THE POTATO 399 



Portland, Ore.; Spokane, Seattle, and Tacoma, 

 Wash. 



**The potato fields in the state are usually small, 

 ranging from one acre to about thirty. The aver- 

 age size field is about five acres. Around Smith- 

 field the people rotate, planting sugar-beets one 

 year and potatoes the next. This rotation can be 

 practised only when the ground is well fertilized 

 each year. In many places potatoes follow a 

 leguminous crop, generaUy alfalfa; others have po- 

 tatoes follow peas or beans, and still others have 

 potatoes follow corn. Potatoes do best when they 

 follow a leguminous crop. 



"Potatoes should receive more attention from 

 the irrigation farmers of the state than they do. 

 My opinion is that the potato is destined to become 

 one of our leading crops and is bound to take its 

 place in our permanent rotations for the land under 

 the irrigation canals. We have the fertile soil, 

 good climate, moisture control, and are fairly near 

 to good markets, so that with the good quality 

 which our properly grown potatoes have, the in- 

 dustry in Utah ought to grow and prosper. " 



WASHINGTON 



R. W. Thatcher, Director of the Agricultural 

 Experiment Station of the State College of Wash- 

 ington, at Pullman, Wash., says that the industry 

 of growing potatoes is a very extensive one in that 

 state, and potatoes are grown commercially at every 

 elevation from below sea level to nearly the snow 

 line; and with every variation of rainfall from so 

 little that irrigation is necessary up to 120 inches 

 annually; and on almost every type of soil known 

 to agriculture. 



