POTATO DEVELOPMENT WORK IN WISCONSIN. 



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drills 30 inches apart and the hills 14 16 

 inches apart in the row. I have practiced 

 level cultivation largely but run the shovel 

 plows between the rows to facilitate digging 

 with the potato digger. 



Yields have ranged between 200 400 

 bushels per acre. Three years ago I kept 

 an accurate account of expenses and re- 

 ceipts on a four acre field of potatoes. I 

 harvested 1,226 bushels from this four acre 

 field and sold them at a local warehouse for 

 30c per bushel. This field netted above all 

 expenses $60 per acre. 



Mr. A. H. Morse of Tomahawk has 

 made a success with the Green Moun- 

 tain variety. Mr. Morse's field was 

 inspected by the secretary of this as- 

 sociation last fall and this field was 

 undoubtedly one of the best grown in 

 AVisconsin last year. Mr. Morse has 

 made a success of seed selection for 

 several years and his results are con- 

 clusive evidence of the benefits of 

 field selection of seed and attention 

 to detail relative to cultural prac- 

 tices. Mr. Morse sold his entire sur- 

 plus of Green Mountain stock for seed 

 and reports the following figures 

 from 6% acres. 



ANTON FOLLSTAD. 



Elcho, Langlarte 

 County. 



A. H. MORSE. 

 Tomahawk, Lincoln County. 



Sold 170 bu. Kings at 55 cts $93 . 50 



Sold 246 bu. Green Mountain at 55c 135.30 



500 bu. Green Mountain at $1.00 ". 500.00 



Reserved 35 bu. table stock 35.00 



Reserved 90 bu. seed 90.00 



Total $853.80 



Tomahawk is the center of the potato industry in Lincoln 

 county. The Association of Commerce, the local banks, the busi- 

 ness houses, the county agricultural representative and the local 

 paper, edited by Mr. R. G. Lee, are all co-operating with the 

 farmers in the development of the potato industry of Lincoln 

 county. 



