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feems to be that of laying them in "long 

 ridge-like heaps upon the fur face of arable 

 ground, and covering them np with the 

 furrounding foil, ridged-up in a roof-like 

 form. 



A LONG ARCHED VAULT-, running endway 

 into the fide of a hill (or the fide of a pit 

 or other hollow) $ with a door at the end, 

 level with the ground below ; with a road 

 over the top ; and with one or more fhooting 

 holes, fimilar to thofe of coal vaults under 

 the ftreets of towns, would be an eligible re- 

 ceptacle for potatoes. 



VII. MARKETS and APPLICATION. In this 

 part of the Diftrid, few potatoes go to mar* 

 ktt, except for fets in the fpring. 



Nor is the application of potatoes to fatting 

 ftcck extenfive. In this Di.ftri<fl SWINE are 

 almofl the only fpeciesto which they are ap- 

 plied. Some few may be given to cows. 



But in the bottom of the VALE OF YORK, 

 great quantities have of late years been ap- 

 plied to the FATTING OF CATTLE. They arc; 

 I believe, invariably given to them -raw; 

 with alternate meals of hay or barley meal : 



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