20 
FOURTEEN ACRES OF 
the AMERICAN^f^^ 2 S===—==^" 
POTATOE^mSj^ acre 
bSls ON Thai} acre yields 200 bushels. 
DUOntLiJ, will- ^j,poKT ON ONE ACRE OF POTATOES Y 
.. -pnarl ** 14 acres 
ten yearSr 
Manure applied since. 
Soil- Clay, moderately heavy. 
barn-yard manure J"J'Sj ”i.“over some 
TIEI.D 6*8 J 
A one hnU aoro-“Mninmoth Pearl,” northern .eea, y,^,- 
IbB.'eaual to 880 bushels. lO. 
One half »cre-‘'I«Cnminoth Pearl,” Home raised, seed 
yield t4j 
Manure,-relying upon the Mapes “Pf=V" 2 wed fm two years, plou 
on the 14 acres over 30 bushels acres including the M acres 
the fall for Potatoes. . 1SS4, Spnng, planted Potatoes to 19 ac ,^5 troad- 
.ibove described, applying .500 lbs. PeV'-'™ °l' 5 ^ 5 “Pf 
cast before harrmviDg, 500 lbs srattered in the rows before planting, U S 
rounds Ta S. and hard to pull up. Yield: Three .acres of 'PP'=“,^'' 
almost a failure owinc to poor, seed or some other cause they didn t come up, t 
Iro roplantid iield 470 buSiels, or .57 busheis per a^e The glance of the pe e .6 
acres yielded on measurement 4,480 bushels being aSo bushels per acre. The 9 ''“'"^.°' 
the entire piece was \*ariab!e and not equal to the half acre m the experiment ne 
northern seed. This season in our section ^^■as one of the worst ever known lor poor 
Quality and liabiilty to rot. We have now (Dec. 4th) some Soo to 900 barrels remaining 
from this lot, in cellar and they show no signs of rotting. An interesting experience in 
our neighborhood points to the trouble in quality and bad appearance of the potato being 
in some instances developed after tJiegrtnvtk at the end of the season. A neighbor being 
apprehensive of rot dug several rows and sold the potatoes to the extent of some 40 ban-els, 
at full market price, these potatoes were smooth, clean and handsome with no signs of rot. 
Only three weeks afterwards in digging the balance of the field the potatoes w'ere found 
10 be scabby, rough and anything but handsome. In comparing the yield from the 16 
acres (280 bushels per acre) with the product of the one luxlf acre (northern seed) 2S0 
bushels equal to 560 bushels per acre, it will be seen that the jield on the half acre is 
just at double the rate of the large field. The reasons for the same must be found in there 
being twice as viatzy rows (iS inches instead of 36 inches apart) per acre in the small piece 
as in the large field,as well as in the difference in the seed (northern, instead of home-grown) 
and the larger quantity of plant food supplied. Wheat is now sowm over the entire piece 
induing the one acre potato experiment (half an acre mulched and half an acre not 
roulchei) This is an entirely different field from the 20 acre field of potatoes reported 
on last year. (Signed) W. S. COMBS M. D. Freehold, New Jerrev. 
Send postal for new pamphlet (to be issued in Jaiuiary), containing full reports ■with diagrams of Potato Experiments at “Rural 
Farm,” Dr. Lawes’ Potato Experience, etc., etc. Address THE MAPES FORMULA AND PERUVIAN GUANO CO, 
1.58 Fkont Street, New York. 
B. 
biisliols. 
T.- <>A” Ground accur.itely measured, one half acreOess i8o square f.., i „ 
^4 rotelv hea^, but better adapted for potatoes than some clay soils conta'nii 
moderately neovy, tins aero was thorough and th. i,.a'r"’."’? iron. 
inclined t 
fnable: 
Tw.d 111) in iS»i tor corn. .. ... »» . .vim oruinary comm 
was plowed “I ^ws i8 inches apart, 12 to is inches apa,Mv“,?W 
mg d n„t. Smoothing harrow used until the vines were 2 or , nji, *'''»», 
covered and levcllcnj^nup „,en a single tooth cultivator was?nj 
^ fui? depth, (say s inches) and the Mapes Potato Manure, 500 lbs. perac?e 
cut o? furrow for the purpose of mcrucing root growth from rows, theS’a 2 "J«i 
wimal Saff was spread evenly two inches in depth over the entire surface of the S''' 
evSting on one half the length of four rows, this strip was left without 801^". 
rost tCeffects of the mulching; no culhvation was given after the mulch wasS'’' "> 
Fertiliser used. 800 to 900 lbs. of tlie Mapes Potato Manure spread evenly oveT^l- • 
surface after a broadcast dressing of 20 loads of stable manure: The yieldwas .6 IS' 
cnual ti 2S0 bushels (60 lbs. eachT on this piece, one half acre.. These measuremenfe 
|?curately made by disinterested parties. This very large yield is explained by theS 
‘tha the rows were twice as numerous as usual. (18 inches apart instead of 3 feet) aldTu 
nmatoes (contrary to expectations of some neighbors) instead of being small 
large, unisuallv so and very superior in quail y, rarely excelled. The test made oVS 
half of the 4 rows (40 feet long by omission of the mulching showed no difference in” 
falilfor quantity of yield. There was. no perceptible difference at harvest & 
?eison had been a dry one the mulchinp; might have proved beneficial. 
Piece “13 ” The conditions of this piece of one half acre, were apparently just the sjm 
ns with the half “A,” including character of soil, fertilizers used, method of pUnZ 
excepting that home raised seed was planted and.no mulch used Yield was nnich 
inferior m quality and pee of the potatoes as compared with plot “A”. The product w„ 
not accurately weighed, but it fell short of the yield of plot A, by twelve to fifteen 
cent but was certainly not less than 248 bushels on the half acre. The potato bugs did 
considerable damage to this piece and reduced the yield, possibly enough to make up the 
difference. All of this potato ground had been fertilieed for three years before, ciclnsivelr 
with the Mapes Manures. Ii. 1.S81 1,000 lbs. for corn. 1882, 800 lbs. of the Mapes Pota’i 
Manure for potatoes, in 18S3 with 500 lbs. of the Mapes Complete Manures for “Light” 
and “Heavy” soils, % each, for Wheat. 
' (Signed) W. S. COMBS, Freehold, New Jersei-, 
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