USE OF EXPLOSIVES AND THE BLOW-LAMP IN THE GARDEN. 13 



Other Crops. — The disposition of the crops is given diagramma- 

 tically on the plan below. The plot which was available for general 



Table II. 



Variety 



• Reliance.' 



j ' Crimson Beauty.' j 



Crop per 100 plants : 



2 oz. 



Explosive. 



Explosive. 



1 2 oz. 

 Explosive. 



No 

 Explosive. 



Larger tubers 



297*72 lb. 



277-33 lb. 



j 279-1 lb. 



137-5 'b. 



Small „ . 



I7'24 y, 



13-23 » 



7-6 „ 



15-2 „ 



Total 



3i4'97 » 



290-56 „ 



286-7 „ 



152-7 „ 



Number of larger tubers 



1306-5 



1036-3 





— 



Weight of 100 „ 



19-9 lb. 



27-5 lb. 





— 





i oz. 



Explosive, 



I oz. 



Explosive 



i oz. 



jj/ AUivJoi V c 



1 oz. 



Explosive. 



Larger tubers 



324-33 lb. 



316-07 lb. 



157-6 lb. 



216-9 lb. 



Small ,, 



20-76 



26-78 „ 



i8-o „ 



10-9 



Total 



345-09 „ 



342-86 „ 



175-6 „ 



227-8 „ 



Number of larger tubers 



1307-1 



1242-6 



— 



— 



Weight of 100 ,, „ 



24-8 lb. 



25-43 lb. 





— 





i| oz. 

 Explosive. 



No 

 Explosive. 



il oz. 

 Explosive. 



No 

 Explosive. 



Larger tubers 



475-0 lb. 



472-2 lb. 



289-3 lb. 



216-1 lb. 



Small ,, 



56-87 „ 



38-8 „ 



35-0 „ 



14-3 „ 



Total 



531-87 



511-15 „ 



324-4 



230-4 » 



Number of larger tubers 



1555 



1857 







Weight of 100 „ 



- 



30-5 lb. 



25-4 lb. 







Crop on NON-EXPLODED ground reckoned as 100. 



' Reliance.' | ' Crimson Beauty 

 No explosive : 2 oz. = 100 : io8-6 lb. = 100 : 188 lb. 

 „ I oz. = 100 : 118-2 „ =100:143 „ 

 „ ^ oz. = 100 : 118-9 „ =100:115.5,, 

 „ i| oz. = 100 : 104-07 ,, = 100 : 141 ,, 



crops did not give quite a fair chance to the explosive, for it had been 

 recently double dug all over before the idea of exploding had been 



