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ley and the Standard, alternating every two rows. I will 

 give the result of this test in my report to the Committee, 

 on '' Experiments with Manures," at your request. The 

 potatoes, White Elephants, were cut, leaving three eyes 

 to each piece, and were dropped, fifteen inches apart, in the 

 drills on the third day of May. Tiiey were then covered 

 with the horse hoe, first reversing the wings. Very little 

 hand labor was done on the crop, and consisted principally 

 in pulling big weeds after the last hoeing. They were well 

 cultivated and hoed twice with the horse hoe. Amount of 

 seed used, five bushels ; Paris green was applied once only. 

 The vines made a very vigorous and exceedingly heavy 

 growth, getting almost entirely out of the way of the 

 blight, whicli only damaged a few spots in the field. The 

 four square rods, selected by your committee as an average, 

 were dug the last of September, and yielded as follows : 

 472| lbs. of large potatoes = to 815 1-6 bushels per acre. 

 62i '• '' small " '' " 41 2-3 " " " 



Total crop, 356 5-6 bushels per acre. 



Below, I give an estimate of the cost of raising the 



To the Committee on Root Crops: 

 Gentlemen : — The half acre of Fottler Cabbage entered 



