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POTATO DEVELOPMENT WORK IN WISCONSIN. 



The special exhibit car is distinctly a feature of community in- 

 terest. The work has received the co-operation of growers, 

 buyers, railroad men, bankers, commercial clubs, schools; in 

 fact every commercial and public spirited agency in the commu- 

 nity has been interested in this movement. 



MAI' SI!OWI.\<; Till-: TOUR OF THE 1912 "POTATO SPECIAL" OVIOK TUN 



SOO LINE AND THE 1913 "POTATO SPECIAL" OVER THE NORTH 



WESTERN AND OMAHA LINES. APPROXIMATELY 3,000 



PEOPLE INSPECTED EACH OF THESE OARS. 



The "Potato Specials" have been operated in Wisconsin under 

 the direction of the Horticultural Department of the University 

 and the Wisconsin Potato Growers Association in co-operation 

 with the railroads. These cars have been equipped with a wide 

 range of commercial exhibits including standard potato seed, 

 economic potato diseases, spray mixtures, spraying machinery, 

 commercial fertilizers, potato soils, and many charts and photo- 

 graphs illustrating correct cultural practices. 



The Association repeats here A large amount of excellent 

 seed stock is lost annually in Wisconsin for all purposes of seed 

 improvement, simply because the value of this stock has not 

 been appreciated but it has been mixed and sold with inferior 



