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The growing of potatoes fits well into the various rotations of 

 general farm crops. It is an excellent crop to follow clover and 

 provides a cash return that makes it peculiarly attractive to 

 thousands of farmers. For example, in a survey in Chester 

 County, Pennsylvania, potato plantings were found on" 366 of 

 378 farms investigated. 



1. How generally is the potato grown in the United States? 



Gi : 5-13. 



2. Do you think it would pay you to make potato culture a home 



project? If so, why? 



3. What is knoion about the history of the potato? Gi: 14-20. 



4. To what extent is the potato grown in other countries f Gi : 1-13. 



5. What are the uses of the potato? Gi : 259-284. 



6. How does the potato compare with the root crops in composition 



and food value? Fr : 166-170. 



7. Discuss the various ways of serving potatoes. 



2. Selecting location. — As previously indicated the potato 

 is best adapted to a cool, moist climate. It is largely for this 

 reason that European yields exceed the crops obtained in the 

 United States. The average yield for the United States in 1914 

 was 96 bushels to the acre, while for the same year it was 130 for 

 France, 311 for the Netherlands, 388 for Belgium, 210 for Great 

 Britain, and 200 for Germany. 



In this connection we should not lose sight of the fact that 

 far more intensive methods are employed in Europe, so that the 

 larger yields obtained there are not wholly attributable to more 

 favorable climatic conditions. 



