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It fhould be remarked, that no pofitive 

 conciufions of the profit of carrots are to 

 be drawn from this trial, on account of 

 their being left fo very near each other : 

 Carrots fhould be fet out at a foot afunder 

 at leaft, other wife the lofs is very great ; 

 but it is a point of confequence to know 

 on trial-, that raw carrots will fat hogs 

 well. 



Potatoes he has this year cultivated on a 



large fcale, with very great appearance of 



prolit. They were planted after the above 



mentioned crop of carrots, the middle of 



jipril, and firft week in May^ in rows three 



feet afunder, and 12 inches from plant to 



plant, and covered by the plough ; the large 



potatoes were fliced, the fmall ones not. 



They were horfe-hoed once, and hand-hoed 



once ; befides two hand weedings. I took 



up feveral before they were arrived at their 



full growth, and calculate from them, that 



the average weight per plant, was i lb, 8 



ounces. Each plant in this method of 



fetting, takes up three fuperficial feet ; and 



as there are 43,560 in an acre, the number 



of plants is confequently 14,520, and the 



total weight 9 tons 14 cwt. which at 56/^. 



the bufhel, makes 588 bufhels in an acre; 



and thefe at is. G d. tv bufliel, amount to 



43/. 1 8 J-.; at I J-. a bufliel to 29/. 8/. 



which certainly makes potatoes an article of 



Very great confequence. But as the whole 



crop 



