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6. Coal ashes, a large handful dropped upon each cutting before 
covering with soil. 
7. Chloride of sodium (common salt), one-fourth ounce in each hill. 
8. Wheat bran, a large handful in each hill. 
9. Ground bone, a large handful in each hill. 
10. Nitrate of sdda, one-half ounce dropped in each hill before 
covering. | 
11. Ground bone, one-fourth the quantity used in No. 9. 
12. Sulphate of potash, one-half ounce in each hill. 
When the substance used was dissolved in water the whole 
tubers were placed in the solution and allowed to remain twenty 
hours, then cut into halves lengthwise and immediately planted. 
One row was left untreated for comparison. 
Tubers of the White Star variety were used for seed in this 
planting. The rows were three and one-half feet apart, and the 
pieces were placed two feet apart in the rows and ordinary culti- 
vation was given the entire plat. — 
In the following table the data of the yield of each rowis given 
as follows: The total number of tubers, per cent of yield scabby, 
number free from scab, slightly and badly scabbed, total number 
scabby: 

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