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EX PERU! EXT A L FA RMS. 



Large Root Plots. 



One-half acre of Steele's Improved Short White carrots were sown on 29th May on 

 sandy loam soil. Thirty 30-bush. cart loads of manure and two barrels of general fer- 

 tilizer being used per acre. They were pulled 23rd October, yielding 660 bushels per 

 acre. 



In addition to the turnip plots already mentioned, there was one and one-half acres 

 of these roots which gave a yield of 750 bushels. 



Also one-half acre of mangels which gave at the rate of 575 bushels per acre. 



Experiments in Cutting potatoes for Seed. 



Eight different ways of cutting potatoes for seed were tried, Pearce's Extra Early 

 being used for this purpose. 



The following results were obtained 



Name of variety. 



Whole potatoes. 



One eye . 



Two eyes 



Three eyes 



Butt half 



Seed half 



Seed end cut off 

 Cut lengthwise . 



Marketable 



per 



Acre. 



Bushel. 



250 

 220 

 220 

 280 

 330 

 200 

 380 

 170 



Unmarket- 

 able 

 per Acre. 



Bushel. 



•40 

 10 

 30 

 20 

 50 

 50 

 60 

 50 



Character. 



Even lot. 



Fairly even. 



Large and even. 



Large medium, even. 



Average. 



Medium. 



Average. 



Small. 



Experiments with Potato Eyes. 



consisting 



of 100 eyes each were received from 



Eive new varieties of potatoes, 

 Steele, Briggs & Marcon, Toronto. 



This seed was planted one foot apart, one eye to the hill. There was very little 

 difference in the yield of each plot, although in one case only about one-quarter of the 

 eyes grew, while in another case about four-fifths grew. These all made good strong 

 growth. They were planted and dug with other potato plots on the same kind of soil. 



Potato Eyes planted — Yield per plot. 



Name of variety. 



Freeman 



Early Norther 



Pride of the Table 

 Pride of the Market 

 Dreer's Standard 



Matured. 



Medium late. 



Medium early 



it 



Medium late. 



Remarks. 



White, large, round. 



Light red, very large, round. 



Red, medium large, medium round. 



White, large, long, medium flat. 



Large, round, smooth flat, white. 



