FARM DEPARTMENT. 



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profit, $32.97, $67.40, $70.12, $G8.52, does not differ greatly in case of the 

 three larger cuttings. It will be noticed that the best profit, viz., $70.12, 

 was obtained fromthe half potato cuttings of seed. 



EXPERIMENT 



BY E. B. HALE (Class of '93), 1891. 



Conditions of the experiment: 

 Soil, the experiment was duplicated, one being on sand and the other on 



clay. 

 Varieties, Rural New Yorker No. 2 and Pearl of Savoy. 

 Time of planting, June 5. 



Amounts of seed, one eye, two eyes, half potato, whole potato. 

 Method of }Dlaniing, hills and drills were used and two pieces were put 



in a hill, while only one piece was put in a place in the drills; the hills 



were 33 inches apart, the drill rows were 33 inches apart and the pieces 



were 16|^ inches apart in the row; the aim was to plant the same amount 



of seed in the hills as in the drills. 



The plat was 2x16 rods in extent. Several rows of Pearl of Savoy 

 and mixed varieties were planted around the outside. 



Table V. — Values, Pearl of Savoy. 



Seed. 



One eye 



Two eyes 



Half potato.. 

 Whole potato 



Net 

 value 



of 

 large. 



$24.14 

 30.68 

 26.72 



36.73 



