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The Colorado Experiment Station. 
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quality of crop, and in water and labor sa\ ec. 
EROST. 
High Altitude and the close proximity of snow clad mountains 
shipment^ potatoes are best protected by water, and air drain- 
0t i 0 prote r cZ'e Ditching and prompt digging are the remedies for 
sSuakentm the Should E^d^er of’the Ml, 
For this purpose there is as yet nothing equal to the Kersey D'tche f 
Sh “smTsCv.,,” although w. think some of the near., vert,cl 
liable b, 
»«»;»" sir wiih" ir«r“»b i&rssss* 
some losses tha t make shipment safe in any 
weather® 0 For o”r use steam he ated cr, with thermostats con- 
vd ECnf fhp reUs of well watered sappy plants to be 
easiest bro^fby Reeling but such is not the case with potatoes nor 
W ‘ th “ditcher was developed in a sLTdVchS 
tt'is'cheaply m e ade OP by a fhe e iocai e blacksmith and in sizes needed for the 
slope or variety raised on the particular faim. 
