1. Entries to be filed on or before May 5, 1910.

2. No more than one crop of one variety of potato must be grown on one acre (43,560 feet), and in case grower enters more than one acre, separate blanks must be filled out for each additional acre.

3. The hills or rows must be at least twelve inches from the boundary lines of the acre.

4. The contest is confined to the four following varieties:

Peachblow, Rural Type, Netted Gem, or Dalmeny Challenge.

5. The land must be surveyed by a competent engineer, and satisfactory proof made.

6. "Planting blanks" will be furnished, and must be filled out and sent to D. E. Burley, G. P. A., O. S. L. R. R. Co. Salt Lake City, two weeks after potatoes are planted.

7. D. E. Burley, G. P. A. O. S. L. R. R. Co., Salt Lake City, must be notified ten days before potatoes are harvested.

8. During the growing season inspection of the potatoes may be made at any time by representatives of the contributors.

9. The first prize of $500 will be awarded to the acre producing the largest tonnage of best quality marketable potatoes, and the second prize of $225 will be awarded to the next best acre.

Prizes are personal contributions of the following:

Entry Blank For Burley Potato Competition,

Name of Grower......................................

Location.............................................

Town................................................

County.......................,......................

State.................................................

Section...............................................

Township............................................

Range...............................................

Variety to be grown...................................

Character of soil......................................

Probable date of planting..............................

Photo Copyright by Pack Bros.

James J. Hill - An empire builder who early realized the importance of agriculture to transportation interests.

Eugene H. Grubb, who conducted the first potato instruction train in America.

Planting Record Of Burley Potato Competition, Year 1910

Name................................................

Location.............................................

Variety to be grown...................................

Character of soil......................................

Fertilizer used, if any..................................

Crop in land previous year.............................

Crop in land second year previous.......................

Crop in land third year previous........................

When was ground plowed..............................

What was subsequent preparation of land................

When were potatoes planted............................

How were potatoes planted (by machinery or by hand)....

Depth of planting.....................................

Number of rows planted on acre........................

Distance of rows apart.................................

Distance hills apart in rows.............................

Number of hills per acre...............................

Size of seed...........................................

Irrigation And Cultivation Record Of Burley Potato Competition, Year 1910

Name................................................

Location.............................................

Variety to be grown...................................

Character of soil.......................................

When cultivated......................................

How deep............................................

Number of times irrigated..............................

Kind of cultivator used................................

When ditched for irrigation.............................

Date.................................................

How deep............................................

How high and how wide were ridges made, if any.........

Harvesting Record of Burley Potato Competition, 1910

Name................................................

Location.............................................

Variety..............................................

Plot measured by..............................engineer

Date of harvesting....................................

How harvested (by machinery or hand)..................

Yield................................................

State of ) County of ss.

affidavit

We......................and..................... being residents of the county and state aforesaid, hereby certify that on the...............................day of ..................1910, we were each personally present at the digging of one acre of.............................. potatoes planted and owned exclusively by................ ................at or near the city of...........county of ....................and state of...................... that the said potatoes were weighed, sacked and sealed in our presence; that they were of a total weight of............ pounds and that they were all raised on and taken from one acre of ground only.

We further certify and declare that we are in no way or manner interested financially or otherwise in the outcome of this contest.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this.................... day of...................................1910.

Notary Public.

Announcement Of Awards In Potato Prize Contest

First Prize, $500

To Mr. L. A. Snyder, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho.

Variety, "Dalmeny Challenge"

Gross weight .... 38,685 pounds 644.75 bushels Less culls.....4,150 pounds.

Marketable . . . 34,535 pounds 575.5 bushels.

Second Prize, $225

To Mr. W. B. Gilmore, Payette, Canyon County, Idaho.

Variety, "Peachblow"

Gross weight........37,476 pounds.

Less culls.........3,920 pounds.

Marketable........33,556 pounds.

A description of the methods by which the Snyder potatoes were grown is given in the " Idaho " chapter.

The development of any industry should first follow the lines of least resistance. For this reason, a prospective grower in search of a location would find the opportunities very attractive in the many good valleys throughout the intermountain region of the western part of the United States. As has been indicated elsewhere, the climatic conditions are such that produce the wild potato. In these districts, where irrigation is possible and the soil conditions are right, the highest quality of product can be produced at the lowest possible cost.

In succeeding chapters, the potato industry in various districts, is taken up in detail.