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Show WD ADM 'lira Farm Hxpert Telli llovr to tlrovv tho Itout l'otatocw. That crop condltlcns In Utah are far front hnpelee bceaus of poor results re-sults with the potato crop, I the opinion of 1. J O'Onrn, agricultural expert for the American Smelting nnd Defining compnii), In charge of tho cxp-rlnipiitul farm Just south of Ball Ijiko Clt) "What we need Is for tho farmer to become better educated by attending Institutes or sending his children to our agricultural college. The low ebb In potato crop condition In Utah and particularly In Halt Ijvko county I due to the difficulty of getting clean seed. Indifferent seed treatment by the farmer, lack of proper soil 1tlnit uhereliv nllcnllnn soil Is Used and lack of earn of tho growing plant "A high a six hundred bushels nn acre have been grown on our farm, nnd In 191 1 wo raised twcnt)-one Ion of beel to the acre without irrigation. In fact farmers In this county would be belter off with one-tenth of the I water the) hnvo nnd use, for the) use It Indiscriminately Then, too, they plant potnlo seed without disinfection, wherenn they would never think of doing so with wheat, baric) or oils 'The farmer had plenty of warning warn-ing when l)r Otto Appel of the University Uni-versity of linlln came hero and found the field nffected by ruscvrlnu wilt or tho rosette disease Carn must be used in the selection of seed even If 99 per cent lifts lo be rejected. And thin new ground must be chcHKtu" |