REPORT OF MR. W. H. FAIRFIELD 459 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Potatoes (non-irrigated) — Test of Varieties. 



POTATOES PLANTED AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES APART. 



This experiment will be carried on for a number of years with the object in view 

 of ascertaining the best distance apart to plant potatoes on non-irrigated land. The 

 land w>as summer-fallowed the previous season. The yield was computed from three 

 rows, each 73.5 feet long. The variety used was Gold Coin. The potatoes were cut 

 as nearly uniform in size as possible, with at least two to three eyes to the piece, and 

 the pieces averaged rather large so that the amount of seed used per acre may be some- 

 what greater than would have been the case had they been cut smaller. The total 

 yield only is given; in future, the yield of marketable potatoes will be reported ia 

 addition. 



Potatoes — Planted at different Distances Apart. 



FORAGE CROPS. 



On account of the extreme drought, none of the alfalfa, brome grass, Western 

 rye grass, timothy or clovers made enough growth to be cut for hay. We were able to 

 get a few pounds of alfalfa seed by cutting over four of five acres of alfalfa that had 

 been planted in rows in 1908 and 1909, but the yield was of no particular value from 

 a commercial standpoint, as less than thirty-five pounds of clean seed was obtained in 



