Show UNTHRIFTY JL Y POTATO SEED MEANS production LLO N OF TRIVIAL YIELD money and labor Is wasted without proper start poor seed will not proc pro elee ke a good crop of potatoes no matter how much labor and money are expended on fertilizer spraying and cultivation according to K IL H fernow of the ap york state college of good seed must be relatively free from virus diseases true to variety and in good condition an inspection of seed shows whether it Is badly sprouted shriveled or affected with black heart or freezing injury but only by examination of the growing can freedom from virus diseases he be determined to obtain seed maintain a seed plot in which control methods against virus diseases are used or else purchase seed from some one who uses control methods so some m e growers buy enough good seed each yent to plant an increase plot irmo from which they obtain seed for their main planting the lie following year such a practice Is satisfactory only it if the good seed purchased Is planted at a distance from potatoes which have a relatively large amount of degene degeneration ra diseases and if conditions are not too favorable for the spread of virus al diseases senses within the plot r at pres nt there la Is no way to know absolutely whether seed Is I 1 free from virus di diseases but the use of certified seed usually results in he healthier alt filer stock the fields from which such seed cornea comes have been inspected by the state college and have been found to contain only a small amount of virus diseases dl senses |