. Annual report. Agricultural education. 164 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. Materials Rate per Acre (Pounds). Nitrate of soda, Dried blood, .... Tankage, ..... Acid phosphate, Sulphate of potash (high grade), 250 100 250 400 300 This fertilizer was applied May 9, and the seed was planted the same day. The variety was Carmen No. 1. The tubers selected were uniform in form, weight and all external char- acteristics, as far as it was possible to obtain such. The weights of the tubers were as follows: No. 1, 160 grams; No. 2, 135 grains; No. 3, 160 grams; No. 4, 140 grams; No. 5, 135 grain
. Annual report. Agricultural education. 164 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. Materials Rate per Acre (Pounds). Nitrate of soda, Dried blood, .... Tankage, ..... Acid phosphate, Sulphate of potash (high grade), 250 100 250 400 300 This fertilizer was applied May 9, and the seed was planted the same day. The variety was Carmen No. 1. The tubers selected were uniform in form, weight and all external char- acteristics, as far as it was possible to obtain such. The weights of the tubers were as follows: No. 1, 160 grams; No. 2, 135 grains; No. 3, 160 grams; No. 4, 140 grams; No. 5, 135 grains; No. 6, 140 grams; No. 7, 140 grams; No. 8, 140 grams. The first seven tubers were treated with corrosive sublimate solution, and sun-sprouted; No. 8 was not treated. Each tuber was cut to exact halves by weight, and the number of eyes on each half reduced to five in the same part of the tuber. The tubers were all typical of the variety, and all were entirely free from scab, but there had been a few scabbed potatoes in the crop from which they came. They were all planted face downward at the same depth, the halves of tuber No. 1 in tiles 1 and 2, the halves of tuber No. 2 in tiles 3 and 4, and so on,—and finally one-half of tuber No. 8 in tile 15. They all came up in good season, but somewhat irregularly, May 26 to May 28. They were most carefully cultivated by hand, kept entirely free from weeds and from bugs by hand pulling and picking. Bordeaux mixture was applied six times, June 6 to July 25. There was practically no injury from either flea beetle or blight. The vines in different tiles showed quite different minor characteristics, and ripened unevenly, September 20 to October 1, when the crop was harvested. At that time there was a very little yellowish-green color on part of one stalk in tile 9 and on one entire stalk in tile 8. All leaves had for some time been dead. The yields and remarks are given in the table : —. Please note that these images are extracted from
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