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Ordinary cuts; ridgeculture ; six inchesdeep; manured; 100 hills; 
planted April 25-26: 
Row 72. Row 74. Row ‘6. Row ‘78. Row 80. 
Burbank’s. Early Rose. Snowflake. Burbank’s. Bea’ty of Hebron 
Vegetated May 25, 0 1 hill. 0 0 0 
Vegetated May 29, 1 hill. 27 hills. 17 hills. 2 hills. 18 hills. 
Vegetated June 1, 17 hills. 70 hills. 59 hills. 14 hills. 59 hills. 
Bloom recorded, July 14. July 3. None. July 6. June 29. 
Yield, merch. tubers, 42 lbs. 9 3-4 lbs. 16 lbs. 41 1-4 lbs. 36 3-4 lbs. 
Yield, unmerc. tubers, 321-4lbs. 37 lbs. 301-4 lbs. 22 Ibs. 32 lbs. 
In order to better understand these figures we rearrange as below : 
Single eyes, cut close; yield of merchantable tubers per 100 hills. 
Beauty. 
Unmanured Early Ohio. Early Rose. Snowflake. Burbank’s. of Hebron. 
Level culture, 2in. deep, .... 0 0 1 3-4 lbs. 0 
Level culture, 3 in. deep, 0 1 1-4 lbs. 0 5 lbs. 5 1-2 lbs. 
Level culture, 4in. deep, .... 3-4 lbs. 0 3-4 lb. 1-2 lb. 
Level culture, 6 in. deep, 0 12 1-4 lbs. 1 1-2 lbs. 9 lbs. 2 3-4 lbs. 
Level culture, 8in. deep, .... 0 1-2 Ib. 1-4 lb. 0 
Ridge culture, 3 in. deep, 1 lb. 0 0 1-2 lb. 1 1-4 lbs. 
Manured. 
Level culture, 3 in. deep, 0 7 1-2 lbs. 0 i> “Ibs. 1 lb. 
Level culture, 6 in. deep, 0 5 1-4 lbs. 0 0 0 
Ridge culture, 3 in. deep, 1-2 lb. 0 0 1-2 lb. 1 1-4 lbs 
Ridge culture, 6 in. deep, 0 Al 0 0 0 
Single eyes, cut deep; yield of merchantable tubers: 
Beauty. 
Early Ohio. Early Rose. Snowflake. Burbank’s. of Hebron. 
Number of hills, “Awe 133. 115. 139. 112. 
Level culture, 4in. deep, .... 47 1-2lbs. 3538-4]lbs. 823-4l]bs. 61 Ibs. 
Calculat’dtothe100 hills, .,.. 35 8-4 lbs. 31 Ibs. 591-2lbs. 541-2 Ibs. 
Ordinary cuts; yield of merchantable tubers per 100 hills: 
Beauty 
Unmanured. Early Ohio. Early Rose. Snowflake. Burbank’s of Hebron. 
Level culture, 8in. deep, 471-4lbs. 871-4lbs. 341-2lbs. 107 Ibs. 385 lbs. 
Level culture, 6in. deep, 191-2lbs. 801-4lbs. 501-4lbs. 413-41bs. 50 8-4 lbs. 
Ridge culture, 3 in. deep, 461-4lbs. 301-4]lbs. 211-4lbs. 66 Ibs. 42 Ibs. 
Ridge culture, 6in. deep, 32 Ibs. 111-2lbs. 15 Ids. 633-41bs. 28 lbs. 
Manured. 
Level culture, 8in. deep, 22 Ibs. 423-41bs. 238 Ibs. 671-2lbs. 21 lbs. 
Level culture, 6in. deep, 221-4lbs. 18 Ibs. 14 Ibs. 511-4lbs. 241-2 lbs. 
Ridge culture, 3in. deep, 261-4]bs.. 141-4lbs. 151-4]bs. 463-4]bs. 24 3-4 lbs. 
Ridge culture, 6in. deep, 42 lbs. 93-4lbs. 16 lbs. 411-41bs. 36 8-4 lbs. 
We note a difference in yield as between varieties, and a difference 
in the power of the seed to overcome difficulties in vegetation. Under 
the unfavorable conditions of the soil of the field unfortunately se- 
lected, we obtained a full crop in but few instances. During growth 
we saw no indication of benefit derived from the manure applied, and 
our figures at harvest seem to indicate the truth of this observation. 
The influence of cutting the seed is also well marked in every case. 
Calculating the yields to the acre, in bushels of sixty pounds, we have 
the following figures to offer as an average of the various kinds of 
planting. 
