Show I NEARLY A FAILURE I I Falling Off of Thirty Per Cent I Our I Potato Crop New York Oct 20Not since 1892 has I I the potato crop of the United States Droved so nearly a failure says the American Agriculturist in Its final report re-port of the yield of 1897 Compared with the liberal crop of last year there is an apparent falling off of nearly 30 per cent In tonnage and the quality of the whole is greatly deficient County and township returns from all the leading lead-ing potato growing states to this weekly newspaper show the yield or potatoes to be 171000000 bushels against 245000000 in 1896 |