56 P O T A T O i. 3. g. 



rtnce in H^A* ^> r of.t between a /a//ar 

 middlix* crop. The rent of land, the feed, 

 and the labour are the fame, whetbei 

 produce prove great or fmall. How Im- 

 prudent, then, to propagate an unproductive 

 kind, when ihe means of obtaining a pro- 

 ductive one are fo eafy and obvious. 



Considerable quantities of potatoes are 

 raifed in the Diilridt r-nder furvey. Aimed 

 every man, let his farm be ever fo final 1, 

 cultivates potatoes in the field :, not in the 

 '1 pradtiled in mod D; drifts 

 ef t'-e kingfjr-rri : net with the fpade, but 

 with the PLOW : a pra^l'ce which has been 

 followed invariably for near a century. I do 

 not mean to, ipeak of it as a practice peculiar 

 toYorkfhire ; but, 1 believe, there is no other 

 county in which it is fo. prevalent. It there- 

 fore merits particular notice here. 



It will be necclfary to confider feparately, 



1. The Succeflior. ; 



2. The Soil and Procefs ; 



3. The Manure and Procefs ; 



4. The Seed and Procefs ; 



5. Vegetating-Procefs ; 

 . Harveft- Procefs; 



7. Marker-: 2 



