176 
REPoR? OF THE BOTANICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE 
says that the sprayed rows lived 19 days longer than the 
unsprayed. 
The market price of potatoes at digging time was 40 pas 
but Mr. Foster realized an average price of 53 cents per bushel 
on his entire crop. 
SUMMARY OF VOLUNTEER EXPERIMENTS IN 1904. 
The principal features of the forty-one volunteer experiments 
are shown in the following table: 
TasBLE XIII —Suowine ReEsvuuts or VoLUNTEER EXPERIMENTS. 

| 
—_ . 
COMNMUARWNH | Experiment. 

NAME. Location. 
i Kirkland. ...|Dewittville..... 
Ransom... ; Ransomville. ce 
Grinnell..... AVDION SSS steniae > 
Driggsecens+ Flbai se eas 
Rrenchs..> 3, Gainesville..... 
Dusen... 26%! Gainesville..... 
Rayloteveicn wis Hardyvasees sao 
Wilson.:...- Castile.. st. v5 «- 
Beaumont...|Castile......... 
Gridler, :i2.<.- Hornellsville 
Schenck..... JASPEET cn beens 
Hollenbeck. .|Jasper......... 
Zimmerman..|Adams Basin... 
Babcock..... Spencerport.... 
Dobson...... Charlotte. iue.s 
INGITIB2. ove ey. West Rush..... 
Martin: <<a). < West Rush..... 
Deh. avetteesee-c Hastpivush: ans 
Schoen...... Pittstord.. see 
Battams>..e. HIShera. .c.cu ie 
(ST Ben ooh dies WAGtOD wi scree 
Van Voorhis .|Hopewell...... 
Weleht ics $a helpss. 4 ees 
Salisbury..:.|/Phelps......... 
Salisbury. ..|Phelpss. ...... «3% 
Salisbury®... |e helpsiy ste. ol 
Hadloweres.c Geneva......e. 
Bradley...... Interlaken..... 
Browns... Berkshire...... 
Belden...... Berkshire...... 
Hitchings....|S. Onondaga... 
Doolittle.....|Cassville....... 
Wlégsr race ey. Jeff seid Soe ciePe is 
Buchanansch cil A KIM, oso srsyeue te 
Jeannin...... WwW. Sand Lake.. 
Beadle....... Cambridge..... 
Downs. psec. Baiting Hollow. 
Moseley. ....|Riverhead..... 
IECVO SS. 5s fe 3 Mattituck...... 
Fleet......../Cutchogue..... 
Waosters..ta.t. Water Mill..... 

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Acre,‘6 f 
: ————|Gain per|Cost per| Price 
3 3 acre acre of 
> r= > due to | each | pota- 
= P= | spray- | spray- | toes. 
TR be ing ing. 
Bu. Bu. |Bu. Lbs 
5 212 1844)-27 SS S0 iss ee $0 50 
4 167 131 | 36 18} $0 33 50 
4 146 63 | 83 BA oe el Cats 6 60 
4 132 110 | 22 Olsen 40 
5} 1433 894| 53 45 634 45 
3 2104 1344) 75 - (46)2 00050. 45 
aa 166 114 | 52 Onsen 40 
4 1654 1394] 26 LS} aretece 45 
5 158 134 | 24 LOL. ocnecettee 45 
3 2794 256 | 23 18 51 40 
4 162 126 | 36 Ol shetere etevs 35 
1 228 1954) O261 coUlnc eee 35 
8 2414 198$| 43 8 90 50 
5 164 1334] 30 29 473 50 
3 179 122 | 57 Ola we tare 65 
8 PH | 744/196 24 654 40 
;: 287 225 | 62 Olet. Ate 40 
4 172 IS 791235 boo 45 65 
4 2324 142 | 90 IS wat eee _ 40 
2 256 233 | 23 20; 1 03 45 
8 200 130 | 70 Olizecersiee 40 
5 205 1ST | 682. 20 eet eee 40 
2 3164 3054| 10 50 73 40 
4 1444 104 | 40 43 762 40 
5 1924 126 | 66 of 80 40 
4 2064 1104] 96 25| 1 00 40 
6 304 148 {156 i 3 a Beer 50 
4 207 144 | 62 48; 1 85 35 
3 200 110 | 90 Ol Ser 40 
i 242 226 | 16 Ss hone ate 40 
3 220 1254] 94 14; 1 41 50 
¢ 2014 1344] 67 14 65 50 
4 350 323 | 27 13) 1 734 35 
5 2754 2443] 31 5| 114 50 
3 211 1694| 41 45| 1 56 50 
3 297 2484) 48 24]/....... 30 
4 240 199 | 40 48 95 50 
6 3254 2004/125 Ol eines 50 
4 2774 208 | 69 29 40 50 
4 255 193 | 62 28 64 50 
2 3094 229 | 80 38 754 40 
—_ 
Total area sprayed in 41 experiments, 36334 acres. 
Average increase in yield per acre, 58 Meese 2814 pounds. 
— 
“Computed to‘nearest‘half bushel. 
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