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Show POTATO YIELD A WONDER Prof. Hogemon and Supt. Laiscn Enthusiastic Over the Outlook for Potato Crops of Cache County. Prof. J. C. Hogonson, of tho L'tah Agricultural Collego and Supt. R. V. Larsen have just roturned from a round-up of tho Boys' Potato clubs of Cacho county. Both ot the gentlemen nro enthusiastic with the prospects In view on their tour of Inspection. Prof. Hogenson reports that tho potato yields from soma ot the boys' gardens will eclipse anything any-thing prov.'ously known In tho wholo Inter-mountain country, somo of thou running as high a? eight hundred bit sheis to tho acre. Tho boys nr.i all busy at present digging up their tubers tu-bers to placo them on exhibition nt tho Cacho County Fair ,whlch onei.s at Logan, Tuesday mom'ng. The Fair Association Is offering a number of prlzos as follows: best yield, boat fifty pounds, best dozen pounds, paper pa-per on best methods employed, i-tc Prof. Hogenson Is In charge of this lino ot work throughout tho stnto, and ho reports that as n result of this year's labor that tho potato cul turo will rccoJvo a stimulus which will bring Utnh well up In tho column col-umn of tuber producers. Tho prize winners from Cacho county will nlso p entered In tho stato competition nt tho Fair to bo hold In Snlt Lako City next week. According to tho best known authorities auth-orities tho prospective yields from Utah this year bids fnlr to equal, if not surpass, all previous world's records. Tho higher.', yield thus far rocorded in tho Inter-mountain country coun-try being six hundred and fifty bush-eh bush-eh per aero. Thero nro ten Boys' Potato clubs In Cacho county nlono, each having nn averago membership of thirty-five. thirty-five. Tho youngstrrs nro enthusiastic enthusias-tic over tho present prospects of their now venture, and It is expected that noxt yoar will wltnoss an Increased In-creased Interest on tho part of tho boys throughout tho ontlro stato. |