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POTATO DEVELOPMENT WORK IN WISCONSIN. 



ally be expected in the development of a cash crop like the po- 

 tato and where neither local nor state organizations have existed 

 to give a desirable commercial direction to the industry. 



Growers and affiliated interests have been awakened to the fact 

 that the industry in central Wisconsin must be safe guarded by, 



1. Elimination of undesirable varieties. 



S. S. CHANDLER. 



A retired farmer now residing in 

 Waupaca City is one of the pioneers of 

 Waupaca County. Mr. Chandler for 

 several seasons co-operated with the 

 Wisconsin Experiment Station in field 

 demonstration work upon the growing 

 of standard potato seed and field spray- 

 ing for the control of blight. 



Mr. R. C. Gibbs is a grower of the 

 Peerless variety. Mr. Gibbs has for 

 several seasons practiced careful se- 

 lection with this variety. The town 

 pf Stockton in Portage County ppob- 



R. C. GIBBS. 



ably grows more Peerless than any 

 other town in the state. Mr. Gibbs 

 reports that this year special care 

 will be taken by growers in his sec- 

 tion to keep Peerless stock pure. 

 On the irrigated sections of Colorado 

 this variety is known as Pearl. Colo- 

 rado growers are looking for a reliable 

 source from which seed stock can be 

 secured and the town of Stockton has 

 sent a large amount of seed into Colo- 

 rado in supply of this demand. 



2. The adoption of a uniform commercial type. 



3. Improved methods of sorting and grading at loading sta- 

 tions. 



4. Restriction of acreage in accordance with ability to main- 

 tain fertility by proper rotation of crop and the use of manures. 



5. Adoption of preventive measures against the introduction 

 and spread of dangerous diseases, subject to spread by seed dis- 

 semination. 



