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STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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Large Monitors, whole tubers, planted 3 ft. 
apart . 
No. 
56 eq. 
28 “ 
lbs. 
2U4 
lbs. 
1914 
ll)S» 
1,155 
lbs. 
1,174% 
171 
..do ....do_quartered lengthwise. 
11 
1,11914 
1,130% 
173 
.. do.do_halv’d lenirthwise, then cut 
across; blossom end used 
56 “ 
18H 
I61/2 
1,091% 
1,107% 
173 
.. do.do_cut same as 172, hut the 
root end used. 
56 “ 
1514 
121/2 
1,047% 
1,060% 
174 
Medium sized Monitors, whole tubers. 
112 “ 
22 
1,179% 
1,201% 
175 
..do .do.h.alved lengthwise. 
56 “ 
8 
11 
1,03114 
1,042% 
176 
Small Monitors, whole. 
112 “ 
7 
1914 
96514 
984% 
177 
Equal weights of large and email seed 
contrasted : 
Large Monitors, 3 feet apart. 
56 ‘‘ 
20 
22 
1,07514 
1,09714 
178 
Small Monitors, 9 inches apart. 
224 ‘‘ 
20 
3814 
1,18514 
1,223?4 
179 
Equal numbers large and small contrasted; 
Small Monitors, 3 ibet apart, contrasted with 
177. 
56 “ 
314 
68714 
69714 
180 
Large Mercers, v’hole, 3 feet apart. 
56 “ 
12 
271/,. 
869 
89614 
181 
..do _do_quartered lengthwise. 
28 “ 
8 
1614 
893% 
910% 
182 
.. do_do_blossom end. 
56 “ 
12 
24% 
92914 
95414 
183 
.. do_do.... root end. 
56 “ 
14M 
2314 
95114 
975 
184 
Medium do_whole. 
112 “ 
10 
4914 
95414 
1,003% 
185 
..do _do_halved lengthwise. 
56 
6 
35% 
935 
970% 
186 
Small.. .do_whole. 
112 “ 
354 
711/2 
87714 
948% 
187 
The same experiments are now repeated 
with stable manure : 
Large Monitors, whole, 3 feet apart. 
56 “ 
15 
11 
849% 
860% 
178 
.. do_do.quartered leng'thwise. 
28 “ 
8 
8% 
880 
888% 
189 
.. do_do.blossom end. 
,56 “ 
19 
8% 
97314 
981% 
190 
..do _do.root end. 
56 
15 
8% 
893% 
902 
191 
Medium do.whole. 
112 “ 
16 
11 
98714 
998% 
192 
..do _do.halved lengthwise. 
56 
8 
814 
836 
844% 
193 
Small., .do.whole. 
112 “ 
9/2 
814 
88814 
896% 
194 
Equal numbers of large and small con¬ 
trasted ; 
Small Monitors, whole, 3 feet apart. 
56 “ 
4% 
814 
684% 
693 
195 
Large_do.whole, 3 feet apart. 
56 “ 
14H 
11 
836 
847 
196 
Small_do.whole, 9 inches apart. 
224 
14^/2 
ni/a 
1,001 
1,C1814 
197 
Mercer potatoes, stable manure : 
Large Mercers, whole, 3 feet apart. 
56 
15 
1614 
1,0-47% 
1,064% 
198 
..do_do_quartered, lengthwise. 
28 “ 
814, 
814 
1,089 
1,097% 
199 
..do _do_blossom end. 
56 “ 
13 
5/3 
970% 
976% 
200 
..do_do_root end. 
56 “ 
141/2 
1614, 
99514 
1,011 
201 
Medium sized Mercers, whole... 
112 “ 
101/2 
22 
1,04214 
1,064% 
202 
..do do .do—halved, lengthwise 
56 “ 
6 
11 
987% 
998% 
203 
Small sized Mercers, whole. 
112 ‘‘ 
4 
44 
67614 
72014 
204 
Equal weights of large and small seed com¬ 
pared : 
Large Mercers, whole, 3 feet apart. 
56 “ 
9 
271/2 
882% 
910% 
205 
Small Mercers, whole, 9 inches apart. 
234 “ 
9 
121 
94014 
1,06114 
20(5 
Equal numbers of large and small seed 
compared : 
Large Mercers, whole, 3 feet apart. 
56 “ 
9 
2714 
882% 
910% 
207 
Small Mercers, whole, 3 feet apart. 
56 “ 
2 
1614 
646% 
662% 
208 
Letting aU sprouts grow, and thin.ning to 
three in each hid, compared. Monitors, 
Moro Philips’ phosphate: 
Monitors, large, three feet apart, notthinn’d 
56 ‘‘ 
31/2 
1914 
1,155 
i,m% 
209 
. do. .-do .do.thinnedtoc 
stalks to the hill.,. 
Stable manure: 
Monitors, large, 3 feet apart, not thinned.. 
56 “ 
23 
13% 
1,02814 
1,042% 
210 
56 “ 
15 
11 
849% 
860% 
211 
.. do.do.do — thin’d to 3 st’lke 
56 “ 
1414 
11 
827% 
838% 
212 
Large Mercer, 3 feet apart, not thinned. 
56 “ 
15 
1614 
1,047% 
1,064% 
213 
Large Mercer, 3 feet apait, thinned to S 
stalks to the hill. 
56 “ 
15 
51/2 
84214 
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