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which will act as turning rows to be damaged by the horses when cultivating.

     3. Be sure the ground is in a good state of cultivation and that the same amount of work is done on the entire plot.

     4. Make eight furrows about one hundred and sixty-five feet long, three feet six inches apart, and about four inches deep. Be sure that the furrows are all of the same depth.

     5. Secure eight strong, clean stakes and mark them as follows:

      6. Beginning at the left hand side of the plot, set the stakes at the end of the row in their order.

     1. Select four hundred fifty medium sized seed potatoes as nearly the same size as possible, and free from rot or scab.

     2. Tie a tag on each of the eight sacks and number the tags the same as the stakes.

     3. In cutting potatoes be sure you have at least one live eye on each piece.

     4. Select one hundred potatoes from your seed pile. Cut off one-eighth of each potato. Place the seven-eighths potatoes and the one-eighth potatoes in the sack bearing these numbers.

     5. Select one hundred other potatoes from your seed pile. Cut

off one-fourth of each potato. Place the three-fourths and the one-fourth potatoes in the sacks bearing these respective numbers.

     6. Select one hundred seed potatoes and cut off three-eighths of each potato. Place the three-eighths potatoes in the. sack marked three-eighths and the five-eighths potatoes in the sack marked five-eighths.

     7. Select fifty potatoes and cut them into halves. Place these In the sack marked one-half.

     8. Select one hundred potatoes and place them in the sack marked one potato.

     9. Weigh each sack of potatoes. Subtract the weight of the sack and enter the weight of the potatoes in the proper place on the Report Blank and on the Report Card.

     1. Carry the sacks Into the field and set each sack down at the stake bearing the same number as the one on the sack.

     2. Stretch the cord along the first row and tie a colored rag (tight) every eighteen Inches along its entire length. This will help you to plant the potatoes the proper distance apart.

     3. Plant one hundred hills eighteen inches apart of each size of seed piece.

     4. After the planting is done, cover as nearly the same depth as possible.

     Each contestant will plant one-fourth acre of potatoes. This will make a plot five rods wide and eight rods long, or four rods wide and

ten rods long. The plot may be located at any place the contestant may select. He will select the seed, prepare the ground, do the planting and cultivate the potatoes according to his own idea.

     In the fall the county superintendent will appoint a committee of three disinterested persons, who will measure the one-fourth acre, see the potatoes dug and weighed and make affidavit as to the correctness of same.

     The contestant must exhibit a written report of his work, together with the best dozen potatoes selected from his one-fourth acre, at the county and state corn shows In a class to which only those enrolled in this contest are eligible.

May	REPORT BLANK	Potatoes
	"Size of Seed-piece Experiment"

     

Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1910

The Plot:

Kind of soil where potatoes are planted, sandy, loam, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Crops on plot during 1906 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1907 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1908 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1909 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Date plowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 ..   Depth plowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

No. times disced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. times harrowed before planting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

after planting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    Other work done . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Will you irrigate this plot? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Potatoes: Secured potatoes from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    Early or late . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Years grown in locality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    No. pounds planted with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1/8 potato. . . . . .	1/4 potato . . . . . .	3/8 potato . . . . . .	1/2 potato . . . . . .
5/8 potato . . . . . .	3/4 potato . . . . . .	7/8 potato . . . . . .	1 potato . . . . . .

In each row. Total number pounds of seed planted on the eight rows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Date planted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1910

     The above blank to be filled out and retained; a duplicate report to be made on accompanying Report Card and mailed to State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Lincoln, Nebraska.

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