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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



sought were: (1) To determine the best spacing for obtaining the 

 largest yield per acre of marketable potatoes, (2) to com])are the results 

 from green sprouted potatoes with those taken from a dark cool cellar 

 both being planted at the same time, (3) to determine the largest yield- 

 ing varieties, (4) to determine the economic and comparative values of 

 applications of acid phosphate, stable manure, wood ashes and plantings 

 on alfalfa sod, (5) planting by tuber unit system for seed selection and 

 for demonstrating the unproductive qualities of some tubers, (6) to 

 determine the effects of spraying with Bordeaux Mixture, (7) comparison 

 of tip versus butt cuts for seed, (8) comparison of diseased and healthy 



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seed, (9) use of seed dug in spring along with that harvested in the 

 autumn. As the data procured from the foregoing tests is voluminous, it 

 is to be published sej)arately. 



Fruit. — A new orcliard was started this spring containing the follow- 

 ing varieties, viz. : Apples — Yellow Transparent, Duchess, Wealthy, 

 Fameuse, Northwestern Greening, Wolf River, Alexander and Pewaukee 

 and North Star, Crabs— Hyslop and Martha. Cherries — Montmorency, 

 Early Richmond and English Morello. 



The varieties selected were chosen largely as the result of observations 

 of county agents in Alger and adjacent counties. Though the original 

 orchard has not been a success, it is the plan to continue the work along 

 this line. Past experiences show conclusively that only a very limited 

 number of varieties of apples can succeed under Chatham conditions, 

 that the soil should be deep and substantial, the site well drained and 



