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As the Article of potatoes conflitutes a very principal part of 

 the profit in the above ftatement, and as that crop is charged 

 to the credit of the account, at the lowefl: poffible average 

 quantity and price, it may not be improper in this place, 

 further to (how, how the potatoes are appropriated, and to 

 what extent they prove beneficial to the farmer. 



Fifteen thoufand one hundred and twrenty pounds is ftated 

 to be the loweft average produce per acre. In the prefent 

 inftance, this produce undergoes a preparation v^^ith (team, 

 which, including the walhing, will coft 2d. per loo lbs. To 

 every 300 lbs. of potatoes thus wafhed and fteamed, is added 

 half a pint of fait, and occafionally a fmall^ portion of ful- 

 pher ; and this quantity will be more than fufficient to fupport 

 a horfc that fhall be kept conftantly at work for fix days : 

 9000 lbs. will confequently be required for the maintenance, 

 and for the preferving in good condition, a conftant working 

 horfe 180 day?, or about one half of the year; and this 

 may be ftated at three-fifths of the ufual produce of an acre. 



Horfes fed in this manner, will perform with the greatefl: 

 facility and eafe, all the common labour of the farm, without 

 hay or oats. The expence therefore, in wintering a team 

 of five horfes, in the ufual way, when compared with this 

 management, will ftand as follows : 



Horfes 



