665 



(7) 'J'lio potatoes contained only 70.1"2 per cent of nioisturo. Tlicy contained ri4.34 

 per cent more starcli than those reported upon in the East, and thorefoto liave 34.IJ4 

 per cent more value than wuch Eastern potatoes. 



(8) The practice of phintiujj nearer than '.> feet between rows and 1 foot between 

 hills sliould not be accepted as desirable until further inquiry in rcj^ard to the 

 increased cost and decreased value of the product resulting from such close planting, 

 is made. 



(9) Quality should bo regarded as one of the prime considerations in jiotato pro- 

 duction, as potatoes are used more as a luxury than wheat. 



(10) Utah potatoes being of very superior quality, require that our farmers main- 

 tain and even further develop this favorable quality, and in addition, make special 

 etlort to make known to possible markets their superior economical value and i)ala- 

 tableness, for tbe reason that the distance to market beyond our border is so great 

 that their superiority alono will secure for ns sale in these nuirkets, except in very 

 infrequent years when crops are very short in the East and very great in Utah. 



Experiments with potatoes, E. S. Eichman, B. S. (pp. lG-22). — 

 Theseincliuleexperiiueuts on tweutietU-acre plats with diftereiit amounts 

 of seed and of tillage, the effect of manure on the qualit}^ and composi- 

 tion of potatoes, and the effect of different amounts of water on the yield 

 of potatoes. Small and large tubers, quarters, and two-eye pieces gave 

 yields increasing with the amount of seed jilanted. In an experiment 

 in whicli potatoes on different i)lats were cultivated at intervals of from 

 2 to 10 days from June 17 to July 19, the amount of cultivation seemed 

 to have little influence on the yield. Where manure was applied, the 

 percentage of starch was somewhat larger than on the plat receiving 

 no manure. Where water was applied, between July 18 and August 6, 

 in amounts varying from 4.3 inches to 9,45 inches, the yield increased 

 with the increase in the amount of water. In a note by the director of 

 the station tbe following are given as the average results obtained by 

 him in experiments covering 7 years in localities further east. 



Average product per acre for 7 years. 



Bushels. 



From seed of whole potatoes, large 224. 1 



From seed of whole potatoes, small 177. 



From seed of stem end of potato 148. 



From seed of seed end of potato 1G8. 



From one eye to the hill 81.0 



From two eyes to the hill 104. 



From three eyes to the hill IGO. 



Vermont Station, Third Annual Report, 1889 (pp. 172). 



Financial keport (p. 9). — This is for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1889. 



Keport of director, W. W. Cooke, M. A. (pp. 10-lG).— An outline 

 of the work of the station. 



Inspection of fertilizers, and miscellaneous analyses, W. 

 W. Cooke, 31. A. (pp. 17-41). — This includes analyses of .51 samples of 

 commercial fertilizers and bones; analyses of leached and unleached 

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