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find, however, that the result in regard to the comparative value 

 of scalded and raw meal is not materially different from that ob- 

 tained from a well conducted experiment by Mr. Joseph How of 

 Methuen, Mass., as given in the Patent Office Agricultural Keport 

 for 1849, p. 240. Mr. How makes the value of scalded meal to 

 that of raw meal, as feed for swine, as 91| to 100. Our three 

 months' trial makes scalded meal fed warm, to raw meal fed cold, 

 as 95| to 100. ^ 



In feeding whole corn and meal we find the value of corn to that 

 of meal to be 83| to 100. 



We shall soon try by experiment to ascertain the comparative 

 value of raw meal and cooked meal fed cold. In our expei-iments 

 last winter we intended to have the cooked meal fed to the swine 

 blood-warm. 



Experiment with 61 varieties of Potatoes at the College Farm, Orono. 

 Experiment Conducted by George 0. Weston and B. F. Watson 

 of the College. 



Time of planting May 28th. Eight hills of each variety. Time 

 of digging September 16th, No rust or rot. Rows 3 feet apart, 

 hills 18 inches. Potatoes of medium size cut into four pieces, and 

 one piece in a hill. Soil rather heavy clay-loam, manured last fall 

 on greensward, with 15 loads of stable manure to the acre. Broken 

 up about the middle of May, Potatoes covered with a horse-hoe. 

 Weeded the last of June. Hoed with a horse-hoe the first of July. 

 Drought severe. Tops green when dug. 



Variety, 



Andes 



Bermuda 



Black Diamond. . . 

 Breese's Prolilic. . 

 Buckeye. ... . . . . 



Buckley Seedling. 

 Calico 



Time of 

 Blooming 



July . 



Callao 



Central City 



Chenery 



Cinnamon Garnet 



Ciiamberlain's Seedling 



Colebrook's Seedling. . . I August . . 



Concord Ju'y • • • • 



Cowhoru Seedlings No. 1 



Cuzco. . . . 



Dana's Seedling I August . . 



.30, 



30, 



18, 



.30, 



30, 



23, 



20, 



. 3, 



.30, 



30, 



3, 



Yield. 



Large. 



lbs. 



12 

 7 

 1 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 4 

 9 

 7 



15 

 4 

 3 



10 



11 



oz. 



10 



8 

 7 



6 

 6 



15 

 4 



12 



7 

 4 

 1 

 8 



12 



10 



8 



Small. 



lbs. 



oz. 



4 



14 



7 



6 



8 



6 



1 



14 



4 



14 



7 



11 

 5 



12 

 14 



