RATE OF PLANTING 



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Cutting Seed Potatoes.— Under "Propagation by Tubers," a 

 method of cutting potatoes through the stem-end and eye-end into 

 long fingers has been suggested. It is quite common to cut pota- 

 toes into pieces containing one or two eyes or buds. When seed 



Fig. 80. 



Fig. 81. 



Fig. 80. — Long slender Irish potatoes of the Burbank type. 

 Fig. 81. — Roundish, smooth potatoes of the Irish Cobbler type. 



potatoes are high in price, this is probably the best plan. When 



seed is not so expensive larger pieces will pay, giving larger yields. 



Rate of Planting. — A trial at the Ohio Station on the number of 



eyes to the piece and bushels of seed potatoes to the acre showed 



