Show heres a chance boys I 1 e lie aye able to take high rank in the matter of potato raising the high altitude of utah is a point in its favor for the potato is at home in such a climate in fact it was fist discovered b parly early explorers growing wild in the high langes of central america A nery ery high pro portion of the daa da s are clear few potato diseases bother utah farmers utah is excellently located for ship ments to the big markets both east and nest utah s pi pio and value of crop is greater than that of most of the states with which she directly comp competes eteo not enough attention is pail pai 1 to market requirements the man ft ho can ship straight car loads of a first class varlet true to name gets the best price for his product except that which goes to the man who voits his potatoes boxes them thorn as a pro duct in utah we vie are willing to hip mixed car loads and aie not lot careful enough to keep our varieties ane ties true to name when a farmer se e elects a single N canety for groning sticking strictly to that his crops can be bu made to yield higher returns nie e will in the future plant more land with potatoes and will secure great increases in production due to better methods improved strains and v vane arie tieh in will ill count a great deal and better understanding of seed potatoes poti toes and ind of laws of production will be a big factor our present annual crop is about 2 bushels suppose that by the use of greater care and science without increasing theatre the acre age at it all we ne were able to inn inci ease the farm value of the crp by even ten per cent this is cloe to a minimum yet it would be an item worth ati lying for the national copper bank will give in 1912 and succeeding beals i 1 prize to the bov bon under eighteen who can laise the I 1 lest est potatoes the competition will be under the dereu dir etoi oi ship ot of I 1 louisa ouis F bo bole le B S A who is the consulting agrical tui alist of the intermountain indus trial association there will nill be in cash and the silver trophy cup cut a beautiful and cosoli piece ot of workmanship on which will be en graved each year the name of the winner his addre dd and the num nim ter berot of bu bushels hels per acie if a boy wins the cup three times in sion he lie is au entitled to I 1 beep the cup permanently and a new one will be offered in its place the boy mal ing the highest scire in each county will deceive a lecog niti ohp details of inch the I 1 ani is not vet let ready read N to di discus dicus cus for its plans on tl is point are ire biot not completed the cup bearing tl e ni inner s name will be shown it t fairs in all the towns ns and cities ot of utah and at various ex positions and land shows in lit the large cities |