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tween the rows now most distinctly and luxuriantly 

 marked with tufts of green with the cultivator; and 

 no future culture is needed until the " earthing- 

 up " process is accomplished with a double-mould- 

 board plow. This done, the crop takes care of itself 

 until harvesting time ; no hand hoe, or further culture 

 being essential. I venture to say that the cost per 

 bushel is twenty per cent, less than that by the ordi- 

 nary, hap-hazard hand tillage. In addition to this 

 there is the delight to the eye of trim rows of luxu- 

 riant foliage, interlacing by degrees, and covering the 

 whole surface with a rich mat of green. If the 

 experts in the growth of this old esculent whether 

 in Maine or on the Bergen flats have any fault to 

 find with the method, I will be a patient listener. 



Heads and Shade. 



I LEAVE potatoes and their culture for a further 

 consideration of the more striking contrasts be- 

 tween European and American landscape. Not the 

 least noticeable of these contrasts springs from the 

 vast difference in the outlay and treatment of the 

 public roads. A neat and well-ordered public road 

 in any of the rural districts of America is altogether 

 exceptional. Throughout Great Britain a slatternly 

 and ill-kept one is most rare. There is no particular 



