Show Q STERLING WATKINS A NEAR WINNER sterling watkins walking of maeser has inched the fol following loNNing letter about ills his potato entry for the cup and babli prize offered by the national capper lank of salt lake city W W armstrong president of the bank says october ath sterling watkins esq vernal utah dear sterling your potatoes were received in good order and were nn an unusually alne display in ili fact tho the judges gave them second place for their uniformity 11 11 Ifor nitty and their trubie of onerea that a very large shale shaie of type but it was vas a little later dis your potatoes were afflicted with inith tile the erd avd rot you will ill dt discover this I 1 think if aou ou will nill cut into the end of a few of your potatoes you han ahne e ho boeer eer abon a thorough knowledge of the type which ou tire are trying to raise and haie adherer ed closely to it it may be said that the most general fault ob observed sered in the potato shown was the lack of his very nery thing it is the suggestion of the judges that in a country sulli such as dours of high attitude altitude the rals rais ing of seed potatoes should be oa es specially ally profitable profi tabla and successful of course e realize that the lack of r railroad facilities Is bour deterrent nt at present but it should be some sit tion to know that ou live hie in a territory cry especially adapted to the oiliest form of potato growing groning ilie judges were nere E 11 II grubb the line expert who was nas sent b the union pacific Ra IliNa corn COM pany from Oni omaha alia professor asor orton the pathologist for the lureau of plant industry or of washington and rr dr corlett of the same bureau three more competent men could ii hc arceli carcel hane hae been selected and we ie feel that both ou and ourselves our seles s are to be congratulated upon haing se be cured leared their se services rikes I 1 I 1 |