KEY To PLATE V 



FIG. 27. One seed potato was used for the production 

 of each plate. Seed (A) was selected from a poor 

 hill and yielded only 1.1 Ibs. or 56 bushels per acre. 

 Seed (B) was from a highly producing hill and 

 gave 11.1 or 560 bushels per acre. Save the seed 

 from the best producing hill. 



FIG. 28. Cutting the potato. Leave from one to three 

 eyes on each piece (seed). 



FIG. 29. Flat divided into sections with paste-board. 

 Note pieces of broken pots in the bottom of the flat 

 to cover drainage holes and insure proper drainage. 



FIG. 30. Seed potatoes placed in each section partly 

 filled with soil and manure mixed. Cover the seed 

 with at least two inches of soil. 



