Show 10 IL H POTATO An Au exchange records that tNt the coun clun try I potato crop this tiIs t l year Nr will he be t front from frontU t U It to W 50 I per cent I I n JI u than tha that of 01 Jut year car nut Hut that Is II flat alt all A la II also alao called to lo the tact teat that there la Is danger of the degradation of at the Ille plant hunt and that It may mar become extinct I It steps t are taken for Its It I preservation Propagation n by b teed said it II Is state must be b resumed for tor the Uti salvation of ot the lie useful plant On this subject the Lb Providence Jour Journal Journal nal net bee a II n in which It le he said In part The Tb Ont fIrst years crop of ot tubers from froma fromI a R I pluming planting of tit sew seed Is generally merall lw tio l O small mall fur lur l mm Ul use IIII vo w that the seeding noiea of 01 late hate years tara has h ben b el almost entirely discontinued The method thud t It f lies has been carried on to I such an ai extent that It Is Ii I the rule fur th the to lo wittier wither without fructification fructification and sad even liven III In this the exceptional cases case where the fruit appears a It is III lien yen trail seedless and tutu barren It Is IH large ly Iy duo dUll to on tin enthusiastic horticulturist Luther Luthr of ot Santa SanU hoes Hosa Cal CIlI ai that the Iho seed of or the thi potato Is Ie today be beins Je JeIn ins ing In perpetuated Mr has pro many new n sail and valuable vane varie ties tiel of jf plums plains peaches and mind strawberries rise ries by liy crossing and whan when It became known that the potato was wi t lug ing In rind becoming flu UI Mr Dandeno of ot the Harvard botanic de di has h aptly expressed It ho hI went to great creAt pains aln to secure needs to UH 1150 In the tile restoration of 01 the B Ba As Il a rule the small amount of seed sieti which now survives the degeneration of or the plant IlIa t l h is likely to 10 rot rol away way n Inline so 50 0 that the greatest euro care nail un II skill shill are required to secure Cure the growth of 01 seed said plants There should be ti n valuable hint In Inthis inthis this to tn tile thin Intelligent farmer Tho The potato hiss hag h become I one of the tho noose neo of ot life hIts lit and It should be b worth worthwhile worthwhile worthwhile while spending special labor und care caro upon IU Its and Improve Improvement c meat ment |