188 STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BULLETINS. 



APPENDIX. 



ladiaaa Balletin No. 3S, Vol. III. Mar. 1892. 

 EXPERIMEXT IN METHODS OF CUTTING AND CULTIVATION OF POTATOES. 



"The ^foatid for this experimeat was first prepared by plowing under 

 ten tons of stable manure in the fall of 1S90." (Cjmmercial fertilizers were 

 also applied thoroughly to the soil, particulars of which are given in the 

 Bulletin. ) 



" On October 2, they were all dag and carefully weighed, with the 

 following results: 



Basheis. 



Plat 1 a (whole tuber mulched) 108 



Plat 1 b ( whole tuber tips removed ) 185 



Plat 1 c (^ tuber, tips removed) 158 



Plat 2 a (whole tuber not mulched) 213 



Plat 2 b ( tips removed, not mulched ) 216 



Plat 2 c (^ tuber, not mulched) 245 



Plat 3 a (whole tuber, not mulched) 198 



Plat 3 b (tips removed, not mulched) 216 



Plat 3 c ( i tuber, not mulched ) 205 



Plat4 (seed-ends) . 145 



^^Conclusions. Half tubers produced a larger yield than whole ones. 

 Seed ends gave a much larger proportion of large tubers." 



New York State Station (Geneva). Seventh Annaal Report. 

 "cuttings vs. whole tubers of THE SAME WEIGHT. 



^^Ohject of the experiment: To ascertain if anything is gained by 

 cutting tubers for seed. 



"An experiment was made iu 1886 and repeated in 1887 with whole 

 tubers of various sizes as compared with cuttings, of which the average 

 weight was the same as that of the whole tubers. The results not appear- 

 ing conclusive, this experiment was repeated the past season on a larger 

 scale, the area devoted to it comprising twelve main plats of one-tenth 

 acre each." 



"In preparing the seed, the number of cuttings required for one row 

 was first made and their weight noted. The same number of whole 

 tubers of nearly uniform size was then picked out and weighed. If 



