196 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



2,775 pounds 

 acre) . 



Field E (Potatoes). 



This field is 2(50 feet long and 48 feet 

 wide; it contains .2.S6 acres. The field 

 was ploughed April 20. The follow- 

 ing fertilizer was applied April 27 : 250 

 pounds fine-ground bone, 75 pounds sul- 

 phate of })otash, high grade, ninety-five 

 . per cent, (rate of 600 })ounds bone, 200 

 c pounds sulphate of jiotash, high grade, 

 ~ per acre a})i)roximately) . 

 1^ At the northern part of the field were 

 2 a few rows of violets under the care of 

 *■ Professor Humphrey. The remainder of 

 I the field {.2{} acres) was planted to pota- 

 " toes (variety Beauty of Hebron), April 

 30, in rows two and one-half feet apart. 

 Seven bushels of seed were used. On 

 account of the cold weather the potato 

 plants did not appear above ground until 

 May 28. August 4 the potato tops began 

 to die, and August 15 the tubers were 

 dug. They were more or less scal^by 

 and rather poor in quality ; total yield 

 (10,673 pounds, or 212 bushels, to the 



