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In the Pearl of Savoy tlie same thing is shown as in the foregoing, viz., 

 that there is a gradual increase in both total and marketable as we go 

 from the smaller to the larger amounts of seed. The only exception is 

 seen in the "drills on sand." Even here the .yield from the whole potato 

 far exceeded that from any other. 



The net profits are somewhat different from those noted in the preced- 

 ing experiment. Here the largest profit is obtained from the greatest 

 amount of seed, while the one eye gives the least profit. The two eyes 

 come second. The difference in favor of the large amount of seed is very 

 marked. 



Table VI. — Yields, Rural New Yorker, No. 2. 



Table VII.— Values, Rural New Yorker No. 2. 



Seed. 



One eye 



Two eyes 



Half potato... 

 Whole potato . 



Net 

 value 



of 

 large. 



$94 54 

 110 76 



97 12 



81 60 



The Rural New Yorker No. 2 is the most variable of all that we hare 

 yet had. It will be noticed that the two eye cuttings gave the largest 

 yield in three out of four instances. If we exclude them, we find the 

 same regular increase from the smallest to the largest cutting of seed. 



If we were to consider this experiment alone, we might be led to believe 

 the two eye cuttings to be most profitable of all, whereas this is disproven 

 by almost every other experiment conducted upon our department. The 



