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Show POTATO KING IN UTAH FDR SEED HKVKN THOUSAND ACHK Hl't'D HAM II IN CAUKHtNIA. I.Ike the Hnvdlnit of Good llorMi. the Hlix-k Mut Ito lomkrd After AIniuI KviTy Thno Yenr Om Unually On lookout For New Si-l t'lnli TulxTs Kxndlent. l'otnloes nro Just llko horses new blood must Im Infused Into tho Hock nbout every Ihreo years to keep th quality up. Bo saya Georgo Bhlma, tho "potnto klnic" of California Cali-fornia and president or tho Japanese Japan-ese Association of America, Bhlma was at Salt Lake last Saturday, be-Inn be-Inn In Utah to secure potnto seed with which to Improve tho quality of the spuds ho raises on his seven sev-en thousand acret near Stockton, Cala. "I must improve the quality of my potatoes. keepltiK at It all the tlmo." said the tuber maRnatc. "The breedlnK or potatoes must bo at csrerully watched, It n person would havo both quality nnd quantity, as tho breeding of horses. Therefore, I am continually on tho lookout for new and excellent seed to mix In with my own sets!. "Formerly got most of my seed from OrvRon, but many of tho potatoes po-tatoes from that state nro subject to potato dltcancs known as scab ami moss. Utt year I tried somo Idaho seed, Tho quality wns not exactl what 1 -was looking for, but It was better than the orcgon seed. This jear I urn going to try somo ttah seed nnd will look for somo seed In Idaho." Shlma will give Utah potntoes a chanco on suggestion of B, 1). Hashimoto, Ha-shimoto, the well known Japanese merchant or Salt I,nko City. Ilushl-moto Ilushl-moto Informed the California ex-Pert ex-Pert that Utah raises somo good tubers, and tho visitor accordingly will visit the farmers of tho northern nor-thern part of the stnto and will tben go on to Idaho, |