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variety received the same amount of fertilizer, the same 

 care, and no favors shown to any, as my only object was to 

 find out, if I could, the best variety for me to raise, and you 

 must recollect that these fifteen varieties each have a good 

 farmer back of it, who thinks he has the best one. 



The rows on the piece were 200 feet long and there were 

 35 rows on the piece ; of some of the varieties I planted 

 more than others, but each estimate was made on one row 

 of 200 feet, the product was weighed by scales and careful- 

 ly noted as to yield and per centage of marketable tubers, 

 the yield per row, amount marketable, etc., is in round num- 

 bers without fractions, on the above basis there would be 

 70 rows on an acre, so the rows must have been a trifle 

 over 8 feet apart. The method of cultivation does not con- 

 cern us in this experiment, as they were all treated alike, 

 but I will state that they were well taken care of, and fer- 

 tilized with a ton of Stockbridge potato manure per acre, 

 and here is the result. 



