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Show - Operate Largest LargestPotato LargestPotato Potato Farm FarmIn I IIn r In n Washington WashingtonThe The largest potato farm In InWashington InWashington InWashington Washington , in the Columbia Coiumbla ColumbiaBasin CoiumblaBasin ColumbiaBasin Basin near Seattle SeatUe is being man man- managed managed . - aged by K I and 0 D G0od- G0od Good- Good - G0odrich Goodrich Good-rtch Good rtch - rich well-known well known weU.known weUknown - . Naples mer mer- merchants mer- mer merchants merchants - - chants and agriculturistsFour agriculturists agriculturistsFour Four hundred and forty fortyacres fortyacres fortyacres acres comprise this tract that thatup thatup thatup up to last October yielded noth- noth nothing noth nothing - . ing but native sagebrush From Fromthe Fromthe Fromthe the first 80 acres were harvested harvested30348 30 30348 348 bushels or $40,144 40144 $40,144Another $40,144Another 40144Another $ , Another harvest in August Augustyielded Augustyielded Augustyielded yielded 40000 40 000 bushels The total totalcrop totalcrop totalcrop crop is estimated at 2000 2 000 tons tonsof tonsof tonof * of potatoes potatoesThe The large Iorge scale potato crop croprequires croprequires croprequires requires a 16 man crew from fromMexico fromMexico fromMexico Mexico Paul Lyman is foreman foremanand foremanarid foremanand and arid in interperter terperter along withseven withseven with seven others The land is fr . Ir . rigated from Moses Lake where wherethe wherethe wherethe the water Is pumped to an arm anelevation armelevation anelevation elevation of 1 114 14 feet above the thelake thelake thelake lake and run through a 20 inch inchpipe inchpIpe inchpipe pipe line for S 3 000 feet to reach reachthe reachthe reachthe the highest part of the farm The Thewater Thewater Thewater water is pumped 4 500 fSOO gallons gallonsper gallonsper gallonsper per minute Electricity is sup sup- supplied supplied supplied - - plied from the Grand Coulee CouleeDam CouleeDarn CouleeDam Dam Darn |