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they have any value above handling, he can add the same to the net value 

 of the crop. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



In submitting this bulletin to the farmers of the State, we wish to, 

 acknowledge the valuable assistance of Mr. W. L. Harvey, class of '93, 

 who has aided us by his careful compilation of the results of the experi- 

 ments of our own and other stations, as given in these tables. 



We are further indebted to Messrs. E. M. McElroy, and E. B. Hale, class 

 of '93, for their accurate work in conducting the experiments of 1891, 

 and to Messrs. C. J. Barnum, W. J. McGee, and H. E. Ward for the 

 experiments of 1892. 



MICHIGAN— FARM DEPARTMENT. 



EXPERIMENT 



BY E. M. MoELROT (CLASS OF '93), 1891. 



Conditions of the experiment: 



Soil, a sandy loam. • 



Variety, Bur bank. 



Time of planting, June 12. 



Amounts of seed, one eye, fourth potato, half potato, whole ijotato. 



Metliod of planting, one piece was placed in a hill, the hills being 38 

 inches apart each way, and the plat was divided lengthwise into three 

 divisions so that mulch was applied to the first division, the second was 

 cultivated in the ordinary way, the third had mulch applied in the hill. 

 The plat was 16 rods long by two rods wide. 



