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3. How to manufacture potato starch out of culls and 

 injured tubers. (See recipe, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.) 



4. How to grade and crate potatoes. 



5. How to prepare potatoes in various ways for use 

 in the home. 



7. Potato Play Contests 



1. Potato race. 



2. Potato paring contest, based on time, skill and 

 weight of peeling, using twelve uniform tubers. 



3. Potato judging contest. 



4. Variety naming contest. 



5. Oral recipe contest. How to use the potato for the 

 home. 



8. Potato Club Projects 



One of the most interesting field or garden crop projects 

 is in connection with the production and management of 

 a plat of potatoes. This can be taken up uniformly by 

 both boys and girls, using not less than one-eighth acre as 

 a club plat basis per member. 



The club work. The study and practise in the work 

 are to be based on the entire management of the club 

 plat, including treatment for diseases and insects, grad- 

 ing, crating, marketing, manufacturing of potato starch, 

 study of the life history and the relation of the potato 

 to the various activities and studies of the schoolroom. 



Club festival. A potato club festival, covering all the 

 interests of potato culture in the community, with the ex- 

 hibits of both fresh and cooked products, lectures on potato 

 culture, etc., can be made one of the big events of the fall 

 term, to which all the patrons of the school can be invited. 



The award. The basis of award for both school 

 credit and prizes may be as follows: 



