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hundred and twenty-eight (128) varieties were shown, and the whole- 

 product of the three hills of every variety, that of each hill in a small 

 wooden tray by itself. There were thus 384 trays in all. The back 

 row of 128 were from the whole potato as seed, the middle row from 

 the usual cutting and the front row from the single eye planted. 

 Every hill or tray was plainly marked with the name of the variety 

 and the method of seed planting. Examined from left to right, every 

 row showed the effects of the same way of cutting upon different 

 varieties. From back to front, in sets of three, the same variety in 

 diff'erent ways. As a whole, the potatoes were inferior in quality,, 

 although in several cases, single hills produced from three to five 

 pounds. But that was immaterial, the exhibit was not intended as a 

 show, but as an object lesson, giving at a glance the results of these 

 three ways of planting. Large card? accompanying the exhibit, gave 

 the average results in figures. These may be condensed as follows: 



AVERAGE OF 128 VARIETIES OF POTATOES. 



Metliod of cutting seed. 



Whole potato (back row) . . . 

 Usual cutting (middle row). 

 Single eye (front row) 



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5^013 



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28 

 13 



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48 

 33 



28 



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316 

 215 

 185 



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51 

 74; 



86 



One set of these figures may be deceptive; although it appears 

 that the average weight of the potatoes in the front row (single eye 

 planting), was the greatest, the number of large potatoes was greater 

 in the back row, and the largest potatoes were there also. Therefore 

 in every way of viewing it, so far as this one trial is concerned, the 

 planting of the fair-sized whole potatoes was the most satisfactory in 

 result. And this was not the result with a single kind, but the aver- 

 age of 128 different kinds, treated exactly alike in every respect except 

 the form or cutting of the seed. Henry E. Alvord, 



— Rural New Yorker. Manager. 



whole versus cut tubers for seed. 



The results of numerous experiments in this direction may be 

 summed up briefly : as a rule, the more potato we have planted the 



