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est-piowed portion had the advantage; the stems and 
branches of its plants were stronger, and they first 
covered the ground* 
The potatoes were lifted in the last week of Octo¬ 
ber, when it was found that the land plowed twelve 
inches deep produced fifty-seven bolls per acre, and the 
land plowed eighteen inches deep produced sixty-nine 
bolls per acre, being a difference of twelve bolls per 
imperial acre, of four cwt. to the boll. 
It is a condition annexed to the premium offered by 
the Highland and Agricultural Society for experiments 
in deep plowing, that one half of the land used “ shall 
be cultivated in the ordinary way.’’ By evidence be¬ 
fore the Agricultural Committee in 1836, the depth of 
plowing in this county is from six to nine inches. If 
that depth had been taken for the lowest extreme in 
this experiment, the difference in the production of the 
two portions, it is believed, would have been greater; 
but as this field had been plowed twelve inches deep 
for years, its ordinary depth was adhered to, and the 
difference is certainly sufficient to establish the advan¬ 
tage of deep plowing. 
As to the quality, it is excellent for the season from 
both portions of the land, and in that respect there, is 
no difference. The potatoes from the deep tillage were 
larger, more of one size, had fewer small ones, and not 
so many of a green color as those from the other divis¬ 
ion. 
The quantity on the deep tillage is eighty-seven bolls 
per Scots acre, which is a good crop for any year; and 
it will readily be granted that it is far above the average 
of the district this year, many fields not producing half 
a crop. A superiority so striking must therefore be as¬ 
cribed to deep culture, being on both portions deeper 
than ordinary, which furnished moisture in a very dry 
and scorching season to a sandy soil, and raised its 
produce above that of richer lands. But though this 
is a great crop for the season, it must have been still 
greater if the field had been less exposed, as it has no 
shelter; and three days of very violent wind, in the 
first week of August, broke down the plants, which, 
from their great luxuriance were then very tender, and 
checked their growth. 
The practical conclusions to be drawn from this ex¬ 
periment are— 
First, That deep plowing increases the produce. 
Next, That, as both portions of the land used in the 
experiment were opened up eighteen inches deep by 
the sub-soil plow for crop 1837, the full benefit of that 
operation is not obtained till the earth so loosened is 
again plowed up. And the reason is evident; for it is 
then only that the soil is deepened, by an addition from 
the sub-soil with which it is intermixed, and rendered 
more fruitful. 
Lastly, If deep plowing increases the produce, it in¬ 
creases also the supply of vegetable manure; and a 
greater portion of manure, added to improved culture, 
must produce a progressive increase of fertility and of 
produce. 
This experiment was begun on the glebe of Dunbar 
for the amusement of the reporter, and before he knew 
that any premium upon the subject was offered by the 
Highland and Agricultural Society. * 
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