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between them, two feet wide. The beds are then 

 dunged, about fifteen loads : on the dung are laid 

 the potatoe-slices, after which the turf is dug thinly 

 up in the two feet intervals, and laid on the sets, 

 which, with another spit, and the loose mould, com- 

 pletes the covering. This is not equal to digging all 

 the ground, on account of its being left whole for 

 the succeeding crop, but the produce of potatoes is 

 generally good ; for, besides the dung, they have 

 the turf below to spread upon, and are partly 

 covered with that from the trenches, so that they 

 lie hollow, and in a rich bed. 



POTATOES ON BORDERS. 

 If you have any rough borders of fields, that 

 were grubbed up to clear away roots and rubbish 

 the preceding winter, it is common to dig them 

 regularly in the beginning of tin's month, and dib- 

 ble in potatoe sets, by which means there is a cer- 

 tainty of getting a beneficial crop ; for such place* 

 are generally fertile, from the rooting of leaves and 

 wood. They will he left ready in aUturnn for car^ 

 rying the earth on to the field, in order to level the 

 border, and lay it down to grn?s. When some 

 rich earth is thrown out of ditches, or mud out 

 of ponds, it is often left long enough for yielding a 

 potatoe crop, which cither is capable of giving. 



POTATOES FOR HORSE-HOEING. 

 The new husbandry has been much recommended 

 for the culture of potatoes, and there have been 



many 



