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POTATO DEVELOPMENT WORK IN WISCONSIN. 



MR. GUNDERSON. 



County Agricultural 

 Representative for 



Yilas County. 



F. OTIS. 



County Agricultural 

 Repi-esentative for 

 Rarron County. 



Mil. A. H. COLE. 



County Agricultural 

 Representative for 

 Lincoln County. 



R. A. KOLB. 



County Agricult ur.-il 

 Representative for 

 Taylor County. 



County agricultural representatives were ap- 

 pointed this year in Lincoln and Vilas Counties 

 in addition to the counties above mentioned. 

 Each of these counties has been active in the 

 work of this association and the representatives 

 appointed will find the work of potato improve- 

 ment started and ready for definite organization. 

 Through co-operation on the part of growers in 

 each county a large exhibit was sent to the 1913 

 convention. Mr. A. H. Cole was in charge of the 

 w r ork in Lincoln County, Mr. Gunderson in Vilas 

 County. 



Barren County sent an exhibit to Rhine- 

 lander in charge of Mr. F. D. Otis, county re- 

 presentative. Barren County is an important 

 center for the growing of varieties of long 

 white or Burbank group. The county sent also 

 excellent exhibits of Irish Cobbler and Rural 

 New Yorker stock. Several towns in this 

 county each handle from 400-800 cars of po- 

 tatoes annually. 



A center for the production of the Green 

 Mountain variety will be established in Lincoln 

 County. On Saturday, April 11, the farmers 

 of the county met under the direction of the 

 County Agricultural representative, Mr. Cole 

 and organized the Lincoln County Order of 

 the Wisconsin Experiment Association. Thirty- 

 five charter members enrolled. Mr. A. H. 

 Morse was elected president, Mr. Hall Brooks, 

 vice president, and Mr. A. H. Cole, County Rep- 

 resentative, was elected secretary. 



Mr. R. A. Kolb, County agricultural represen- 

 tative for Taylor County, took charge of the 

 work in that county early this year. A farmers 

 course was held at Medford on March 26-27. 

 At .this time a Taylor County Order of the Wis- 

 consin Experiment Association was formed and 

 arrangements were made to secure foundation 

 seed stock for this year. Mr. Kolb is enthusiastic 

 over the work in Taylor County and reports that 

 the outlook is bright for a very successful season 

 in field, work. 



