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And the reafon I have heard given for ufing 

 large potatoes in preference to fmaller ones 

 is, that " large ones are more likely to pro- 

 duce large ones again." The rcafoning, in 

 both cafes, appears to be good. 



The fets being prepared, thz feed.pkwing 

 is given. In this plowing the land is laid up 

 in ridgelets, fimilar to thofe in which gar- 

 deners leave the foil, in the operation called 

 trenching, when it is not intended to be im- 

 mediately cropped. The width of thefe ridge- 

 lets depends on the judgement of the planter-, 

 from two and a h,alf to three feet is the ufual 

 width. 



This operation is performed with a com- 

 mon plow, in the way in which rice balking 

 (fee NORF. ECON,) is ufually done ; endea- 

 vouring to leave the bottoms of the drills 

 fraigbt, narrow ', and clean. One ftrong horfe, 

 if the foil be light and line, or two horfes* 

 one before the other, if otherwife, is the beft 

 team for this work, tjorfes abreaft are apt 

 to foul the drills. The ufual depth of the 

 drills is that of the cultivated foil. 



In thefe drills the fets are dropt, by wo- 

 ;:ien or boys, at twelve to eighteen inches 



diftance, 



