FARM DEPARTMENT. 



171 



"5. Cutting: seed potatoes to a single eye, increases the missing hills 

 so much, in an average season, as to materially reduce the crop." 



TENNESSEE. 



Tennessee bulletin Vol. Ill, No. 1. 



"Eight diflPerent lots of whole tubers of Early Rose potatoes, were 

 selected; each lot, with one exception, consisting of 100 tubers. Every 

 potato in each group was weighed on a Fairbank's silk scale, in order to 

 insure accuracy. Each lot was planted in a row by itself, the rows being 

 three and one-half feet apart, and the tubers were two feet apart in the 

 row, with the exception of row one, in which they were three feet apart. 

 The ground had the best of tillage, but no fertilizers were used. Planting 

 was done on the trench system, on April 6th, and hoeing and cultivating 

 occurred whenever necessary." 



Table XXXIV. 



Seed. 



1-2 ozs., 'i feet apart. 



2-8 " 2 " 



3-4 " 2 " 



4-6 " 2 " 



6-8 " 2 " 



8-10 " 2 " 



10-12 ozs., 2 " 



12-14 " 3 " 



Net 

 large, 

 above 



seed. 



62 

 67 



52 

 50 



a 



55^ 



m 



14 



"It will be noticed that, with a very slight variation, the productive- 

 ness per hill ivas greatest with the largest planted tuhers; and in the 

 case of the total crop, decreased quite constantly with decrease of weight 

 of seed planted.'"' 



^^ Comparing large and medium sized whole tuhers, and halves, quarters 

 and single eyes. Six plats, of \ acre each, were used in this experi- 

 ment. The plats were 272 feet long, and contained 13 rows each, the 

 rows being 8^ feet apart. No fertilizer was aised, but the land was 

 well cultivated and worked after plowing. Early Rose, northern grown, 

 seed potatoes were used." 



Table XXXV. 



Seed. 



Single eyes, medium 

 Single eyes, large ... 

 Quarters, medium... 



Halves, medium 



Wholes, medium 



Wholes, large 



Net 

 large 

 above 

 seed. 



44 

 70 

 77 

 33 

 57 

 95 



