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EXPERIMENTS. 



the present. Was plowed April 19th, with a double 

 Michigan plow, about ten inches deep ; harrowed once 

 lengthways of the furrows, and furrowed one way; rows 

 3 feet 4 inches apart ; hills 2 feet apart ; cost of 

 plowing and other preparations, $6,00. It was manured 

 with 14 loads of green stable manure, spread before 

 harrowing, and six loads loam from under an old leanto, 

 put in the hill ; value of manure upon the land, $17,00 ; 

 it was planted April 24th and 29th, in ten lots, the first 

 nine of which contained five rows each, 9 rods in 

 length. 



No. 1, two whole potatoes size of a hen's egg per hill. 

 !No. 2, one whole potatoe, good size to cook per hill. 

 No. 3, two halves of large potatoes per hill. 

 No. 4, two small potatoes per hill to be thinned. 

 No. 5, one whole potatoe per hill to be thinned. 

 No. 6, two halves per hill to be thinned. 

 No. 7, three pieces, one eye each per hill. 

 No. 8, two pieces root end per hill. ^ 



No. 9, two pieces seed end per hill. 



All the above were improved peach blows. 

 No. 10 embraced the remainder of the field, and was 

 planted, partly with early white and partly with small 

 peach blow potatoes, the yield of which was not very 

 satisfactory. 



Seed, ten bushels, worth $7,00 ; cost of planting 

 $2,50 ; harrowed between rows twice ; hoed once ; 

 plowed with a double mould-board plow once; cost of 

 cultivation S2,50 ; harvested Nov. 1st to 10th. 

 No. 1, produced 8 1-2 bushes medium size. 

 No. 2, produced 9 1-2 bushels large size. 

 No. 3, produced 11 bushels extra large size. 



