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Show THE PROVO HERALD PAGE SIX' P anf Pofafoes Plant Potatoes y, GET YOUR SEED FROM ?t..y yy realize that all farmers are not able to do so on account of the high prices of seed. But m order to the increasing of the acreage we have imported several carloads of seed from Colorado and want every grower to plant all the suitable ground he has. Jf you are not able to pay us now we will carry you until you harvest your crops this fall, becausg we want more potatoes planted. Idaho shipped 4600 cars from their 1911 crop, Colorado about 9000 carloads, Utah less than 500 cars. We must wake up. We are going down hill. Colorado and Idaho are advancing. Let us ship 1000 car- loads of potatoes from Utah county from the 191 2 "crop. We furnish the seed you furnish the ground. Don't delay, but come and get your seed before it is too late. WE m-coura- ge In order that you may know the kind of seed potatoes we have, below is an exact copy of a letter just received from the man of whom we bought our seed potatoes, so that there is no question about the quality. '.. r. JLe&d' tKe- Letter - AULTfc COLORADO, APRIL 19, 191?. THE WM. M. ROYLANCE CO., , PROVO, UTAH. DEAR SIRS: I have your communication of the 18th, and note what you have to say in regard to the attacks of the Agricultural papers, also the daily papers on the potato question. f t - .y ' - -- First let me Say that there is not a district of its size in the United States that the question of seed potatoes is more vital than it is here at Ault, : as we are in the center of the greates t potato district in Colorado, and in fact we do not' take the back seat on potato raising for any section of the - it behooves us to pay particular attention to the seed question.'' country. Therefore, ' " ' y Prof. Fitch, potato expert of the Colorado State Agricultural College, lectured to our farmers in this district about two weeks ago on potato , growing and the seed. , c '" " - t -- -' . of our I was at that meeting and the question of i : ,x last year'sdcame up for discussion. The Professor recommended to our people that the best seed to plant was the seed that they now have, from their last year's crop. Your papers seem to dwell on the point that this, seed came from inferior vines, and are called nubbins and culls. y that the vines in this district last year were extra large and strong, and as for Now, let me say right her Now these potatoes that I shipped you grew from good localities to call a small potato CULL, especially at digging time. I wish to sme"righf here that I know that good crop for the season of 1911. of the larger potatoes from you and paid farmers right here in this district, during this month of April have the farmer at his cellar $2.0Q.per hundred. bought-som- e y , what kind of vines or crop the seed comes from. the only ones that are right," and especially when they do ; ' Last fall a representative of the Mexican Consul came to Denver purposely to inspect seed potatoes that they had ordered frdm me through a ' ' . . y Commission house there. He was so well pleased that he bought Twelve(12) cars at that time, and would have bought more, but I could not get not-kno- .. . y . ,'--.-- - r - them sorted as quickly as he desired to have them, owing to the fact that their planting season was upon them at that; time. yitho shipped 12 cars tf Memphis, Tenn. r- - yx ; And three (3) cars sent to the Kelly Merc. Co. of Cheyenne, Wyoming, only forty miles from where were raised, the 2T cars that X have mentioned were all the same kind of potatoes that I have shipped ;you, and were bought for they y y y cme back from stock that had been screened for eating purposes. - J also yielded a prolific-vine- s, Now, your Agricultural periodicals cannot say, or should not say that the experts of Colorado are all wrong on this question and that they are v-- ' ' the same lot as I shipped the' size, it is customary in most all . seed,- - and they all Now, as for the color of potatoes: In this district we have a variety of soil, some of it is of a very sandy loam, potatoes raised in such soil are brighter in color, and are usually a little smoother than tiie potato that. Is raised oFgrbwn in what we call a clay loam. This soil is heavy and black, and if a little damp at digging time growapotato. it stickstothe'potato':'thus making It darker In .colorin not so smooth as the lis'r-'soU ' ; Now, Centlemeft,JI think that I have gone intolthis matter at length, to show you what other people have had to say, also what their attitude A has been in regard to the value of this seed in question. , 5ut if it will aid you any, I can! without 'much loss of time or expens e, get you an affidavit from the growers that the seed, that I shipped you was ' ' " 'v '" yy grown :from good prolific vinesand perfectly healthy seed. to able be in do .will a we and business that the T am, future, from further clear will greater unpleasantness, any Hoping that this theway Yours truly, WM. T. MILLER. y' : We have also just received a carload of the famous SWIFT'S ARSENATE OF LEAD. Don't use any other kind if you ' yy don't want worms. 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