Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1892 — Potato-Planting. [ARTICLE]

Potato-Planting.

The Purdue *xpei mnt station has issueil a bulletin nenimg us the relation of the number of eyes on the set U taken of the potato to the product After a full account, with illustrations, of a Series of experiments, the following summary of cohclusions is reached: We have, there foi , iinally arrive.l at the cbnclusiou ili.ii the weight *4 ihe pieces is, in comparison with the number of eyes, the ail-importa.ni laet-ur iu preparing a*,, d material, ami ihat within cerltun limits heavier pieces g,ve larger y n ids. How heavy isle pieces should be to secuie tin- best returns IS’ a part of the subject wine h does not come within this tmlleun. The question e*f the right nutuner of eyes to tiie piece of seed tuner has long engaged tats attentkm of cultivators aiid cxpet imehtefs, withniit leceiv ing agemr .iiy acceptable answer. I’uc expenmeutai data here brought for" ward prove that the num er of eyes per piece is immaterial,/ ut that the weight of the piece is a very important factor.