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Show IDAHO GIRL PRIZE POTATO GROWER Special to The Tribune. POCATELLO. Idaho, Dec. It. During the past year the University of Idaho extension ex-tension department organized what were known as boys' and girls' potato clubs and offered prizes for the best yield. Tt has been announced that Nellie Chase of Ahsahka, Clearwater county. Is the , winner of the first prize in these con- I tests. She is a high s .'hool girl. In years j of age, wdio plnnled, cultivated and bar- I vested one-eighth of an acre of Meadow j Gem potatoes in accordance with the in-y j structions supplied to contestants by the state university. In addition to winning 1 the first prize offered In this contest, she also won the blue ribbon for the best exhibit of Meadow Gem potatoes at the Boise and Spokane fairs in competition with more than 100 choice exhibits from various sections of Idaho and Washington. |