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Index 



Early and late potatoes, marketing, 



249. 

 early blight, 189. 

 East, 74, 78, 82, 83. 

 eastern shore of Va. and Md. as 



potato centers, 7. 

 egg-plant, 1. 

 engines, 165. 



England, introduction into, 15. 

 Europe, production of potatoes in, 



3. 

 European Russia, production of 



potatoes in, 2. 

 expense of marketing, 255. 



family consumption, statistics, 11. 

 farm manures, 130. 

 fertilizer practices, 115, 126. 

 fertilizers, 113 (chapter VI). 



market forms, 116. 

 Fischer, 75, 76. 

 Fitch, 25, 27, 30, 33. 

 flea-beetles, 173. 

 flour, potato, 284. 

 France, production of potatoes in, 



2, 3. 

 freight charges, 253. 

 Fruwirth, 73, 74. 

 Funk, 11. 

 fusarium dry rot, 196. 



wilt, 195. 



Gerard, 16. 



Germany, production of potatoes 



in, 2, 3. 

 yields to the acre, 12. 

 grading, 245. 

 Great Britain, yields to the acre, 



12. 

 Greeley, Colo., as a potato center, 7. 

 green manures, 105. 

 growing crop, care of, 160 (chapter 



VIII). 



hand planting, 151. 

 harvest, time to, 226. 

 harvesting cost, 234. 



labor. 234. 



potatoes, 226-235 (chapter XII). 



hauling, cost of, 307. 

 hay-plants, 109. 



value of in United States, 3. 

 heat, 90. 

 heated cars, 253. 

 henbane, 1. 

 Herbal, 16. 

 Heriot, 47. 



hill and drill planting, 146. 

 \i\\ selection, 54. 



history of potato, 14 (chapter II). 

 human food, uses as, 260. 

 Humboldt, 15. 



hybridization, improvement by, 

 77-84. 



ideals of the potato crop, 48, 49. 

 improvement, methods of, 56. 

 individual selection, 62. 

 insects, 170-182 (chapter IX). 

 Ireland, introduction into, 16. 

 Irish famine, 20. 



Kaw Valley, as a potato center, 7. 

 Kohler, 31, 33. 



late blight, 190 ; treatment, 214. 

 leaf-hoppers, 129. 

 leaf roll, 204 ; control, 206. 

 Livingston County, N. Y., potatoes 



consumed on farms, 11. 

 local dealers, marketing through, 



243. 



McCormick variety, resistant to 

 heat, 91. 



Macoun, 12. 



Maine, production of potatoes in, 

 3. 



manures and fertilizers, 113 (chap- 

 ter VI). 



marketing through local dealers, 

 243. 



markets, 249. 



and marketing, 237-258 (chap- 

 ter XIII). 



mass-selection, 61. 



Michigan, production of potatoes 

 in, 3. 



