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THE farmer’s manual* 
market ; particularly upon your fallow grounds. It 
is true, the potatoe may be planted at any time after 
the ground is free from frost, but it will not vegetate 
until the ground becomes warm. It is also true, that 
the potatoe called the English white, may be planted 
with success upon rich ground, as late as the 20th of 
July; very extraordinary frosts excepted. 
My remarks on this most important branch of good 
farming will be ; 1st, On the value of the different 
kinds of potatoes, and their use ; 2d, The different 
soils to which they are adapted ; 3d, The manner of 
planting and hoeing ; 4th, The time and manner of 
digging and housing them. 
1. The English white, Irish yellow, common red, 
red rusty-coat, yellow rusty-coat and purple pota- 
toes, are the most farinaceous, produce the greatest 
quantum of starch, and are the mildest and best for 
the table ; the Spanish or hog potatoe, (so called,) is 
the most inferior, both for the table and market, and 
is fit only for stock. The coloured potatoes require 
the strongest soils, and will not admit of late plant- 
ing, as they require the longest time for their growth ; 
they should generally be planted between the first of 
April and the middle of June; the white and yellow 
potatoes will do well as late as the 20th of July ; they 
will obtain a good size by the 20th of September. 
It must be understood, that this late planting requires 
a rich soil. I have generally found, that lands of any 
description of soil, that will produce 20 bushels of 
corn, will produce 100 bushels of potatoes; allowing 
1 dollar per bushel for the corn, gives jjl 20 00 
25 cents per bushel for the potatoes, gives 25 00 
Leaving a balance in favour-of the potatoes of 5- 00 
This, in the same ratio, if the land will yield 40 bush- 
els of corn, will give a balance in favour of the pota- 
toe crop of 10; together with another advantage, 
00 important to pass unnoticed. Indian-corn may be 
