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pounds. Only ten hills were free from decayed tubers so 
comparative weights could be taken. They are given below. 
 (c.) Best selected from poorest hills—From this selection fifty 
tubers of a weight equal to the above fifty were planted on the 
_ same plat. Of the fifty hills fourteen contained all sound tubers 
and are given below. 
(d.) Selected from general stock.— This was a selection of seven 
- and one-half pounds comprising fifty tubers to compare with the 
above selection. 
(e.) Selected from general stock.— This was another selection of 
fifty tubers but of a larger size weighing eleven and one-half 
pounds, also for comparison with above. 
(f.) From selection “b.”— The ten very largest tubers weight 
four and seven-eighths pounds. 
(g.) From selection “b.”—The ten second largest tubers ‘weight 
three and one-thirty-seconds pounds. 
(h.) From selection “b.”— Six tubers very much branched. 
For convenience in tabulating the above are denoted by letters 
in the table. The yield from the branched or pronged tubers 
were all smooth. 
In view of the abnormal conditions to which this plat was sub- 
jected no discussion is made, but the results have been tabulated 
as a matter of record. 
