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STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BULLETINS. 



Table XL. 



Seed. 



Two eyes 



Whole, small. 

 " large . 



Net large 

 above 

 seed. 



113 

 137 «i 

 163 



We quote from Bulletin No. 22, 1889: 



"Five plats were used in these experiments. They were each one- 

 eightieth of an acre in size." Northern grown Early Rose was the 

 variety used. In all the plats the potatoes were planted 14 inches apart 

 and in rows 8 feet wide." 



"The following table shows the yield calculated per acre: 



Table XLI. 



Seed. 



Two eyes, medium 



" " large 



Half, large 



Whole, small 



" large 



Net large 

 above 

 seed. 



122 

 125 



156 

 16.5 



" These results show that by planting large whole potatoes there was 

 an increased yield over the usual method of planting of nearly KX) bushels 

 per acre of merchantable potatoes. This has been our third trial and 

 each time the result has been the same, that is, by planting large whole 

 potatoes, instead of cut potatoes, there follows an increased yield in the 

 crop. 



"This is substantiated by compared results obtained by many similar 

 experiments throughout the country. It seems, therefore, that the yield 

 is in direct ratio to the weight of seed planted. Whether it will pay to 

 plant large whole potatoes rather than small or cut potatoes, depends 

 largely upon the season and the price of seed potatoes, as well as the price 

 of the harvested crop." 



LOUISIANA. 



Louisiana Station, Bulletin No. 4, 2d series. 



At the Louisiana Experiment Station during the season of 1888 tests 

 were made to determine the "size of potato best adapted for seed." We 

 quote the conditions of the experiment, together with remarks, and 

 tabulate the results, from Bulletin No. 4, second series. 



"Seven varities. of potatoes were used, each being treated exactly alike. 



"In each row there were eight large potatoes; eight medium potatoes; 



