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runners that would produce potatoes. For this 

 reason the third horse-hoeing' should be given first 

 with the shim, which cuts and loosens the earth, 

 without turning it over, or forming any ridge. 

 Some of them work with many little triangular 

 shares, some with single flat ones, and others only 

 with coulters; but any of tliem that cut up fresh 

 moulds at the bottom of the furrows, will answer 

 the purpose. A. double mould- board plough (a 

 common instrument in some counties), should fol- 

 low the shim in about a week ; and, striking the 

 furrows, throw up all the loose earth against the 

 ridges, banking them up. There is a great use in 

 this operation ; for it throws up fresh earth for the 

 roots to shoot into, which is preferable to taking 

 it away from them, after they have advanced at all 

 in growth. 



CARROTS. 



The carrot and parsnip crops will want a hoeing 

 this month ; which should be given while the 

 weather is dry. These operations are never ne- 

 glected, but the farmer is sure to lose a guinea for 

 every shilling he saves. 



BEANS. 



The horse-hoed crops of beans must be attended 

 to very carefully ; and they are now so high, that 

 if a horse-hoeing is given this month, it must be 

 very carefully done. Whether the shim or double 

 mould-board plough be used, it must be drawn by 



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