l 30 1 5EoTloOX v. ABOVE OR UNDER THE DUNG.

Authorities from the Reports.

IN Lancaſhire, the ſets are placed upon the dung.(a)

In the North Kiding, they dung in the furrows, and the ſets upon the dung.(5b

In de nnufbe ſena the ſets at the bottom of the drills, and the dung Weur e; the ſoil turned upon the hole, by the plough ſplitting one bout ridges.(c

In Annandale, if the land be a light dry ſoil, it anſwers well to ſpread the dung in the furrows above the plants; but in a heavy ſoil, the potatoes above the dung.(d).

In Cheſhire, on fhallow-ſoiled land, after two ploughings and harrowing, a furrow about four inches deep is turned, the manure ſprcad lightly in the hollow of it; the ſets having been previoufly dropped eight or ten inches afunder: the furrow is then turned back upon the ſets; the rows eighteen inches aſunder. When the plants appear, the balk is ſplit, and the plants covered, hoed, and weeded.(e).

Other Authorities.

Mr. Whyn Baker, in Ireland, tried this, in experiments made with the utmoſt degree of attention, and found the produce 4

Ib. oz. Over the dung—— 105 4 Under the dung—— 84 3

Difference-— 21 1 which is a prodigious difference.(†)

It is injudicious to place the manure over the ſets; the roots run ob- liquely downward, and do not produce fruit; it is the lateral ſhoots that bear. When the manure is under tke ſets, the roots pierce into it, and extract their food.(g)

ſa) Lancaſter, p. 29.(b) North Riding, p. 43 c) Northumberland

ter,..„p. 40. ſd) Dumfries, App. p. 29. e) Cheſter, p. 21.(†) Baker's Experiments in Agriculture, reported to the Dublin Society, 1771. p. 108.&/ Georgical Efſays,

vol. 2. p. 108.