Time when the 

 ftems were 

 CQt 01 



Auguil ad 

 Auguft ioth 

 Auguil 17th 

 Auguft 2id 

 Auguft 19th 

 September 5th 



Produce of nine 

 plants cut 

 vver\ taken 

 up October 

 aSth. 



Weight, Num. 



lb. o». 



78 

 100 

 90 



103 

 no 

 10a 



I 43 ] 



Produce of nine 

 plants uncut ; 

 taken up 

 18th. 



Weight. Num. 

 lb. ox. 



a 11 



l\ 



9 5 



IO IO 

 IX O 



I* ia 



n n 

 13 ia 

 13 13 



13 « 



101 

 96 

 94 

 97 



100 

 96 



Difference be- 

 tween the pro- 

 duce of nine 

 (terns cut and 

 uncut. 



Weight. 



lb. ca. 



JO o 



8 J 



n 



Lofs of crop per 

 acre, occa- 

 fiooed by cot- 

 ting over the 

 ftems. 

 Wt. Buflrefc. 



/fr. dec. 



35.000 624 



aS.650 



36.691 

 15.750 



12.031 

 5 .a 5 o 



511 



476 



a8i 



ai4 



93 



From this experiment it appears, that if the ftems of 

 this kind of potatoc be cut over about the time they are 

 coming into bloiTom, there would be a diminution of the 

 crop of ten parts out of twelve nearly, of the whole produce, 

 or a lofs at the rate of 624 bulhels per acre ; and that a 

 proportional lofs would be fuftained by cutting the ftems at 

 any future period of their growth. Hence it is obvious, 

 that the lofs by this practice would be much greater than 

 could be counterbalanced by any advantage that couu! be de- 

 rived from the green ftems, as feeding for domeftic animals. 



Though it alfo appears from this experiment, that pota- 

 toes advance but very little after the ftems are cut over; 

 yet, by comparing this experiment with the former, it 

 would feem that they did advance a little. This may be 

 inferred from the following table; — the firft column of 

 which is the refult of experiment 6th, multiplied by nine — 

 and the laft is taken from experiment 7th. 



Auguft ad 

 Auguft ioth 

 Auguft 17th 

 Auguft 2ad 

 Auguft 29th 

 September 5th 



Produce of nine Produceof nine Difference; be 



plants taken up 

 at the periods 

 mentioned in 

 the margin. 



lb. OZ, 



1* 



I 



s 



1* is 



plants cut over 

 at the fame pe- 

 riods. 



lb. cz. 



% 12 



w 



9 5 



10 10 



13 » 



ing the increale 

 after the ftems 

 were cut. 



\o\ 



1 11 

 o 

 o 



3 5 



o 9 



\ 



Though ' 



