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40.— POTATO PRESERVATION IN THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY. 

 By Ramrao S. Kasergode, Assistant Professor of Entomology, Poona. 

 The potato being an important article of diet should be capable of 

 being preserved from one harvest to another, not only for the purposes 

 of seed but also for consumption. A riddled potato is useless for table 

 purposes and it is equally bad for seed. Almost all attempts at preserva- 

 tion, at least in India, have however been directed to preserve the 



