A POTATO EXPERIMENT.
At the Weraroa Experimental Farm an experiment was recently conducted to determine the best type of potato to select for seed purposes. The experimental area was ploughed from lea in July, 1913, and was planted on the 30th September-of the same year. The variety selected was Up-to-date, and was grown alongside the main crop of that variety. Three rows were laid out. In No. I small whole potatoes were planted; in No. 2 selected uncut mediumsized tubers, about the size usually described as "suitable for the table"; and in No. 3 row cut seed from unselected rough large potatoes. Following was the result: — No. I row: Commercial size 92 lb, small 60 lb, total 152 lb. No. 2 row: Commercial size 3131 b, small 125 lb, total 438 lb. No. 3 row: Commercial size 131 lb, small 43 lb, total 174 lb. No. 2 row not only gave a larger increase in weight over the other rows, but the potatoes were more satisfactory. The growth from the beginning was strong and vigorous, there not being a blank in the row, while in every row in the main crop of the same variety there were blanks to be found. Nos. I and 3 were a fair average of the half-acre.
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Waipa Post, Volume VII, Issue 321, 9 June 1914, Page 8
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212A POTATO EXPERIMENT. Waipa Post, Volume VII, Issue 321, 9 June 1914, Page 8
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