Cultivation of Arable Land.—Potatoes.

In refpe€t to: the feed or fets, different modes have been advifed by. different

cultivators, fome preferring whole potatoes, or large cuttings, w

think fmall cuttings, fprouts, or even the eyes, the moft beneficial.

hile others All thefe

different forts of fets are, indeed, found in praétice to produce good crops’;

though it feems probable, from the various experiments that have upon the fubjeét, that the middle-fized whole potatoes, and the lar

been made ge cuttings

of large ones, are in general more produétive than either the finaller fort of

whole potatoes,{mall cuttings, or the eyes or fhoots alone*. If, indeed, the expence in feed, where whole potatoes are mad

e ufe of, be

taken into the account, it is probable that the large cuttings of middling-fized

* The refults of the experiments made by the Rev. Mr. Campbell, as ftated in the B order to afcertain the fuperiority of the different kinds of fets, and the moft proper dift ing in refpeé to the rows, are thefe:

ath Papers, in ance of plant-

Rows, Inches difiant Value of produce per m rows. acre, feed deducted. Bie seid ExPERIMENTS IN 1790. 1. Small whole potatoes:: 6; 16 956,393, 2. Large pieces., 3: 15) 316.17 6 3. Large pieces hia Bite. 6 A rs 8) 16 4. Large pieces°.. 12‘ Hee eevee EXPERIMENTS IN 1791. 1. Large whole.: 6 18.£8: 1 2. Small whole. a 2; 18... 4 3. Small whole.:. 6. 7 10) Qs 4. Small whole:-: 12 173 a0 5. Small pieces° 6 161 i ExPERIMENTS IN 1792. 1. Small whole,.- 6: 19). Jeet 2. Large whole:°. 6: 10) i 3. Large whole:.. 12: 18 9g of 4: Large pieces:-. 6: 183) 0 §. Small whole::. 12: T8e Dae 6. Large pieces::: 12: xO 19770 EXPERIMENTS IN 1794. 1. Middle-fized whole. k 12 2 BFiy Bu oss 2. Middle-fized, confined to one eye and{tem::: 12: 3 12 Ise 3. Middle-fized whole;: 6. Bee One 4. Small pieces:;: 12 29 19 2rz 5. Small pieces:‘‘ 6‘ 28 17 634 6. Small whole.: Se, ee) ee aoe 7. Small whole a os G6‘«° 26 19“3%

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