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A  Big  Potato  Convention 
There  will  be  a  big  State  convention 
and  potato  show  at  Kan  Claire,  Wi&,  No¬ 
vember  21-24.  Wisconsin  rather  leads 
the  country  in  its  efforts  to  organize  and 
develop  the  potato  industry.  There  are 
many  local  associations  of  potato  grow¬ 
ers  in  that  State,  and  they  have  now 
formed  a  State.  Association  which  will 
hold  this  show.  The  object  is  to  bring 
potato  growers  together  so  that  they  may 
talk  matters  over,  adopt  certain  speci¬ 
mens  or  types  of  varieties,  standardize 
their  product,  and  thus  be  able  to  give  a 
form  of  State  guarantee  to  both  edible 
and  seed  potatoes  which  are  sent  out 
from  Wisconsin.  There  is  great  public 
The  pictures,  Fig.  522,  page  1276,  show 
better  than  a  long  description  a  tool  use¬ 
ful  for  many  things,  and  the  best  we 
know  for  taking  down  old  fence.  It  is 
made  of  a  piece  of  %-incli  octagon  tool 
steel  about  a  foot  loug,  hut  a  blacksmith 
could  make  one  from  almost  any  piece 
of  steel  which  would  do  the  work  fairly 
well.  In  use  the  tool  is  driven  behind  the 
wire,  but  over  the  staple,  until  the  lat¬ 
ter  can  be  pried  out  or  is  cut  off.  Iu 
chestnut  wood  most'  of  the  staples  can 
be  pulled  without  much  injury,  but  in 
locust  most  of  them  would  be  cut  off. 
In  pulling  out  fence  posts  we  hitch 
a  chain  close  to  the  ground,  pass  5t  over 
the  top  of  a  piece  of  old  knotty  post 
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interest  in  the  matter,  not  only  in  Eau 
Claire  but  in  every  potato-growing  coun¬ 
ty.  The  meeting  will  he  held  in-  a  large 
hall,  with  ample  room  for  exhibits,  and 
these  will  include  cooking  demonstra¬ 
tions,  so  as  to  show  the  different  meth¬ 
ods  for  preparing  potatoes  as  food.  Who 
would  have  thought  a  dozen  years  ago 
that  the  time  would  ever  come  when  a 
great  State  convention  and  show  could 
be  held  with  nothing  but  potatoes  as  the 
inaguet  or  drawing  card?  Yet  here  it  is 
being  worked  out,  and  will  he  carried 
through  to  a  great  success.  Among  the 
exhibits  will  he  a  full  assortment  of  po¬ 
tato  machinery.  Planters  and  diggers 
and  potato  cultivators  are  of  course  well 
understood  by  most  growers,  but  now  we 
have  a  development  in  graders  and  sort¬ 
ers,  and  in  large  machines  for  loading 
and  unloading  the  potatoes.  These  will 
all  be  shown  in  operation.  Some  coun¬ 
ties  of  Wisconsin  are  making  Strong  ef¬ 
forts  to  excel  in  the  production  of  cer¬ 
tain  standard  varieties  of  potatoes.  They 
produce  very  high  quality  Green  Moun¬ 
tain,  Rural  New-Yorker,  Triumph,  Early 
Ohio,  and  Irish  Cobbler,  as  well  as  others, 
and  they  have  worked  out  good  rules  for 
inspecting  seed  potatoes  and  grant  a 
State  certificate.  Among  other  interest¬ 
ing  things  they  have  found  various  well 
marked  types  in  the  different  standard 
varieties. 
For  instance,  on  the  large  poster  which 
is  used  to  advertise  this  meeting  there 
are  pictured  15  types  of  the  well-known 
Rural  New-Yorker.  Of  this  it  is  stated 
that  Nos.  1,  3,  4,  6,  S,  11  and  15  are  de¬ 
sirable  types,  while  Nos.  2,  7,  12  and  13 
are  not  so  desirable.  To  most  potato 
growers  a  variety  is  a  variety  without 
much  regard  to  type  or  family.  In  Wis¬ 
consin,  however,  they  are  working  this 
down,  and  are  developing  a  thorough 
knowledge  regarding  the  matter.  It  is 
safe  to  say  that  any  of  our  potato  grow¬ 
ing  readers  will  find  much  value  at  this 
big  State  convention. 
A  Staple  Puller 
On  page  716.  R.  II.  S.  suggests  the 
use  of  a  “fence  tool’*  in  the  form  of 
heavy  pliers  as  the  best,  thing  for  pulling 
staples  in  an  old  fence.  Possibly  he 
knows  of  one  which  will  work.  Wo  do 
not.  We  have  tried  several  styles,  and 
have  yet  to  see  one  that  will  pull  a  sta¬ 
ple  that  has  been  driven  in  at  all  tightly. 
which  will  not  split,  and  drive  the  team 
away  until  the  post  comes  out.  One  man 
is  needed  to  steady  the  loose  post  until 
the  strain  comes  on  it,  and  to  help  hook 
chain,  etc.  The  device  suggested  by  R. 
H.  S.  would  be  better  if  made  strong 
enough.  Two  horses  with  such  a  rig 
should  life  any  post  not  set  more  than 
four  feet  deep.  Alfred  c.  weed. 
Lime  in  Henhouse 
Is  lime  good  to  sprinkle  on  the  floor  of 
a  henhouse?  Some  one  told  me  it  was 
not.  L.  J.  L. 
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Whoever  told  you  that  lime  should  Dot 
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It  sets  free  the  ammonia  in  the  manure. 
This  ammonia  is  the  most  valuable  part 
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nure.  Ground  limestoue  may  answer,  as 
there  would  nut  he  much  loss  of  ammonia 
when  it  was  used  hut  we  think  it  safer 
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wood  ashes  for  this  purpose.  Road  dust 
or  sifted  coal  ashes  will  be  better. 
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