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better results by far. The point I wish to call attention to is 

 that they get special prices for their seeds by shipping them 

 further south. They raise them in the valley, and then they sell 

 them at fancy prices for good seed potatoes, perhaps in Kansas 

 and Missouri The potatoes are passed further south and get 

 about the same price that they have to pay for sending north. 

 Mr. Christy : The question in regard to this northern grov^n 

 seed should be carefully put. There are a great many potatoes 

 sent out by seed houses as northern grow^n potatoes that are 

 not grown very far north. I find in the southern part of the 

 state that Box Butte potatoes do well. 



Mr. Williams: Take potatoes from northern Nebraska and 

 planted in southern Nebraska will give very good results. 



Mr. Snodgrass: I wish to give my experience in dipping 

 potatoes. Take a coal oil barrel, and put it on an elevation 

 three feet high and have your liquid in that, and then put your 

 potatoes in and you can get about four bushels in a barrel, and 

 when they have been in long enough, just have a faucet at the 

 lower end, and turn your potatoes out to dry. I don't cut the 

 potatoes; I do this before I cut the potatoes. 



President Christy: I am pleased to note that we have 

 Prof. Burnett, who is director of the Experiment Station at 

 Lincoln, and also is director of the farmer's institutes for the 

 state, with us this morning, and he will talk to you for a few 

 minutes. 



Prof. E. A. Burnett. Ladies and .Gentlemen: Ihaven't so 

 very much to say this morning. I was thinkingas Mr. Harrison 

 was talking on this subject of ornamental plants, and especially 

 as he was trying to impress upon the audience the desirability of 

 l)roducingm iproved sorts, that perhaps one question of greater 

 importance than almost any other going along with this meeting, 

 of the surroundings of the home, is the education of the people to 

 grow and care for these important varieties and to care for the 

 things they pay for. We will admit we have got the things that 

 they pay for. These important sorts have generally been raised 

 under good, conditions by pretty intelligent men. They gener- 

 ally require good conditions in order to retain the standard of 

 excellence that theyhave been selected for. And especially on 



