two ploughings. 6 00 ; furrowing, 50, . . . 6 50 



Twelve loads of manure spread, six put in the hill, . 16 00 



