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Show TIE POTJTO Bill State Horticultural lnHi1or HcocIvoh ltcMrt of (i'immI Work. Dr. Oeorge It. Hill of the Agricultural Agricul-tural College or I'lnh at tignn, recently re-cently called upon J. lMwnrd Taylor, stnte horticulturist, on his return from Hevier county, where he hn leen Investigating In-vestigating potato diseases and smut In wheat. Dt. Hill told Taylor that excellent progress hnd been made by thirty Herler county farmers In get-ting get-ting their ro free from the potato disease. He said that the results hnd come because or careful selection and treatment of seed which wa planted iiMn newly plowed alfalfa land. A. F. Ilnrnes of Melrose Highlands, Mnsn.. wn nlso n visitor nt the office of Tnyinr nt the same time. He Is nt present detnlled to nu Investigation or the brown tall and gypsy moth l.e-Ing l.e-Ing conducted by the bureau or entomology en-tomology or the department or ngrl-culture. ngrl-culture. The moths have done much damage to the foreat nmt ).... t.. i... or New Kngland, say Hurne. |