Key To Plate V 



Fig. 27. — One seed potato was used for the production 

 of each plate. Seed (A) was selected from a poor 

 hill and yielded only 1.1 lbs. or 56 bushels per acre. 

 Seed (B) was from a highly producing hill and 

 gave 11.1 or 560 bushels per acre. Save the seed 

 from the best producing hill. 



Fig. 28. — Cutting the potato. Leave from one to three 

 eyes on each piece (seed). 



Fig. 29. — Flat divided into sections with paste-board. 

 Note pieces of broken pots in the bottom of the flat 

 to cover drainage holes and insure proper drainage. 



Fig. 80. — Seed potatoes placed in each section partly 

 filled with soil and manure mixed. Cover the seed 

 with at least two inches of soiL 



