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POTATO DEVELOPMENT WORK IN WISCONSIN. 



counties. The exhibit made by the Horticultural Department of 

 the State University is also not shown. 



Special feature exhibits were made by the Armour Fertilizer 

 Co., The Swift Fertilizer Co., German Kali Works of Chicago, 

 and The Corona Chemical Co. of Milwaukee. 



The Plant Pathology Department of the University equipped 

 a complete booth with economic potato diseases and control meth- 

 ods. This booth was in charge of Mr. E. S. Schultz. 



RUSK COUNTY EXHIBIT. 



The exhibit at Rhinclander was arranged with a definite policy 

 in mind. As far as this Association has been able to learn, this 

 was the largest commercial potato exhibit ever assembled in the 

 middle or north western states. The views which are shown 

 here and the following brief statements will explain the distinc- 

 tive character of the exhibit. 



I. The exhibit was distinctively commercial. The Association 

 discouraged the exhibition of non-standard varieties or a miscel- 

 laneous collection of varieties of doubtful identity. The result 

 was that not over six varieties were shown in large quantities 

 and of an exhibit of approximately 250 bushels, not one mixture 

 was discovered. 



II. The exhibit represented effective community organization. 

 Growers in the different counties were advised by this Associa- 



