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STATE BOAKD OF AGRICULTURE. 



EXPEKIMEXTS WITH lOTATOES IN KANSAS, 



Siuce writing my report of experiments on potatoes, I have received a report 

 from Kansas Agricultural ColIegOj where I had sent samples of our potatoes to- 

 test, for comparison. 



Professor E. M. Shelton writes: "I enclose a 2)artial list of the results by 

 weight of the yield of the potatoes which you sent me last spring. These pota- 

 toes, one of each variety, were each cut in three pieces and planted in three sep- 

 arate hills on May 12th. This was very late planting for this country, — three 

 or four vreeks late on account of Avet weather. Tlie yield is very light, but 

 under no circumstances will potatoes yield in Kansas as they do in Michigan. 

 A part of tlie potatoes gave absolutely no yield, and a few others returned only 

 three or four potatoes, no larger than marbles. These [he says], I have not re- 

 ported. Tlie polatoes were harvested Sept. 13th." 



COMPARISON OF RESULTS. 



Tlie reader must hear in mind tliat we planted and report tlie result of six hills 

 of each variety, just tivice the amoiint jjlanted i)i the experiments in Kansas. 



It does not seem necessary to report the whole list with weights, as they were 

 sent from Kansas. 



On looking over that list and comparing with ours, I find among the twenty- 

 five lowest on our list, there are only four which are included in the Kansas list, 

 viz. : Prince Albert, yielding 2 oz. ; Sebec, 1 oz. ; No. 2 Bush, 1 oz. ; Early 

 Shaw, 3 oz. 



In the list sent from Kansas, I report the 25 varieties yielding least, viz. : 



*Sebec 1 oz. 



Early Ileni-y _.. 1 oz. 



*]Sro. 2 Bush 1 oz. 



Dwight 1 oz. 



* Fluke.- 2 oz. 



* Early Stevens. 2 oz. 



Improved Ash-leaved Kiduej' 2 oz. 



* Prince Albert - . 2 oz. 



White Club -.. 2 oz. 



Great Western 2 oz. 



t BrownelPs Beauty 2 oz. 



* Napoleon 2 oz. 



* Calico -.- 2 oz. 



Pui-ple Mercer 2 oz. 



I give a list of 27 varieties, all those reported from Kansas, as yielding one 

 pound and over for three hills. The seed for all these had only been used one 

 year at our College, except two, Climax and Breesee's King of the Earlies, which 

 had been used here seven or eight years in succession : 



Early Queen 2 oz. 



Black Diamond 3 oz. 



*Snow Ball 3 oz. 



* Seedlin,^ Rock 3 oz. 



* Early Minnesota 3 oz. 



Rusty Coat Pinlveye.. 3 oz^ 



Nova Scotia 3 oz. 



ijalico DeBliss 3 oz. 



Ledding's Seedling 3 oz,. 



* Early Shaw 3 oz. 



State of Maine 3 oz. 



Pale Blush Pinkeye 3 oz, 



*Prluce of Wales 3 oz.. 



Unknown 2 lbs., 12 oz. 



Kansas 2 lbs., 4 oz. 



Farmers' Delight 2 lbs., 3 oz. 



Long Pond.. 2 lbs., 1 oz. 



Great Britain.. lib., 10 oz. 



Cheenery lib., 15 oz. 



Carpenter's Seeding lib., 12 oz. 



Red Jacket 1 lb., 12 oz. 



Early May lib., 10 oz. 



Victor lib., 9 oz. 



Breakfast lib., 14 oz. 



Ohio Beauty. lib., 9 oz. 



Breesee's Prolific lib., 6 oz. 



Hillard's.... lib., 2 oz. 



Breesee's King of Earlies 1 lb., 2 oz.. 



Early Snow Ball 1 lb., 1 oz. 



Ketchum's Seedling 1 lb., 6 oz. 



From Ohio lib. 



Duke of Cumberland 1 lb., 1 oz.. 



Rough and Ready 1 lb., 6 oz. 



Early York 1 lb., 2 oz. 



Early Russet 1 lb., 4 oz. 



Climax 1 lb., 5 oz.. 



White Rose 1 lb. 



Dover Seedling 1 lb. 



Early Samaritan 1 lb. 



Whipple Seedling lib. 



*Seed kept at CoUege 7 or 8 years. 

 tSeed diseased. 



