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BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. 



[Jan., 



[To illustrate his point, Dr. S. cut a potato, taking out 

 each eye in a wedge-shaped piece ; but the method of cutting 

 cannot be made intelligible in print without the use of dia- 

 grams. He said that by this method of cutting, a saving of 

 from five to seven bushels of seed to the acre would be ef- 

 fected over the ordinary cutting into half and quarter pieces, 

 while, at the same time, a very large increase of crop would 

 be obtained.] 



This cut is furnished by the courtesy of Hiram Sibley & Co., Seedsmen, 



of Rochester, N. Y. 



Question. What do you do with the seed end ? 



Dr. Sturtevant. I usually leave that, simply because cut- 

 ting it small it is difficult to get the seed started. But if you 

 want to plant that, in garden culture, that is probably just 



