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Is to he in the usual way, without again stripping 

 their sides. Choking up with hard clay an unlucky 

 crop of potatoes, immediately after popping their 

 Tender shoots heads over ground, instead of loosening 

 the clay, as I have just described, in order to let the 

 fll)res strike freely, is very injudicious. The small 

 holder who moulds with a spade and shovel should 

 take equal care to loosen the earth about the potatoes 

 in every direction before he moulds them. One of 

 the principal objects in drilling green crops, is to clean 

 and pulverize the land completely, to afford it all the 

 advantages of a fallow while it is yielding a valuable 

 crop. As to taking out the potatoes, I shall merely 

 recommend, in loose dry land, the plan of running 

 a double mould board plough (without a coulter) 

 through the centre of each drill under the level of 

 the potatoes, which, being thrown out right and left 

 at one operation, can be easily raked together, or 

 collected with prongs flattened at the ends. 



Upon strong lands profit is considered to arise from 

 dropping a bean between every set of the potatoes ; 

 a crop it is said may be i-aised in this way without 

 injury to the potatoes, and without any expense 

 except the small quantity of seed, but I do not give 

 this as certain. 



No. XI. 



This section introduces to your notice 



A plaut, whose name uncouth to English throat is, 



From Germany the Mangel Wurzel came, 



And well deserves its widely spreading fame. 



Mangel Wurzel comes next to be considered, and 

 as Mr. MeadoAves has given you the fullest informa- 

 tion with regard to the cultui-e and properties of this 



