EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 
9 
Table No. 2—Continued. 
1 j 
Number. 
1 
Weight of Table 
Potatoes—ft>s. 
Weight of Small 
Potatoes—lbs. 
i 
COLOR AND SHAPE. 
Yield per 
Acre. 
Bushels. 
Number of Hills 
Planted. 
43 
8 
6 
242 
14 
44 
5 
4 
272 1-4 
8 
45 
25 
4 
.Cylindrical; color white. 
701 4-5 
10 
46 
18 
10 
338 4-5 
20 
47 
26 
6 
.Roundish ; color red. 
484 
16 
48 
20 
4 
580 4-5 
10 
49 
38 
4 
.Roundish, flat; skin white. 
847 
12 
50 
17 
8 
.Round, smooth ; blue in color. 
504 1-6 
12 
51 
7 
4 
266 1-5 
10 
52 
12 
.Cylindrical; color white. 
363 
8 
53 
8 
3 
332 3-4 
8 
54 
6 
6 
.Cylindrical; color light. 
363 
8 
55 
14 
4 
.Irregular: color red. 
435 3-5 
10 
56 
18 
4 
.Roundish ; skin light. 
532 2-5 
10 
57 
20 
3 
.Oblong; color purplish. 
556 3-5 
10 
58 
6 
4 
.Cylindrical; skin red. 
242 
10 
59 
10 
4 
.Oblong ; color white. 
423 1-2 
8 
60 
14 
3 
.Roundish; skin white. 
514 1-4 
8 
61 
10 
4 
.Roundish; color purple. 
338 4-5 
10 
62 
16 
4 
.Cylindrical; color reddish. 
605 
8 
63 
12 
3 
.Round; smooth, light skin. 
363 
10 
64 
14 
6 
.Oblong; color white. 
484 
10 
65 
8 
4 
.Oblong; color light. 
290 2-5 
10 
68 
18 
4 
.Oblong, color white. 
380 17-60 
14 
67 
12 
.Much flattened; skin purple. 
484 
6 
68 
10 
.Cylindrical; color red*. 
302 1-2 
8 
69 
18 
4 
.Oblong; color white. 
443 2-3 
12 
70 
13 
3 
.Cylindrical; smooth w r hite. 
484 
8 
71 
5 
2 
.Roundish flat; skin light. 
847 
2 
72 
12 
4 
.Round; skin smooth andlight. 
387 1-5 
10 
73 
6 
6 
.Cylindrical, color purple. 
242 
12 
74 
14 
4 
.Mucn flattened; skin light. 
435 3-5 
10 
75 
24 
8 
.Roundish; color purple. 
258 2-15 
30 
76 
30 
4 
.Irregular; color w 7 hite. 
822 4-5 
10 
77 
14 
4 
.Round; color red and white. 
435 3-5 
10 
78 
16 
4 
.Cylindrical; color red. 
484 
10 
79 
26 
.Oblong; skin white. 
629 1-5 
10 
80 
32 
774 2-5 
10 
81 
20 
4 
.Roundish; skin white. T.. 
580 4-5 
10 
82 
13 
2 
.Oblong; color white. 
453 4-5 
8 
83 
8 
2 
.Oblong; light red. 
1,110 
2 
84 
14 
4 
.Cylindrical; skin red. 
'574 1-2 
8 
85 
16 
4 
.Irregular; color white. 
403 1-3 
12 
86 
6 
4 
.Oblong; color red. 
302 1-2 
8 
87 
6 
.Oblong; skin light in color. 
181 1-2 
8 
88 
12 
2 
.Cylindrical; skin purple. 
440 
8 
89 
16 
3 
.Roundish; color white. 
574 3-4 < > 
8 
90 
28 
4 
.Much flattened ; color red. 
774 2-5 
10 
91 
22 
4 
.Roundish, smooth ; skin light. 
629 1-5 
10 
92 
6 
2 
.Oblong; color white. 
968 
2 
93 
38 
2 
.Shape oblong; color white. 
605 
16 
94 
5 
2 
.Cylindrical; color white. 
169 2-5 
10 
95 
6 
4 
.Round ; skin white. 
201 2-3 
12 
96 
108 
14 
492 1-5 
60 
METHODS OF CULTURE. 
Table No. 3 gives the average yield for three seasons of 
various methods of seed cutting. Whole seed pieces give, 
from this brief trial, the largest aggregate yield, and the 
small cut seed (one eve) gave the largest individual tubers 
