. Elementary agriculture . Courtesy of U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Fig. 114. Idaho hoys and girls receiving -field instructions on the diseases of the potato. ing labor, fertilizer, and the rent of the land, was about $75 per acre, while the crops raised hitherto at the rate of fifty cents a bushel brought a return of only $40 an acre. But the Boys' Potato Club told a different story. One lad raised on one acre 384 bushels and his net profit was $78. Another boy raised 379 bushels which gave him a net gain of

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