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HOW FAR APART IN THE ROW SHOULD POTATOES BE PLANTED? 



There is a great diversity of opinion and practice on this point, and to 

 obtain some light upon it, eyes, quarters, and whole tubers were planted at 

 intervals of from one to three feet. The test was made a duplicate one by 

 use of two varieties. The number of hills of each variety ranged from 

 25 to 50, according to the distance between the hills. 



In preparing our seed, we came across two boxes of potatoes on which 

 the names of the varieties could not be made out. As they were very 

 even, they were used for this experiment. They proved to be very unpro- 

 ductive kinds, especially No. 1. The seed used averaged as follows: 

 Single eyes, | oz. ; quarters, 1 oz. ; halves, 2 oz., and whole tubers, 4 

 oz. in weight. 



Table XI. — Results of Planting at Different Distances. 



