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Potato Experiments

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Day
16
Month
December
Year
1892
Copyright
Public Domain
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A brief svfmniary of resulta obtained j in experimenta with potatoes at the CJtóh agricultura] experiment station is ■ as follows: Increasiug the size of the "pieces oï seed potatoes plantea increases the yielcl, i but it is questionable if pieces larger than fourths wül j-ield enough more to pay for the extra amount of seed reqtiired. Seed from stem end of potato yielded better tlian from seed end - result of one year's trial. So far as tried, no resnlts that would lead to auy conclusión have been obtained from the use of large and smal] potatoes for seed. Level crünvaüoii of potatoes gave better resulta than ridged cultivation with potatoes. (Second year's trial.) Hoíínnra. üovernor Rusk and Rural New Yorker No. 2 are the most promisI nr new potatoes tried. Kerosene emulsión was the -sai'est and surest insecticide used to rid vegetables of )n.-,ects.

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Ann Arbor Argus
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