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sonous that some who have partaken of it are supposed 

 not to have lived out half the days allotted them by 

 Providence. 



The English: are not now so fond of the potato cul- 

 ture as formerly, and they are turning their attention 

 to other roots. The carrot and the parsnip culture are 

 not new to them ; but the ruta baga, and the sugar- 

 beet, and the mangel- wurtzel, introduce a new era into 

 their system. They have learned that the various 

 species of turnip exhaust less than the potato. Indeed, 

 we have understood that this last cannot be raised in 

 some districts in England where formerly it was the 

 most popular crop. The rust of the vines on fields 

 long planted with them has proved very injurious. 

 And even on the strong, clayey soils of the Kennebec, 

 where excellent potatoes are usually grown, they are 

 very hable to rust when planted on the same field two 

 years in succession. 



From our own experience, we are satisfied that, on 

 sandy loams at least, potatoes are more exhausting than 

 Indian corn, and that better crops of grass are obtained 

 after corn, with the same manuring, than after potatoes. 



We wish to have a greater number of our readers 

 make trial, or examine their fields more closely. If 

 we are in an error, the sooner we correct our error the 

 better. We need no chemical apparatus for this pur- 

 pose : we have only to watch closely the succeeding 

 crops. 



POTATOES. 



Many kinds of early potatoes produce but a small 

 quantity, scarcely enough to pay the labor of raising. 

 The chenango is a good potato, and will yield a good 

 supply of early ones fit for any table. 



