Third Report on Potato Culture. 



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1. Wheat. 



2. Clover and timothy. 



3. Corn. 



4. Oats. 



The crops which have 

 been produced upon each 

 plat since and including 

 1894 are shown by the 

 accompanying table : 



While it will be seen that 

 all plats have not received 

 the same treatment each 

 year, yet the various plats 

 can be compared with refer- 

 ence to their previous treat- 

 ment. 



In all cases after the crop 

 was removed the land was 

 plowed and seeded either 

 to crimson clover, or rye, 

 or wheat which was allowed 

 to serve as a cover crop 

 during the winter and was 

 plowed under in the spring. 

 Thus the land has been 

 thoroughly plowed from 

 two to three times each 

 yesLT. 



Record of the potato crop 

 for i8g8. — In the spring, 

 as early as the conditions of 

 the soil would permit, the 

 land was plowed to a depth 

 of about ten inches. Short- 

 ly before the time for plant- 

 ing, the land was re- 

 plowed with the gang 

 plow, the furrow being 



