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Another writes, "I am convinced that it pays to treat seed 

 potatoes for diseases. I have grown potatoes all my life, but it 

 was not until two years ago that I began to give special attention 

 to the seed I planted. At that time I selected seed of good type 

 and quality, clipped the ends, and treated for disease. The results 

 were satisfactory, and the seed was planted the following year. 

 This year I have two bushels where I used to have one." 



But this plot work is only a drop in the bucket of the actual 

 results. One man bought one hundred bushels of the plot seed of 

 the year before at fifteen cents above the market price. These he 

 planted in the same field alongside of his own seed. From the 



Ideal seed potatoes 



ten acres planted with this good seed, he dug 165 bushels per 

 acre, and sold all he cared to, at fifteen cents above the market, 

 from the field. From the field in which he planted his own seed, 

 he dug forty-five bushels per acre, only about half of which were 

 marketable. 



Another man writes as follows : "Growing potatoes of good 

 quality and true to type is entirely different from just growing 

 potatoes. This year I planted the potatoes that I got from my seed 

 plot last year, and the results were very satisfactory. The yield 

 was better, and the quality was much better, the potatoes being 

 more uniform and better type. 



"I sold two cars of these to Mr. Krook, at Clinton, Minn. 

 Mr. O'Neil, of Minneapolis, happened to be in Clinton at the time, 

 and saw the potatoes as they were unloaded. He called me up 

 by telephone, asking if I could load him three cars of the same 

 quality. He said : 'I will give you a good price for potatoes like 

 those.' I had to tell him I had no more to spare. 



"The potatoes that I planted from my last year's seed plot 

 yielded twenty-five bushels more per acre than the other potatoes 



