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In the Highlands of Scotland, the faireſt and largeſt potatoes are produced upon the ſpongy moſſes, planted in lazy beds.(½.

They find, in Perthfhire, that moſſes when drained are a favourable ſoil for potatoes.(H/

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Three acres cleared of goſs and broom, produced 9oo buſhels without manure. 7⁷)

Bogs well drained make great returns. No ſoil will produce a larger quantity than black moſs, or peat mixed with earth.(*

At Charleville, they find that potatoes on bogs eſcape the froſt, when they are killed in the Highlands./

Mr. Leſlie, in Ireland, reclaimed bogs by draining and then dunging for potatoes; the crop 320 bufhels per Engliſh acre; afterwards excellent meadow. ſm)

At Mercra, in Ireland, the greateſt crops are gained from bogs; fifty buſhels per acre more than from graſs land. Much the beſt way of improving bogs; but they muft have a little dung.(

Mr. Irwin, in Ireland, tried if paring and burning would do to improve a boggy moory mountain. It anſwered greatly, and yielded the beſt potatoes in the country.(%

Mr. Browne, of Ireland, improved 20 acres of dry heath moor, which would not yield any rent, to 15s. an acre. He marled with white marl from under a bog 150 barrels an acre, ſpread and left a year; this killed the heath; ploughed twice and took two ſucceſſive crops of potatoes without dung; the firſt an extraordinary one, the ſecond not bad; then three crops of corn, and let it.(

Lord Altamont, in Ireland, manured a mountain moor with limeſtone gravel at 40s. an acre; left it two years and then let it at 40s. to the poor, to plant potatoes: after three noble crops of oats, then graſs, let at 168. an acre. On another conſiderable piece of poor moor, manured with limeſtone gravel and ſhelly ſand, at 1l. 28. 9d. an acre; ploughed and burned it, and ſowed turnips: a very noble crop. Then planted potatoes without other manure; the crop much the greateſt he ever ſaw in his life. From one ſtalk had 143 roots: three good crops of oats, ſowed white clover, and then worth 208. an acre. On another piece, worth 5s. an acre, limeſtone gravel at 11. 2s. Od. an acre, left three years, and let to the poor at 31. 10. for pota- toes; then thrice oats; left for meadow, and worth 30s. an acre(·)

ſg.] Eaſt Lothian, 81.(tz] Perth, 4o. ſi) Iriſh Tour, vol. 2. p. 17. (4½ Paper diſperſed by Committee of Annexed Eſtates. Scot's Farmer, vol. 1. p. 339. 1) Iriſh Tour, vol. z. p. 60. ſm) Vol. 1. p. 176.(n.] Vol. 1. p. 284, 289.

(°) Vol. 1. p. 294.(p) Ibid. vol. 1. p. 297.(9/ Vol. 1. p. 305, 306.