198 Bulletin 191. ' 



Persons willing to cooperate with the Station in this work are 

 requested to communicate with the undersigned at an early date. 



If you know of farmers who are interested in improved metliods 

 uf potato growing and whom you think will be willing to cooperate 

 with the Station, please forward tlieir addresses. 



J. L. STONE, 



Assistant in Agrieidture. 



A large number of farmers enrolled to experiment along some 

 of the lines indicated in the circular. Many of them, howevei", 

 simply adopted one or more of the features mentioned into tlie 

 treatment of their general crop, not leaving a portion to be treated 

 in the usual way for comparison. In such cases it is simply a mat- 

 ter of judgment on the part of the farmer whether or not the 

 change of method has been a benefit or an injury. There are no 

 data obtained by w^hicli to prove one way superior to the other. 

 Some of the reports do not give the data in sufficient detail so that 

 it is wise to attempt to draw lessons from them, others are very 

 clearly stated. In the following pages are given summaries of some 

 of the reports that have been received. These summaries are 

 grouped together under various headings somewhat as laid down in 

 the Circular No. 18. 



Autumn and spring ploicing vs. sjjri^ig j)^oiuing only. — 

 From report of H. L. Beadle, Washington Co. Soil gravelly 

 loam with gravel and sand subsoil. Received 15 loads per acre of 

 stable manure. Part plowed seven to nine inches deep in Decem- 

 ber and replowed April 28th, five inches deep. The remainder of 

 field was plowed April 28th, seven to nine inches deep. Harrowed 

 at intervals of five to eight days till May 23d, the date of planting. 

 Seed — merchantable tubers cut two or three eyes to the piece — 

 one piece in a place 34x34 inches apart — variety Pochester Pose. 

 Covered with a one-horse cultivator and harrowed "twice before 

 coming up. Worked three times with a weeder and six times with 

 a one-horse cultivator between June 6th and Aui^^ust 3d when tillao'e 

 ceased, a very little earth having been thrown towards the hills. 

 Sprayed four times with Bordeaux mixture. The two parts were 

 treated alike except as regards plowing. The tops looked thrifty 



