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be shipped, if possible, so as to arrive before that 

 date. 



"For the Paris market it would be preferable 

 to have potatoes in sacks containing 100 kilos or 

 50 kilos each, to facilitate valuations and accounts 

 under the French system. This, of course, is not 

 strictly essential, but is an example of one of the 

 wise things which exporters of an unknown article 

 into a new market may judiciously do to 'make 

 things easy for the purchaser.' 



"It should be borne in mind that this is the first 

 opportunity which exporters have had for thirty- 

 five years to offer American potatoes to French 

 consumers. It is therefore worth while this winter, 

 even at the cost of some trouble, to make a seri- 

 ous effort to enter the market here, to make known 

 the high quality of American potatoes, and thus 

 pave the way for an even more prosperous trade 

 in future years. 



"There will be a large demand in March for 

 seed potatoes, and for this the best varieties of 

 American origin, free from all taint of disease, 

 should, if properly presented, be especially at- 

 tractive to French dealers and farmers." 



The senior author gives an account of his visit 

 to Baron Kriesheim as describing a typical large 

 estate where potatoes are an important crop. 

 There are many such estates, and the bulk of the 

 crop is probably grown by peasant farmers. 



"I am very proud of this most distinguished 

 honor of an American agriculturist coming to me 

 for knowledge in farming," said the big-bodied, 

 massive-brained Baron when he read the letters 

 of introduction of the senior author at the time of 

 his visit. 



