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of seed selection already described it has become a 

 much better and more perfect type of potato than 

 it was ten, twenty-five, or even sixty-five years 

 ago, when first introduced. " 



KANSAS 



Secretary F. D. Coburn, of the State Board of 

 Agriculture of Kansas, says: 



"Early varieties for summer marketing are 

 planted mostly, and of these the Early Ohio is by 

 all odds the favorite, followed to a small extent by 

 the Early Rose and Triumph, as named. The 

 small proportion of late sorts planted are the Bur- 

 bank and Peachblow. Even for winter use the 

 early varieties are grown, and left undisturbed in 

 the ground until fall. While some home-grown 

 stock is planted. Northern-grown seed is found 

 best, and each year thousands of bushels are 

 shipped in by planters and dealers, who buy from 

 Minnesota and eastern North Dakota, in the Red 

 River Valley." 



WASHINGTON 



In ''Popular Bulletin No. 11" of the Washington 

 State Experiment Station A. G. Craig says: 



"There are often different strains of a single 

 variety of potatoes which differ from each other 

 in their characteristics — especially yield — more 

 than do the different varieties. Many varieties 

 possess more characteristics in common than do 

 two different strains of the same variety. Hence, 

 the importance of a well-bred strain of any given 



