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merits being fully tested, as few who raise them are 

 willing to eat them when they are so valuable. As 

 soon as they are plentiful, this will be decided. One 

 merit they possess, which few other large potatoes do, 

 and that is, the large tubers are not hollow. 



In cultivation they require good land, deep plough- 

 ing, and frequent hoeings, to make them show their full 

 character : in light soils, they produce a crop where the 

 St. Helena and others have failed. The hills should 

 be about four feet apart, and only two or three eyes 

 planted in each. The stalks grow from six to eight 

 feet high, and prince Rohan states that he supported 

 them on stakes : this, however, was only done to make 

 them produce as much as possible. They should be 

 planted very early, as they are a late variety, and should 

 not be dug until late in autumn. 



I would invite every farmer to try this potato, and 

 I have no hesitation in saying that it will be found to 

 be all that it has been recommended. Agricola. 



BROTHER MECHANICS. 



We were inquired of the other day, by one of the 

 brethren, what right and title we had to the appellation 

 of mechanic. Look at the " great organ of all agricul- 

 tural communication to the public " of Wednesday, 

 January 2d, and you will see we are dubbed a knight 

 of the order. We hope you will not be so much of- 

 fended at our admission into good company as the 

 Indian was, when the missionary constantly called him 

 brother. 



" You say ' brother, brother,' " said the Indian. " How 

 qame Ave brother?" 



