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ploughed April 19th, with a double Michigan plough, about 

 ten inches deep ; harrowed once lengthways of the furrows, 

 and furrowed one way. The rows three feet four inches apart 

 and the hills two feet apart ; the cost of ploughing and other 

 preparations, was |6. It was manured with 14 loads of 

 green stable manure, spread before harrowing, and six loads 

 loam from under an old leanto, put in the hill ; value of man- 

 ure upon the land, $11 ; it was planted April 21th and 29th, 

 in ten lots, the first nine of which contained five rows each, 

 nine rods in length. 



No. 1, two whole potatoes size of a hen's egg, per hill. 



No. 2, one whole potato, good size to cook, per hill. 



No. 3, two halves of large potatoes, per hill. 



No. 4, two small potatoes, per hill, to be thinned. 



No. 5, one whole potato, per hill, to be thinned. 



No. 6, two halves, per hill, to be thinned. 



No. 7, three pieces, one eye each, per hill. 



No. 8, two pieces root end, per hill. 



No. 9, two pieces seed end, per hill. 



All the above were improved peach blows. 



No. 10 embraced the remainder of the field, and was planted, 

 partly with early white and partly with small peach blow 

 potatoes, the yield of which was not very satisfactory. 



Seed, ten bushels, worth i^7 ; cost of planting, $2.50 ; 

 harrowed between rows twice ; hoed once ; ploughed with a 

 double mould-board plough once ; cost of cultivation $2.50 • 

 harvested November first to tenth. 



No. 1, produced 8|- bushels, medium size. 



No. 2, produced 9] bushels, large size. 



No. 3, produced 11 bushels, extra large size. 



No. 4, produced 10| bushels, rather small size. 



No. 5, produced 8| bushels, medium size. 



No. 6, produced 8^ bushels, medium size. 



No. 7, produced 5^ bushels, small size. 



No. 8, produced 8| bushels, extra large size. 



No. 9, produced 8^ bushels, large size. 



