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boiled, or Steamed,(but not when given raw) is inestimable< for the action of the fire dissipates the crude Jjuices of the raw potatoe, and renders It more NUtritiouS.

As.a“green or fallow crop," to be raised in alternation with corn, the potatoe Stands unrivalled. It hollows and mellows tbe ground, especially when enricked with manure, and from its growth, and the boeings 1 receives, keeps down the weeds, and thus admirably fits it for the reception of Seed-corn; and, what is more important, it contributes to render the declining custom of“naked or Summer fallowwg" in a great measure UNDeCeSSary» A garden, well cultivated and manured, needs no naked or Summer fallow, and our iSland, well cultivated and manured, might become as a gar- den. How preferable then must a fallow crop be to a naked fallow.T

Nor need the farmer be apprebensive of too great an ac- cumulation of this desirable article(the potatoe) 80 as to be- come unprofitable for want of a ready market. His means of disposal will lie at his home. His Swine will consume ihe potatoes on his land, which will thus yield him a Supe- rior return in the Shape of live-Stock, and hence of animat manure, and, consequently, of more abundant crops.

And now, Sir, you perceive the application of my dis- covery, and my manner of Supporting It.

The aboye artificial grasses, converted into hay, and, when boiled in water, forming thereof the tea or wash, the various incorporating ingredients that I have enumerated, and espe- cially potatoes--all, or most of these, may be had, at a cheap rate, m uny quantity, at all Seasons of the year, throughout even the winter, and over every part of the kingdom.'Phese advantages are not Jocal, or confined to particular districts.z to large towns; to breweries; or to distilleries; but they are universal in their operation and extent.

[ conceive the rezult would be as follows.

It would inerease ihe quantity, and, consequently, reduce ihe priee of animal food;(and, what is infinitely important, cows and ozen,&c. way be maintained with this food as well as Swine); it would erlarge the product of animal manures, which, in its agency, would zucreaSe the quantity and reduce the price of corn of every kind, and of all other vegetable pro- ductions; it would improve the poor and waste lands of the kingdom, by communicating increased facilities of culture, and might Jessez the objections against a“ General IncloSure;" it would promote the cultwation of Sainfoin grass, which will thrive upon the most rocky S0ils, but will unprove greatly under zuperior culture and a meliorated Soil; it would thus

8 See New Farmer's Calendar, p+ 274) ath Edit,