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HoEtEG PoTAToEs.-We hope that far.
naers will make experiments in hoeing
potatoes ard see if there be any advanS
iages in making hills around potatoes, or
10 determin nhether it be not labor
worse than useless. Why should tho
water be draned from the plants. that
require much moisture, in climate, too.
that is generally dry, far too dry for this
vegetable. Ifany hill be made, il Should
be made higher on the outside, leaving
cavity for the water, instead OF making
it in a cone.like form, to throw off the
water like the roof Of a building.


We have raised the largest crops Of
potatoes without hills, and in some
cases there was not earth enough over
the potatoes to cover them when they
attained a full growth. Will farmers
make experiments in hosing end report
to US the results? Hoe some rows by
destroying the weeds, ,loosening'the earth
and allowing it to remain land. Make
broad hills around other rows with q
concave surface so that the water will
run to the roots OF the plants. The mast
economical mode is TO plant as we lately
recommended SO that there will be q
cavity TO hold the water, and cultivste
without filling it up,-BOsiOn CUliiUators