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At Moniva, in Ireland, they plant potatoes in bogs, and get fine crops, draining and adding a little limeſtone gravel, or dung.(r)

Mr. French, at Woodlawn in lreland, in various intereſting experiments, on a large ſcale, on improving bogs by planting potatoes after draining and manuring, met with great ſucceſs; thé crops 121. per acre.(9)

Mr. Bland, of Ireland, has improved much boggy land by liming, dung- ing, and planting potatoes: two crops great, and equally good.(t.)

Mr. Shanley, in Ireland, on a bad red bog, four feet deep, had 1200 ſtone of potatoes per acre after draining, manured with limeſtone gravel, at the

expence of 3l. an acre, alſo acommon dunging; then ſowed barley twice, and laying it to graſs, became immediately worth 40s. an acre.(u)

At Swinton, in Vorkfhire, on black moory ſoil, 48. 6d. an acre, 120 buſhels an acre to 158.(v)

Mr. Sturt, at Brownſea, on a black peat moor, at 41d. an acre, gained 600 buſhels an acre.(⁰)

OBSERVATION.

The authorities that tend to elucidate this part of the ſubject, are, upon the whole, very ſatisfactory and important; and leave no reaſon to doubt that the culture of potatoes may be purſued on theſe lands with every ra- tional hope of ſucceſs.

§ECTTONI III.

POTATOES ON WOODLAND.—

Mr. Abdy, of Eſſex, an Honorary Member of the Board, grubbed a wood, dunged it with z0 waggon loads an acre, and planted potatoes; produce 563 duſtiels per acre; expence 161. 138. 6d.(*)

— onsERVATION.

This fingle experiment may be of uſe to thoſe who grub up woods, as it may probably be found that no other crop is better adapted to be firſt had recourſe to on ſuch occaſions. It merits a trial to diſcover whether dung is neceſſary in ſuch caſes.

η(r) Iriſh Tour, vol. 1. p. 339. 74) Vol. 1. p. 344, 345, 347⸗(t) Vol. 1. p. 465. ——(u) Vol. 1. P. 517-(9) Noung's North Tour, vol. 2. p. () Noung's Eaſtern Toux, vol. 3. P. 264.(x*) Annals, vol. 10. p. 324.

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