6 4 



THK POTATO 

 TABLE VI 



Michigan Experiment Station 1 three varieties were 

 tested, with results as shown in the following table: 



TABLE VII 



The writer has found from seventeen to twenty 

 bushels to be necessary to furnish a good seeding, and 

 others have advocated the same amount, 1 although a 

 less quantity is frequently mentioned as satisfactory. 



A compilation 2 of experiments made at thirteen 

 stations to determine the proper amounts of seed shows: 



i. Within ordinary limits, an increase in seed pro- 

 duces a marked increase in total yield and marketable 

 potatoes. 



i Mich. Bui. 57, p. 18. 2 Mich. Bui. 93, pp. 5, 6. 



