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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 

 COMPARISON OF CROPS FROM FOUR CULTIAATIONS AlvD EIGHT CULTIVATIONS, 



Variety experimented vc'nh: Gold Coin. 



Area planted : one-twentietli acre. 



Planted in rows 30 inches apart, sets planted 1 foot apart in rows. 



The potatoes cultivated eight times show that the extra cultivation is beneficial 

 to the crop, the loosening of the soil between the rows causes a better yield to result, 

 and, if not cultivated too deep the last two or three times, will not disturb the grow- 

 ing tubers. 



EXPERIMENT IN DISTANCE OF PLANTING. 



Variety experimented with : American Wonder. 



Area planted : one-twentieth acre. 



Sets used had at least three eyes. 



Seed planted in rows 2^ feet apart gives a larger return than that planted in 

 rows three feet apart. Where the sets are only 12 inches apart in the rows the yield 

 is better than where they are 14 inches apart. 



Rows 2\ feet apart. 

 Rows 3 feet apart . . 



Sets 12 in. apart. 



Yield per acre 

 marketable. 



Tons. 



12 

 9 



lb. 



860 

 1560 



Yield per acre 

 unmarketable. 



Tons. 



1 

 1 



lb. 



1120 

 320 



Sets 14 in. apart. 



Yield per acre 

 marketable. 



Tons. 



10 

 9 



lb. 



1940 

 840 



Yield per acre 

 unmarketable. 



Tons. 



1 

 1 



lb. 



1440 

 500 



Agassiz. 



