

THE POTATO 



■ Miilching. — In some districls good yields have 

 been- obtained by mulching the land with straw, 

 shavings, pine straw, or some similar substance, instead 

 of .cultivating it. Waugh found that it increased the 



FIG. 33 — ONE-IIORSK SPRING-TOOTH CULTIVATOR 

 Au excellent tool for the later cultivations. 



yield in Oklahoma' and similar results were obtained 

 in New Jersey," while in Georgia," Michigan,* Wis- 

 consin,^ and in my own trials in New York, it was 

 found to be unprofitable, even when the j-ields obtained 

 were about the same under both conditions. 



> Okla. Bui. 15, p. 32. 



' Ga. Bui. 29, p. 348. 



» Wis. Report, 1899, p. 209. 



' N. J. Report, 1901, p. 418. 

 * Mich. Bui. 95. pp. 13-16. 



