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considcinhlc success ; tliat i^, to suhstitute a crop of po- 

 tatoes ill the room of a sumincr fallow* as a preparation 

 for Wheat. Wheat is doubtless the best ai)d most pro- 

 iitable grain tliat can be raised No species of vegeta- 

 ble adds so niucli ornament to a connti-y, and none af- 

 fords a more essential or gratefid part of that arnneiit by 

 which human nature is preservotj. TIk; potatoc also is a 

 valuable root. For the hoi se it is an excellent and iieallh- 

 ful substituti^, fur the green grass which he crops in his 

 summer pasture, and seems nearly indispensable to be 

 united with his dry winter iodilcv, to picsci've him from 

 those diseases to which he is so exposed in tlic cold 

 season. Every intelligent farmer knows its value for 

 feeding his swine, his sheep and l>is cattle; and no. 

 crop is more sure or more easily I'aiscd ; none is so 

 plentiful. Warm, loomy land, and such is the greatest 

 part of this Commonwealth, well maimred, will yield 

 three hundred bushels to the acre. They may be taken 

 off, if planted in -season, by the middle of September, and 

 the ground will be in the best situation to put in im- 

 mediately acrop of wheat. This is altogether better than 

 summer fallowing, and the crop of potatoes is a clear 

 saving. I have in this way, ha.l 25 bushels of most ex- 

 cellent winter wheat on tin; acre. 1 have now a piece 

 of land under wheat according to this mode of manage- 

 ment, which is ol so promising an appearance as to be 

 j'lOticed with special attention by my neighbors. — The 

 land ought to have an early fall ploughing, if under a 

 ])inding swaid, and the potatoes should be hoed twice. 

 Tf this mode of agriculture shoidd go into general prac- 

 tice, die probability is, that it would add materially to 

 the prosperity of our countr}'. 



* bummer tilling; or letting land rest from one crop 

 without being seeded. 



pi:iNri:D roii and ruBMsiiED by david wilev. 



I'rice >3 2.50 foriwcntij four Numbers. 

 To be vvJil in advwice 



