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Show Tii. ailp. or i-ouio.t. Tho eiperluicnls In trylnjj to grow regular aliapeJ and amooth pobiloea by aeloction uf aecil, aays American Cultivator, Cultiva-tor, does not always reettlt satisfactorily. If the field Is heavily tnanuml, no mailer mai-ler what tho ae.l may bo, tho crop will lie rough shaped and Irregular. The potato tuber auirtol out rhnpa to pro-doco pro-doco a regular aiii", bat tho cicvm of plant food which lta roota provided forced It to grow Into knots and other excrescence, excres-cence, Yei wo believe thero la advantage advan-tage In selecting well shaM tnbera fur tlio production of smooth tatues. It was thus that the Snrm ilako potato waa Unit bred, and It yet retains this cliarac-ttrlitlc cliarac-ttrlitlc Hu also does tho lUrly Ohio. If the originators of new irttitooa would reject inont-oMtlea, and plant only tlio eyes on thn aide of tho potato, rather than from its need, end, tMraenlllngi when oflereil lu market would (maneM advautajci whlchxv.uuM long contlmn their ipnlarlty. A smooth Ii1m with few eyes, and thoae on the aurfaco ratlu r than sunken, Is more Important than productiveness, and only lea ao than iualily In making a Jiotato popnlar In tho hunsa as well as In the Meld. All jio-tatoei jio-tatoei havo nltlmatily to lw anbji'cted to tho lionaewifo'a or the rook a test of merit, and what they want Isgood quality, quali-ty, surfacu c) es nnd an oval rather than long or round shape, 7 tie tlllllr ot the rir.l. Tlio utility ot tho breeds of pnnltry can li divided np Into three clawcst 1. Tor egg fanning L-ghorns, Mluorcaa, Andalualaus, BpanMi, etc. 2. l'or tabid birds (muted) llrahmns, Coclilna, (James, etc. Tor bullers, envtses if lighter breeds on tho nbove. 3. Forgen-raliurpus-l'lyinonlli Itocks, W)n-dotti-s, lloudans, Uingshans, etc. Now, for profit, my Tlio Turin .lonr-nil, .lonr-nil, n man can secitra lwtter returns by tulectln r nccuriUng tn tho class In wlikh ho la Inlereateil, Tor Instance, an egg farm would Iw a wry alow concern run with birds from cLim No. a. I.lkcn lao n meat aupply could not be secured by class No. 1. And where both are Intended Intend-ed and only a limited snpply of each Is elpcctod elm No. 3 v. Ill Mil tho bill. Ono mason for a great many failure la that they do not aclwt their varieties Ju. dteloutly. Tills er ns lm r-ured lUninp birds fur broilers rruiu tlio Wi an-duties an-duties In their parity, but atltl f.el satis-tied satis-tied that theeiual of that Houdin Cochin Co-chin CMOS wo1ri.il latrsnnnt Ik, rut..!. |