POTATOES. 



The following illustration is taken from the West 

 Virginia Experiment Station Bulletin No. 20 : 



Here we see two hills of potatoes, the difference in 

 development of the plants, and also in the product of the 

 yield of tubers. A number of experimental plots were laid 

 out. Three rows, each one rod long and three and three- 



WITHOUT POTASH. 



WITH POTASH. 



tenths feet apart, were planted with potatoes of the White 

 Star variety. Plot No. 5 received no fertilizer of any kind. 

 Plot No. 3 had an application of kainit and acid phosphate. 

 Now for the results. The potatoes produced by the 

 three rows of Plot No. 5 weighed 21 pounds, and the 

 plants and the potatoes are represented on the left side of 



