FARM DEPARTMENT. 



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Table LII. 



Seed. 



One eye 



Two eyes 



Three eyes . . . 

 Whole, email 

 Whole, large_ 



Yield. 



81 



104 



160 



177 



234 



"Later trials with seed cut lenc^thwise of the potato, showed that the 

 system was the most economical of any tried. Good sized potatoes may 

 be cut lengthwise into two pieces, and very large potatoes into three or 

 four pieces. Neither one nor two eyes, not the seed, nor the stem end of 

 potatoes should be used." 



NEVADA. 



Bulletin No. 14, Nevada Station, 1891. 



" Four rows, each 132 feet long, of the White Flower were planted May 

 9,"using seed cut to one and two eyes, also half and whole potatoes." 



Table LIII. 



Seed. 



One eye 



Two eyes 



Half potato .. 

 Whole potato 



Large. 



120 

 131 



90 

 75 



"It will be noticed that the amount of small potatoes becomes greater 

 as the seed is increased from one eye. 



" The per cent of small potatoes is least with one eye and greatest where 

 the whole potatoes were used, although the latter gives the best results for 

 total weight." 



TABULATED SUMMARY. 



Table LIY. is a compilation of the results obtained in Michigan and 

 New York. 



Table LV. shows the number of instances in which the two eyes or half 

 potato gave the better results in Michigan and in all other states. 



Table LVI. shows the number of instances in which the whole potato 

 and half potato gave the better results. 

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