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EXPERIMENTS IN PI ANTING POTATOES. [Dec. 1894. 





Athens. 



Imperator. 



Weight of Seed. 



Per- 

 centage of 

 Failures. 





Per- 

 centage of 

 Failures. 



Yield per 

 Acre. 





Yield per 

 Acre. 



Tubers of 3^ oz. planted whole 

 „ „ cut into two 

 portions 



Tubers of 7 oz. cut into two 



portions - 

 Tubers of 10| oz. cut into three 



portions _ - . 

 Tubers of If oz. Two tubers 



planted together 

 Tubers of 1 oz. Three tubers 



planted together 



7 



/ o 



18 



Cwts. 

 119 



7o 



9 



Cwts. 

 198 



42 

 27 



10-50 

 9 



34 

 67 

 140 

 84 

 97 



21 



28-5 



42 



0 



0 



119 

 146 

 98 

 236 

 177 



If the yield obtained from the entire tubers weighing 3^ oz. 

 of each variety of potato used in these experiments be taken as 

 a basis of comparison and represented as 100, the relative values 

 of the six different systems of planting may be shown as 

 follows : — 





1891. 



1892. 



Weight of Seed. 















Yellow 

 Rose. 







Imperator. 



Athens. 



Idaho. 



1 



"lubers of 3^ oz. planted whole 



100 



100 



100 



100 



„ „ cat into two 











portions - 



75 



80 



81 



78 



Tubers of 7 oz. cut into two 











portions - 



87 



94 



87 



88 



Tubers of 10^ oz. cut into three 











portions - 



61 



72 



76 



81 



Tubers of If oz. Two tubers 

 1 planted together 











94 



99 



96 



74 



Tubers of 1 oz. Three tubers 











6 planted together 



70 



89 



87 



73 



Weight of Seed. 



1893. 



Idaho. 



Blue 

 Giant. 



Atheri!-. 



Imperator. 



Tubers of 3| oz. planted whole - 



100 



100 



100 



100 



„ „ cut into two 











portions - _ _ 



70 



125 



29 



60 



Tubers of 7 oz. cut into two 











portioDs _ - - 



86 



128 



56 



73 



Tubers of 10| oz. cut into three 











portions - _ _ 



76 



80 



117 



49 



Tubers cf If oz. Two tubers 











planted together 



98 



113 



70 



119 



Tubers of 1 oz. Three tubers 











planted together 



111 



114 



81 



88 













