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They yield well and are of excellent quality. The Early Ohio, 

 Clark's No. 1, the Kunil Hlush, and the White Star arc good yield- 

 ing sorts, but they have not proved equal, with us, in smoothne88, 

 uniform size and qualit}', to tiie two varieties first named. 



RESULTS FROM PLANTING DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF SEED ON COLLEGE 



FARM. 



1. Tiic question is often asked, in planting potatoes, what amount 

 of seed will give the best returns in yield and qualit}'. 



Potato growers differ greatly in their views, — from a single eye to 

 each hill to a whole potato. 



I am of the opinion, however, that most of the tests made indi- 

 cate that when potatoes are cut to about three eyes to the piece, and 

 one piece planted in a hill, the yield and quality will be better than 

 with a greater or less amount of seed. 



2. Desiring to add our mite, in determining this question, five 

 plats of potatoes were planted on June 2, 1885, of the Burbank va- 

 riet}'. 



The soil was a sand}' loam, well adapted to potato culture. No 

 fertilizers were used except a dressing of well-rotted barn-yard ma- 

 nure, which was plowed under. The plats were put in good condi- 

 tion, rows three feet apart, and potatoes planted eighteen inches 

 apart in row. 



During the season of growth the soil was thoroughly cultivated 

 and kept free from weeds. 



3. The following notes give the appearance of the vines and other 

 items of interest during the growing season, while the table gives 

 the number of plats, amount of seed, date of planting and digging, 

 weight of large and small potatoes, total weight of each plat, per 

 cent of small potatoes. 



NOTES ON POTATO EXPERIMENTS. 



June 25. Those from one eye are very thin. Did not come up as 

 well as the others. There are from one to two stalks in a hill. 

 Those from two eyes are larger and not so thin ; but not so large as 

 those from more seed. From three to five stalks in a hill. Those 

 from three e3'es are making good strong growth, with from five to 

 eight stalks in a hill. Those from one-half of a potato are makiog 

 rank growth, having tops nearly as large as those from whole pota- 



