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Table XXXVII. — Continued. — Variety yields — Average of total crops. 



"I would especially direct the reader's attention to the relationship of 

 size of seed tuber to crop production. While in each class of plantinp;8 the 

 yield is variable often to a considerable extent, an average of all the hills 

 in each class of seed planted of 74 varieties, shows a continual decrease in 

 yield and number of tubers per hill, from the whole potato down to the 

 single-eye. In brief, the experimenis at this station on the relation of size 

 of seed tubers to croj) yield, demonstrate that the larger the piece of seed 

 jwtato planted, the greater will he the yield. This, it may be said, is also 

 the result very generally arrived at at other stations that have done similar 

 w^ork." 



INDIANA. 



Bulletin 42, Vol. Ill, Nov., 1892. 



We quote from the above named bulletin the result of some experiments 

 by Prof. J. C. Arthur. 

 Conditions of experiment. 

 Variety, Burbank and Beauty of Hebron. 

 Time of planting, May 23. 

 Amount of seed, Burbank, ranging from one to five ounces apiece. Beauty 



of Hebron, ranging from two to five ounces apiece. 

 Method of planting, hills three feet apart each way. 



" It has been demonstrated that the number of stalks produced increased 

 with the increase in weight of the seed piece, and that in practice the 



