FIELD EXPERIMENTS I906-8. 97 



The American Horticultural Distributing Company shall 

 deliver free of charge at Houlton, Alaine the fungicide necessary 

 for use on Plot B and shall deposit with the Houlton Trust Com- 

 pany of Houlton, Maine, one hundred and twenty-five ($125) 

 dollars to be paid in part or entirely to the owner of the field 

 when the experiment is concluded provided injury is done to the 

 potatoes which injur}' is due to the use of the Target Brand 

 Fungicide. 



^^'hether or not there is injury shall be determined: 



( a ) If the yield of merchantable potatoes upon plot B shall 

 be less than the average yield (Plots A plus C -:- 2) upon plots 

 A and C, the injury shall be in proportion to the decrease in 

 yield at market price in H^oulton on December i, 1908. 



(b) n the quality of the potatoes grown upon Plot B shall 

 be inferior so as to affect the market value, the injurv^ shall be 

 considered as due to the fungicide and the financial loss shall be 

 decided by one or three of the large buyers of potatoes in Houl- 

 ton. 



In any case the Station shall have the right, if it desires, to 

 publish the results of the experiment. 



The following letter was sent October 6, 1908 to the company 

 reporting the results of the experiment : — 



"We have harvested the potatoes on the acre upon which fun- 

 gicide was used and upon the two acres grown upon either side. 

 There was no late blight in the county this year. You may 

 remember that the Target Brand Bordeaux which you sent to us 

 was not received until ver}' nearly time to use it and in conse- 

 quence of this it was impossible for us to use the Quick Bor- 

 deaux which you sent to us, and the experiment was wholly 

 with the Target Brand Fungicide and did not include the Quick 

 Bordeaux. The yields were as follows : — 



Fungicide plots: merchantable potatoes 103 barrels 



small potatoes 6 barrels 



Total 109 barrels 



Check plot to the south : merchantable 122 barrels 



small 5 barrels 



Total 127 barrels 



