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neither do they do well on a rocky soil. We have 

 in our state large areas of the very best type of 

 soil for the production of potatoes. In 1910 Utah 

 produced 2,432,000 bushels of potatoes on 16,000 

 acres, or an average of 152 bushels per acre. 



"Most of the potatoes in the state are grown in 

 the following counties and I am giving them in 

 their order of importance as potato-growing sec- 

 tions: Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Sevier, Weber, 

 Morgan, Cache, Wasatch, Emery, San Pete, 

 Boxelder. The seed is mostly home-grown and is 

 as a rule not well selected. The main factor con- 

 tributing most to the discouragement of the potato 

 growers of this state is the lack of good seed. In 

 this state this year we have a number of illustra- 

 tions. On the farm of Mr. H. J. Cannon, West 

 Jordan, Utah, recently I observed a field of home- 

 grown side by side with potatoes grown in Colorado, 

 and it was certainly an object lesson favorable 

 to the imported seed. 



*'The following varieties are grown: Eureka, 

 Six Weeks, Early Roast, Early Ohio, Royal Duch- 

 ess, Dalmeny Challenge, Russett, Peerless, Free- 

 man, Twentieth Century, Uncle Sam, Sir Walter 

 Raleigh, Hammond, Maggie Murphy, Peachblow, 

 White Pearl, Majestic, Farmer. 



"As a rule the ground for potatoes is prepared 

 by manuring it for winter, plowing it as soon as the 

 land is ready in the spring, harrowing immediately 

 after the plowing. When planting time comes the 

 land is marked off with a marker and a furrow is 

 made some four to eight inches deep with a shallow 

 plow. In this furrow the seed is dropped; it is then 

 covered with the regular plank or log leveler, and 

 usually two harrowings are given the patch before 

 the plant appears above the grounds The field igf 



