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small sets. Where farmers have sets under both these 

 conditions they should, as far as possible, arrange that 

 the cut and small sets should be placed where the 

 conditions are most favourable for them to establish 

 themselves, when it will be found that they will pro- 

 duce good crops, and that there will be few misses. 

 Last season one cwt. of each of Farmer's Glory and 

 Up to Date, cut so that there was but one eye in each 

 set, yielded respectively 30 cwt. and 29 cwt. in open 

 field culture, with only ordinary attention. 



In our experience in experiments and general culture 

 we have found that those which appear least injured 

 by cutting include the Wonder, Up-to-Date, Farmer's 

 Glory, Jmperator, the Magnum Bonum, Bruce, Stour- 

 bridge Glory, Triumph, Reading Giant, Colossal, Thane 

 of Fife, Her Majesty, Lady Fife, and Record. Those 

 most affected by cutting are the Early Rose, White 

 Elephant, Beauty of Hebron, Daniels, arid others of 

 that type, all varieties of Ashleaf, Early Fortune, and 

 Jeannie Deans. 



Cut Seed. 



The question ot cut seed is one which also has 

 received attention for many years. Broadly speaking 

 seed is not improved by being cut, though where the 

 tubers are very large it is wasteful to plant them 

 whole. Provided sufficient eyes are left, and there is 

 sufficient substance surrounding them, there is not 

 much difference in value of the cut and the uncut 

 when planted under highly favourable conditions, but 

 there is a gradual falling off in proportion as the pre- 



