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cafe, raifing the foil into finiilar ridges over 

 the drills of potatoes. 



V. VECETATING-PROCESS. As ibon as the 

 young plants make their appearance, the land 

 is harrowed length way of the ridges - 9 to tear 

 up the feed-weeds which grow upon their 

 crowns, and to fmother thofe in the trenches 

 with the mould. In a ihort time afterward 

 the plow, with the {hare broad and Iharp, is 

 run through each interval, and the rows 

 cleaned with the hoe. In a few weeks more 

 the intervals are again Itirred with the plow, 

 and the hand-hoing repeated. If leifure and 

 the depth of the foil will permit, a fecond 

 earthing may be given ; and, when the plow 

 nnd the hoc are no longer able to find admif- 

 fion among the tops, hand-weeding is, or 

 ought to be, made ufe of. 



By thefe means land may be as effe&ually 

 cleaned from feed-weeds as by fallowing j 

 and no man, who has any regard for his own 

 intcrclt, or for his character as a farmer,- 

 ^ould ever think of planting potatoes in a 

 bed of couch and thiftles. 



VI. HARVEST-PROCESS. Formerly, pota- 

 toes were taken up with the plow ; endea- 

 vouring 



