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filling a flour barrel. Twenty-seven bushels were dug- 

 ia our presence in one hour^ (the ioy.s being [previ- 

 ously] pulled) by one man, at moderate labor. 



Fourthly, because they yield an abundant crop: 

 from 85 rods of ground were gathered 175 bushels, 

 while the common kind did not give half a crop. 



The experiments of other cultivators fully certify to 

 the truth of Judge Buel's. The following are instances 

 of their produce the past dry season, when other kinds 

 were in many instances not worth digging : 



Mr. VYoodrutf, of Windsor, Conn, from about twenty 

 potatoes, weighing a fraction over a quarter of a pound 

 each, raised tioenty bushds and a half. The average 

 of the most productive hills was 8 lbs. 10 oz. : the 

 largest single tuber weighed 2 lbs. 13 oz. Mr. W. 

 spread the surface of the ground with barn-yard manure, 

 and turned it in with a plough ; furrowed ten inches 

 deep; covered the seed with four inches of earth. 



Hon. Wm. Clark, Jr. of Springfield, from one potato, 

 raised one bushel. 



Mr. C. C. Nichols, of Northampton, from three pecks ^ 

 raised eighteen bushels. 



Mr. Roswell Hubbard, of Hadley, imm. four pounds, 

 obtained 1173 pounds! 293 produced to one planted. 



One gentleman, in the i^eighborhood of Catskill, 

 from one and a half pounds, raised ninety-iico and a 

 half pounds ; and another, from one pounds raised 

 ninety-three and a half pounds. 



Mr. Hager, of Oxford, Corm. from 13 oz. tubers, 

 produced, in a dry loam, 144 lbs. 



Many other similar experiments could be given, but 

 we doubt not that these are ample enough to leave no 

 doubts of their productiveness. 



As to their value as a potato for the table, I do not 

 think they have been fairly tried. Prince Rohan 

 speaks of them as being extremely farinaceous, and, if 

 so, they must be a fine potato. The high price which 

 they command will, for the present, prevent their 



