236 REPORT OF THE FARM SUPERINTENDENT OF THE 
3. WHoLE Tusers vs. Currinas, EquaL WEIGHT OF SEED. 
A small area, left after the general planting was done, was planted 
June eighteenth to potatoes, using two ounces of seed per hill, 
as per data given in the table below. The growth was rapid and 
vigorous until checked by disease early in August... This deter- 
mined the yield. The tubers were left in the ground until Octo- 
ber, nineteenth. ts 
The advantage in this trial is with the half tubers considered 
alone but if one-fourth the sum of the yields from the cuttings be 
compared with the yield from the whole tubers there is practically 
no net difference in favor of cutting the tubers for seed and the 
labor would be simply thrown away. 
Last year in an experiment covering 1.2 acres the differ- 
ence between whole tubers and cuttings of equal weight was so 
small that the conclusion was “little or nothing is gained by using 
cut potatoes for seed, while the labor of cutting and the greater 
market value of the larger tuber (used) may constitute a positive 
logs.” * ; 




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= = “3 | ss 8 CALCULATED 
ies Sia Oss Be a P| To 100 HILLS, 
B. GORE— METHOD OF he oS < P | a5 2 0 2 sae G 
SEEDING. Ga | SF ip eaS pSici es of [a” | Sy 
Qa ony te hee a be. eh ees 
g Sl tee ds ong ee a 8 noo | Sa 
S s oF i no g c Oes2Q ° 
ZA Z = = n H:-|-4 a 
Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs. 
Whole tubers, 2 oz. perhill ....| 102 | 102} 41.94 5.38'| 13.941 61.26, 41.12 60.06 
One-half tubers, 2 oz. per hill.} 102 101 51.75 9.25 8.38 69.38 51.25 68.69 
Three eye cuttings,20z.per hill| 104 95 | 37.88 5.06 7.69 | 50.63 | 39.87 53.29 
Two eye cuttings,20z. perhill.| 103 88 | 36.56 7.138 9.94 | 53.63 | 41.32 60.94 
One eye cuttings, 2 oz. perhill.| 103 94 | 384.81] 10.38 7.50 | 52.69 | 35.96 56.05 


LARGE vs. SMALL TUBERS FOR SEED AND THE SAME WITH THE “ SEED” 
Enps REMOVED. 
Hight of the ten rows on Plat F thirteen were used for a small 
trial under this head. Thé whole tubers averaged 4.6 ounces 
each, but when the “seed” ends were removed the weight was 
reduced to a little under four ounces. The small tubers averaged 

* Report New Yérk Agricultural Experiment Station, 1888, pp. 162-5. 
