The Ward County independent., 1909-10-21
Don't Market the Best Potatoes.

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Don't Market the Best Potatoes.
Again let us urge potato gr wers 10
have their seed from the big hills or
uniform fine potatoes at digging time,
when it lis easy to see, and know, the
company the pu atoes have been keep
ing.
Then is the time and the only time
1T >-ig possible 70 get the best seed
potato. II we wait until the potatoes
are in the cellar, it will be impossible
to tell whether the nice, large
notatoe we select is one Of eight or
ten large potatoes in the hill, or the
only at all decent one among many
inferior potatoes What counts In po-
). tato growing is the number OF mar
ketable ones one can grow TO one
acre, not the number Of pounds. we
have seen potato fields i'm the famous
Waupaca, Wisconsin, potato district
where fully ninety per cent or phe
,po.atoes were marketable: SEED
selection had done this, more than an
the other care given the crop. we
have also seen whole fields OF pota--
toes from such poorly selected SEED
that not one third of them could be
marketed. It takes no. more work 10
grow a marketable potato than 10
grow one that is worthless for any
thing but pigs or starch fad:orles: so
1T navs greatly to select seed from
large hills of smooth uniform F'ooa-
toes This and this alone will prevent
pota pes from RUNNING out.
Joe Wells comes forward with the
;,t tpresting assertion that Ut pays 10
.r,ise mules. If it is MISSOURI
st ardard, SO much the bater; put VI
vo,, can't raise a Missouri mule the
common ordinary mule will 90. ih's
&c Mr. Wells recent experience III
mule culture: From three mares
in four years he sold $1,52oOo worm
of stock and has a colt Left wor7a il
hundred dollars. One span OF coios
sold for $4,000, three young mules
for s425.Oo; two spans were sold for
s6oo 90 and single mule brougn.
$4,000. Four Of these colts were
raised from a little broncho mare
never worth more cnan $9o. ll1s
broncho is not yet on the retired hst
and is still assiaing Mr.. Wells on the
road to wealth. Besides the sale price
for these animals, Mr.. Wells got Two
Years work out OF three, one year .
work ont of two and falls WORK
from two. There are eight more lohs
eared coils from the original STOCK
sporting about the place and these
are expected to grow into about bne
same amount of money in two or
three Years time Mr. Wells is doing
some diversified farming. pr'. says
there is more money in muies t''a'l
in anything elise about the farm
Cando Democrat.
Valley City, N. d., Oct. 1o:-The
state convention VI Uuc 1AhiS' '
ciety OF Equity will meet at Vailey
City Wednesday, October H. All 10
cal unions are entitled to representa-
tion al: this meeting, and there VIII
undoubtedly be large attendance.
= The main purpose OF the conven-
tion will be to elect state officers Tor
the ensuing year
Only one man looms up strong for
tine office OF state president. =. u.
McIllroy, president OF the Ward coun-
tv union, has more members who ia
vor him than all the rest of the pos
sibilaties combined. Mr.. Mclllroy Is a
STRONG man in every sense ot~the
word, he is straight; out OF equity
in its fullest meaning man Win
the courage of his convictions ana II
elected will push the worf OF organ
ization with great JOY.