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been experimentally tested by various persons in this country. 
The mode of extracting the buds is exceedingly simple : the crown 
may be cut off to the depth of a quarter of an inch ; and the single 
eyes may be removed by a scoop, of which a drawing is presented 
in Fig. V. A very little practice with the scoop makes the ope- 
Fig. V. Representing the scoop for removing tlic liuds or eyes of potatoes. 
Actual size. 
rator expert : it is first pressed down firmly over the eye, and 
then gradually turned round so as to scoop out all the ring marked 
by the pressure. The eyes thus removed should be shaken in a 
bag with a little lime so as to dust them over with this substance; 
and, after lying exposed to the air for twelve hours until a skin 
forms upon them, should be packed up in perfectly dry wood 
ashes, peat ashes, or other very dry materials ; when spring arrives 
they may be planted. By this simple operation a prodigious quan- 
tity of seed may be preserved for next season without diminishing 
