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Show Seed potatoes Were - Culls of Many Varieties. - A carload of potatoes was shipped to the Mount Pleasant farmers for seed purposes Friday of last week and it made, those interested in the potato growing industiy rather indignant, in-dignant, because of the inferior quality of the potatoes. The potatoes were shipped in by a Provo firm and it was fortunate to the farmers of this locality that they were shipped on approval , as there were very few that were large enough to plant. The firm at Provo was informed that the car was here subject to their orders. - Mount Pleasant is not the only place where seed potatoes are scarce. Pleasant Grove and American Fork were imposed upon by the Provo firm. A car of very small, scrubby looking potatoes being sent each place. Some were even affected with potato scab. One farmer at American Fork, who payed for the potatoes, under protest, had a liberal sample submitted to an expert on potato agriculture, who informed the farmer that they were nothing but culls that were otherwise unmarketable, un-marketable, and among the samples submitted there were at least four different varieties. |