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Notes.—Soil: Light, sandy, and sloping away from the sun. Weather: Most of the potatoes were planted early in September, when the weather was very wet and cold. The Eureka seed was planted a month later, yet by Dec ember the plants were the largest and most regular in the garden. We considered that the warmer weather which followed the planting of these potatoes was one of the reasons for their quick, strong growth. On the 17th January. 1908, there was a very heavy frost which completely cut down and killed all the tops of the potatoes. We attribute the failure of the crop principally to the long spell of dry weather from the end of December to the end of February. Time of digging : Although the potatoes were not ripe, we dug them in February, as we were advised that they would start growing again when the rain came. Spraying : The potatoes were sprayed on the 13th December. They were periodically examined, but they showed no signs of blight.

Taihape School.

i h5"<3hJ P Size of Dat « of Date Of ! ~ § £ ,, Potatoes. plotg pi anting . Gathering.! S<*** Manures. i a** 3 a Manures. >> i, hj ~ = o Quantity of Produce Produce 3 are Manure per per |*j per Acre. Plot. Acre. Or** — Remarks. ii.. 1. Scotia .. .. 75 sq. ft. 4/9/07 3/2/08 4 Superphosphate 2. Edward VII .. „ 4/9/07 3/2/08 7 Blood manure 3. Warrior .. ' „ \/.)/01 3/2/08 4£ 4. Springfield .. „ 4/9/07 4/2/08 6 Nitrate of soda 5. Eureka ... „ 16/10/07 3/2/08 6 Stable-manure 6. Beauty of Hebron „ 18/9/07 4/2/08 4 Potato-manure 7. „ „ 4/9/07 4/2/08 3$ Blood manure 8. British Queen .. „ 12/9/07 4/2/08 5 Superphosphate 9. „ .. „ 4/9/07 4/2/08 3J Potato-manure 10. Dakota Red .. „ 18/9/07 4/2/08 5 Superphosphate 11. „ .. „ 18/9/07 4/./08 7 Sulphate of ammonia 12. Ash-leaf Kidnev.. „ 4/9/07 V 2 /08 3J 13. Eldorado ' .. „ 4/9/07 3/2/08 1},' Potato-manure 14. Bruce .. .. ,, 18/9/07 4/2/08 4J Blood manure oz. 12 12 12 12 20 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 Tons cwt. lb. 0 3 99 0 3 99 0 3 99 I 0 3 99 | 5 3-80 ! 0 3 99 j 0 3 99! (I 3 99 j 0 3 99 i 0 3 99 i 0 3 99 0 3 99 0 3 99 0 3 99 j lb. Tons. 12* 3i 2-4 6fi 26 6J 11 Ll| 34 S$ 38 9f 43 llf> 20 • 5$ 26 6J 15 33 24 6* Seed from Halcombe School garden. tt Seed from local store. Seed from Taihape School garden. ,t Seed from local store. Seed from a local farmer.