Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-04-18

Tho following experiment is reported
I'm the bulletin Of the Utah Experiment
station for March, by Il. s. Richman,
horticulturist, the object being to OBJ
serve the effect of cutting seed potatoes
into large or small pieces-that Is, Of
having few or many eyes in each piece.
Plat was planted with potatoes cut
two eyes in each piece: Yield OF large
potatoes 2l7 pounds; small, 10 pounds;
Satnl yield, 327 pounds; amount of seed
ulantcd, 81 pounds; increase 900 pounds.
Plat & planted with potatoes cut in
quarters through the seed end: Yield
Of large potatoes, 2i7 pounds; small,
I52 pounds; total yield, 300 pounds;
amount Of seed planted. Al pounds;
fncreasc 35s pounds.
Plat planted with potatoes cut in
half through the seed end: Yield of
large potatoes, 27S pounds; small, 1872
pounds, total yield, 470 pounds; amount
af seed planted, So pounds; increase 3SS
pounds.
Plat 10, planted with whole potatoes:
Yield OF large potatoes, 533 pounds;
yield of small potatoes, 252 pounds;
setnl yield, 4s5 pounds; amount of seed
planted, iG4 pounds; increase 32l
pounds.
1t will be seen that the yield increas-
ed as the size Of the pieces planted in
creased, not, however, in exact ratio.
10 will also be noticed that the rate
Of increase OF large potatoes was less
than that OF small ones. Especially is
this noticeable in the change from half
potato to whole potato seed; in this in
stance there is an actual decrease in
tho amOut Of large potatoes Of 16 per-
cent while the increase OF small pota-
taos is 81 per cont. and the total in
crease is only three per cent.
The incrense OF plat s over plat Z is
of large potatoes 13 per cent, and
ef small potatoes IS per ccnt.-total in
crease % per cent.
Increase Of plat 9 over s is-largc
potatoes II per cent; small potatoes 2G
per centl-total increase Is per cent.
Plat 10, planted with whole potatoes
required 1854 lbs. OF seed which being
deducted from the total yield, leaves an
Increase nj 32l lbs, 67lbs. less than
piat 0, winch was planted with potat oes
ent in half. In this case the increased
yield was not enough to overcome the
Increased amount OF seed required.
Commenting upon this experiment,
Director Sanburn says:
To the above data furnished by Pro-
fessor Richman, will add the average
eeseven years experiment work by the
writer on college farms of two states of
the east. These results are in accord
with unrecorded results of u trial on
she private farm of the writer, ard
with many recorded results of investi-
CATERS who have conducted trials at
several experiment stations. There
seems to be little occasion to doubt
that seeding for the potato crop is
fali0wed by Il far smaller crop than
the use OF large seed would give.
Average product per acre Tor seven
years-FrOm seed of whole potatoes,
largc, 22i. bushels; from seed of whole
potatoes. small, liz. bushels; from seed
se stem end Of potato, AS. bushels from
seed Of seed end of potato tperiOd oi
six years., l6S. bushels; from one eye to
hill, ~. bushels; from two eyes To the
hill, 1Oi. bushels; from three eyes tC
the hill, 100. bushels.
Value per acre mt fifty cents per
bushel-From large potatoes, $l13.50
from small potatoes, $3.50; from stem
end, S74; from seed end, $s4; from one
eye, $4O.50; from two eyes, 49,; from
three eyes, $50.
Later trials with seed cut lengthwis,
0s potato, showed that the system wa,
the most economical of any tried. Coco
sized potatoes may be cut lcngthwis,
fntO two pieces, and very large pota
toes into three or four pieces. Neither
one or two eyes, nor the seed, nor tho
stem end of potatoes should be used.
Experiments made by the Ohio
station are in general accord with tn.
Foregoing: Tho largest crops hav,
come from whole seed, but the mos
profitable crops have come from larg'