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PLAT B 14. 
SINGLE EYES. 
WHOLE 
TUBERS. 
Merchantable 
Total. 
Merchantable 
Total. 
96 
108 
78| 
88 
102 
1121 
741 
841 
98 
113J 
79i 
90J 
74i 
871 
711 
CiCi 1 
82i 
370J 
4211 
3041 
O A f 1 
3451 
PLAT 
B 15. 
83J 
102 
oD 
831 
104J 
1231 
103 
1241 
2 
1091 
1281 
111J 
126| 
118J 
1391 
Aggregate r 
3811 
455J 
4181 
4991 
PLAT 
B 16. 
106J 
1281 
llli 
2 
1341 
122J 
140J 
1271 
151 
118 
137 
1191 
881 
139 
1071 
1271 
1131 
454 
5331 
447| 
538J 
The results are entirely non-committal. In plat 14, the cutting 
appeared favorable to the yield; in 15, the reverse was the case, while 
in 16, the yields are as nearly equal as could be expected in duplicate 
plantings. 
Fresh versus Partially Dried Cuttings. 
In the Station Keport for 1886, page 153, is given the result of a test 
with fresh cuttings compared with those exposed to the air for eleven 
days before planting, which ^appeared to indicate that the partial 
drying proved favorable to the^yield. 
The past season^this test was repeated on a more extended scale. 
Beginning on Saturday, April 3, and continuing until Monday, May 
2, a given number of single eye cuttings from White Star potatoes of 
good merchantable size were made on each week-day morning, and 
after being weighed, were spread over the bottom of a small box, 
which was then placed on the floor of the office attached to the green- 
house. The temperature of this office ranged from about 60° to 80° 
