FARM DEPARTMENT. 



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the plats were one-fifth acre each in extent. The potatoes were planted in 

 drills about three feet apart, and fourteen to twenty-four inches in the 



row. 



From the sixth annual report we quote the conclusions arrived at from 

 the experiments resulting as above: 



" Medium sized whole potatoes give better results, as far as large sized, 

 marketable crop is concerned, than half potatoes obtained from tubers of 

 a coresponding size,"* 



OHIO. 



In the sixth annual report of the Ohio station, the results of experiments 

 extending over a period of four seasons are summarized. "Large, fine 

 potatoes were used in all cases whether cut or planted whole." We tabulate 

 the results below : 



Table L. — Results at the Ohio station. 



"It will be seen that the total yield has been uniformly in favor of the 

 large cuttings, but it is also true that the greater the number of eyes in a 

 piece, the larger the per cent of small potatoes. The per cent of smalL 



