CHA P. VI. CULTURE WHILE GROWING.

NDER this Head are to be confidered, Cleaning before the plants

appear, horſe-hoeing, earthing, and cutting or feeding the tops. Of

hand-hoeing, it is not necefſary to be particular; becauſe, in whatever method planted, all are hand-hoed univerfally.

§ECGCTION I.

CLEANING BEFORE THEY APPEAR.

Dr. Wilkinſon, of Enfield, planting very eloſe, hand-hoed the land twice before the potatoes appeared, and thus cauſed a clean crop.(a)

Mr. Voung found very great benefit in going over the land with a broad ſhim, cutting ſhallow, to deſtroy the young Weeds that appear before the potatoes come up.(b) 42

§E0TI0N II. HORSE HOEING. Autborities from the Reports.

IN Lancafhire, their drill crops at three feet are ploughed between, from, and to the rows, and worked by a fmall triangular harrow, then a double- wreſted plough ſtrikes each interval.(.

In the North Kiding, their one-bout ridges are harrowed down as ſoon as the plants appear; left ſo a weck or two; when the weeds appear they are earthed up by the plough. In another week or two they plough from the rows, then hand-hoe, and earthed up with the plough. ¶2.

(a, Annals, vol. 20. p. 455. 76/ Society Tranſ. vol. 3. p. 80, (c/ Lancaſter, p. 29.(., N. Riding, p. 43. 3, 7