SEEDLING POTATOES. 29 
ReEpPorRT REGARDING VOTING CARDS. 
The Secretary submitted a report from the Council regarding 
the result of the vote on the question of the night of meeting, 
together with a recommendation that the Friday be adhered to. 
This recommendation was adopted. 
A report from the Council was submitted recommending the 
appointment of a committee to revise the rules, and it was remitted 
to the Council to revise them and to submit a report to the Society. 
SEEDLING POTATOES. 
A number of Seedling Potatoes raised by Mr W. R. Farish, 
Amisfield Tower, Dumfries, were exhibited, and the following 
record of their parentage, treatment, and yield, was submitted by 
Mr Farish, and read by the Secretary. 
The following are the varieties of seedling potatoes: 
Parentage. No. of Tubers. 
A. 1. Dobbie’s Central As sha Ic Late 
B. 1. Do. ee jae De af 
A. 3. Northern Star ... 58 RAY 14 5 
A. 4. The Crofter ... ibe aus 12 5 
B. 4 Do. ane ae cae 20 op 
CA7e Do. ‘a aA BE 17 - 
A 5. Fidler’s Record Ab fe 12 Early 
A. 6. Duchess of Cornwall ... 500 25 Late 
A. 7. Up-to-Date... te is 12 3 
B. 7 Do. ose a a 20 2nd Early 
CARTE Do. 936 AC “ae 17 + 
A. 9. The Factor ... on ove 7 Late 
All the same numbers are from the same plum. 
TREATMENT. 
March 28th, 1905—Sowed seed under glass. April 28th, 
1905—Pricked into boxes. May, 18th, 1905—Planted outside, 
30 inches apart in the rows and 12 inches between the plants, 
and put a slate deep down between each variety to keep them from 
mixing. The plot was manured with farmyard manure in autumn 
and dug down. In spring it was sown with kanit, and later 
