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raising Irish potatoes: There are people who make mistaken 
every year about planting, selecting and raising potatoes. 
They will buy northern-grown potatoes and plant those in 
the fall, and the result is that three-fourths of the potatoes 
will rot in the ground. The one way to make a successful 
crop is to save the seed from the spring before. Another 
thing I wish to remark in regard to Mr. Moore’s paper, that 
is, his statement of prices on beans. When this society sends 
out reports they should be made on a reasonable basis. That 
report would make a newcomer think that all beans sold for 
that price. We know that this is not so. Beans under proper 
circumstances will pay a reasonable profit on the invest¬ 
ment, but I say again that we must send out reports on a 
reasonable basis. 
Lyman Phelps — There is one point that should be clearly 
understood. We are talking as though the whole of Florida 
is one distinct climate, while we have four distinct climates, 
and if we can get things so arranged that we can get reports 
from one section and then another, it can be understood bet¬ 
ter. It is not clear to everyone now. We should have dif¬ 
ferent reports from different climates. The time for planting 
Irish potatoes varies from two to six months in different 
parts of the state. 
Mr. Hastings —Have the tomatoes been affected by blight 
this season as much as last? 
Prof. P. H. Rolfs —Black rot affected them more than any¬ 
thing else. It has been a great deal worse than at present. 
The vegetable grub is in Florida this year to the extent that 
it was last, but this is a little earlier than the bad reports 
were brought out last year. There was very little blight in 
Polk county. The blight is not so bad this year as it was 
last; we can say that as a whole. 
Mr. Healy —The use of stable manure on vegetables has 
been one of the most expensive as a fertilizer that I could 
use. A ton of stable manure at its best is probably worth on 
the land $2; that is its outside value. Its distribution is very 
expensive, and its action in cultivation is very bad, and it is 
* difficult to cultivate small vegetables where you u?e stable 
manure. Commercial fertilizers are more easily applied, and 
I will stick to them. 
Gf. H. Wright —There is no value to stable manure accord¬ 
ing to Mr. Healy. I have been using stable manure and I am 
growing two good crops a year. I take my ground and cover 
it over two or three inches with stable manure, make a fur¬ 
row and put my potatoes in it. The stable manure goes on a 
soil of fine sand on which I nise my potatoes, and I then 
