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Where the land is poor, if manure can be 

 fpared, it is proper to put it in with this crop, 

 as the potatoes will thence doubtlefs grow much 

 larger, and in greater abundance. And in the 

 wheat crop the benefit will vifibly appear again ; 

 therefore the farmer may be allured, the advan- 

 tage of manure to this crop will be as great as 

 to any one without exception. 



The mode of fetting potatoes on fallow land, 

 is to clean the ground from all kinds of refufe 

 fluff whatever, and then manure it with eigh- 

 teen loads of manure per acre, if you have it* 

 Spread it all over the land ; plough, and make the 

 furrows about fixteen inches wide; and in each 

 furrow plant the potatoes from about fix to 

 nine inches afunder. 



Twelve facks will fet an acre in my way: 

 eight facks is the ufual quantity. I cut the 

 potatoes, and leave two eyes in every/^/, if I 

 can. In this way I have raifed 180 facks, or 

 2160 pecks per acre; in drills, never more 

 than 100 facks per acre. But then, when I 

 followed the latter method, I ufed only twelve 

 loads of manure per acre. One man and two 

 horfes, with the afliflance of a man and fix chil- 

 dren, will plant fix roods per day. The man 

 mud look after the children, left they mould 



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