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Show WARNING IS GIVEN ON POTATOES Prof. J. C. Hogenson of the Agricultural Agri-cultural college is warning farmers against the phrchacc o sciubby potatoes pota-toes for seed purposes, no matter what mav be the recommendations present ed by would-bo perpetrators of the imposition "Those potatoes," said Prof Hogenson, Hogen-son, "are about the size of marbles, sciubby, irregular In shape, and in fact, are nothing but the culls and nubbins hitherto found unsalable It is said by their endors that these po- ! tatocs iere planted late and we1 e grown especially for seed purposes. Such an assertion is ridiculous, ' "Small, irregular, immature potatoes pota-toes come from poor plants, and from plants that are degenerating and low in vitality If theso potatoes ate planted the poor quality will appear in the progenj to a great extent with each succeeding generation, and the crop will got poorer each year. "The 'seed potatoes referred to are badly mixed that Is, there are several sev-eral varieties of potatoes instend of only one They arc also badly affected affect-ed with potato scab. These are both good reasons why there potatoes should not bo planted Potatoes affected af-fected with potato scab should nover be ulantod. no mattei hat their size If those be planted In clean ground thev will distribute the disease on the land and cause futuro potato crops to become affected " no- |