EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



221 



Rural New Yorker: A mixture of five pounds of dissolved bone (at the 

 rate of 625 pounds per acre), three pounds of sulphate of potash (375 

 pounds per acre ), and two pounds of siilphate of ammonia (250 pounds per 

 acre), was scattered in the bottom of the six-inch trench. With a spading 

 fork it was thoroughly mixed with the soil to the depth of eight inches 



and the width of twelve inches, 

 two inches. Level culture. 



The seed was then dropped and covered 



Method of Planting. 



Six inch furrow filled -3 with" 

 earth. Seed dropped and cov- 

 ered. When plants half 

 gro^NTi lulled up and trenches 

 between rows filled with 

 L strawy manure .-. 



rSix inch furrow filled half] 

 I full rotted manure. Seed I 

 2-j dropped on this and cov- j- 

 1 ered two inches. Level cult^ 

 I ure J 



Total Yield. 



No. of 

 Tubers. 



Three inch furrow. On el 

 bushel unleached ashes scat- 

 tered in bottom. Seed', 

 dropped on this and cov- 

 ered two inches. Level 

 i. culture 



fSix inch furrow. Dissolved"! 

 bone, 5 lbs., 8uli)hate of 

 potash, 3 lbs., sulphate of 

 , J ammonia, 2 lbs. Mixed I 



I with soil 8 inches deep and f 

 12 wide. Seed dropped and 

 covered 2 inches. Level I 

 culture - J 



''Six inch furrow. Bottom "1 

 pulverized. Seed dropped 

 and covered one inch, then | 

 dissolved bone, 5 lbs., sul- [ 

 phate of potash, 3 lbs., sul- 

 phate of ammonia, 2 lbs., 

 sprinkled on and covered 

 one inch. Level culture. _. 



'Six inch furrow. Bottom pul-^ 

 verized. Seed dropped and | 

 covered one inch, then dis- 

 solved bone, 5 lbs., sulphate I 

 6-( of potash, 3 lbs., sulphate 

 of ammonia, 2 lbs., sprin- 

 kled on and covered one 

 inch. Hilled when half 

 L grown 



rSix inch furrow. Seed drop-") 



ped and covered with one | 



7-i inch of earth, then trench j- 



I filled with four inches 



L strawy manure 



1072 

 1357 



552 



968.9 



1088 

 1326.8 



Weight of 

 Tubers. 



Marketable. 



181 lbs. 9 oz. 

 229 " IH " 



129 lbs. 8 oz. 

 223 " 4 " 



No. of 

 Tubers. 



752 

 952 



Weight of 

 Tubers. 



166 lbs. 13 oz. 

 211 " 2 " 



Unmarketable. 





No. of 

 Tubers. 



Weight of 

 Tubers. 



320 

 405 



394 119 lbs. 3 oz. 

 679,3 205 " S " 



149 lbs. 5 oz. 



182 " 



734 

 917.5 



693 

 962.4 



120 lbs. 10 oz. 



150 " 11 " 



114 lbs. 15 oz. 



159 " 9 " 



544 

 663.4 



480 

 600 



430 



597.2 



566 



808.5 



780 

 999.9 



93 lbs. 3 oz. 

 133 " 



153 lbs. 11 oz. 



196 " 15 " 



320 

 457.1 



538 

 689.7 



122 lbs. 3 oz. 

 149 " 



158 

 289.6 



14 lbs. 12 oz. 79 



18 



11 



10 lbs. 5oz. 

 17 " 12 " 



544 

 663.4 



103 lbs. 7 oz. 

 129 '• 4 " 



97 lbs. 11 oz. 



135 " 10 " 



254 

 317.5 



100 



58 

 100 



27 lbs. 2 oz. 1 82 

 33 •' 100 



17 lbs. 3 oz. 



21 '• 7 " 



80 

 100 



263 17 lbs. 4 oz. 



365.2 23 " 15 " 



74 lbs. 3oz. 

 105 " 14 " 



139 lbs. 7 oz. 



178 " 11 " 



246 

 351.4 



242 

 310.2 



19 lbs. 



27 " 2 oz. 



14 lbs. 4 oz. 



18 " 4 " 



72 



100 



70 



100 



78 

 100 



