POTATO DEVELOPMENT WORK IN WISCONSIN. 



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SEED SELECTION AND IMPROVEMENT IN 

 RELATION TO COMMERCIAL STANDARDS. 



Prof. WM. STUART 

 United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



When I was asked by your secretary to prepare a paper for 

 this meeting on the subject-of "Seed selection and improvement 

 in relation to commercial standards" I hesitated to accept the 

 invitation because I did not 

 feel sufficiently familiar with 

 your conditions here to offer 

 advice. But as advice seems 

 to be one of the commonest 

 assets in life, and as the sub- 

 ject is a broad one involving 

 methods that are applicable 

 in any section of this great 

 country of ours f decided to 

 come, not so much with the 

 idea of teaching you, but 

 rather with the intention of 

 learning what I might con- 

 cerning your practices and 

 kind of stock you grew. To 

 say that I am surprised to 

 find such an exhibit of pota- 

 toes as you have in this hall 

 only mildly expresses my 

 feelings. I do not hesitate to 

 to say that some of the exhibits would be a credit to any section 

 of our country indeed I am willing to go further and say that I 

 have never seen their equal on as large a scale. 



The subject that I am expected to discuss to-day is one which 

 has only recently begun to receive the attention of the grower. A 



PROF. WM. STUART. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture. 

 Washington, D. C. 



