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other potato can compare with. T£ey also have a tendency to de- 

 velop only one or two sprouts. 



One of the little industries coming out of this second crop is 

 raising seed for the northern growers. A great many of the second 

 crop potatoes are shipped to Delaware and New Jersey, where they 

 will develop and mature early. 



We have two co-operative associations, one of them being one 

 of the strongest co-operative societies in the United States. At St. 

 Matthews we have a strong association of about 200 members. They 

 have a cold storage plant. This association will ship, from one year 

 to another, about a thousand acres of potatoes. "We have another 

 association at Bueehel which handles about 400 or 500 acres a year. 

 Last year our farmers were progressive enough to get Dr. W. M. 

 Stuart, the potato expert of Washington, to come down and give 

 them a talk about potatoes. 



The varieties we use in Louisville are the Irish Cobbler for the 

 first crop and Carman No. 3 for the second crop. Now, if we used 

 the Carman No. 3 for the first crop, they would not come on fast 

 enough, and the Irish Cobbler do not do so well as a second crop. 

 We have the Early Triumph, but the white potato is what we want, 

 weighing from four to seven ounces. We have several types of 

 Irish Cobblers. We are planning to do some work in identifying 

 varieties this spring. 



The Irish Cobbler seed for the first crop is raised in the fall of 

 the year before we need them. They are planted about the middle 

 of July and harvested about the middle of October or first of No- 

 vember. They are then put into cellars and kept till April or the 

 last of March, according to the season, when they are taken out and 

 planted. Enough Irish Cqbblers are saved and placed in cold storage 

 in February to be planted in July to grow during the fall for the 

 seed of the following year. The Carman for the second crop are 

 planted in July and the crop is put into storage or sold. Enough 

 of the potatoes are saved for seed and put into cold storage in 

 February and held over till July and then planted. Sometimes a 

 man who knows how to raise potatoes in other sections, will go there, 

 and make a failure of it simply because he will not choose the right 

 varieties. 



As to seed, that is an open question. I think it is generally 

 recognized that a seed potato should be between six and nine ounces 

 and it should be quartered, making about a two ounce piece. But 

 in Jefferson County we save our little potatoes, and the consequence 

 is, potatoes run out down there. We are going to experiment along 

 this line, this year, and we are going to show the farmers that it is 

 profitable to save and plant the best seed and not plant the small, 

 poor potatoes. 



As to cultivation, there seems to be a variety of opinions. So 



