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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Potatoes. — Test of varieties (non-irrigated) sown, M"ay 15 ; harvested, September 27 ; 



size of plot, Yuo acre 



Potatoes from irrigated land vs. seed from non-irrigated land. 



In 1911 an experiment was started to see whether seed potatoes grown on the 

 dry land were better than seed grown on irrigated land, and the experiment was again 

 carried on this season. 



Three rows, each 126 feet long, rows thirty inches apart, were planted with Ash- 

 leaf Kidney potatoes grown on non-irrigated land the previous season. Alongside, 

 three more rows the same length were planted with seed grown on irrigated land the 

 season previous. 



Potatoes planted at different distances apart. 



Potatoes were planted in rows 2\, 3, 3£ and 4 feet apart and the seta were put 

 on one-half the rows two feet apart and on the other half one foot apart. The fol- 

 lowing results were obtained: — 



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