. The Saturday evening post. w about potatoes wouldand, indeed, in time will fill many booksbefore they have come to the end of theirsearch for the ideal potato. Already theyhave developed varieties with eyes so smalland so near the surface that there is scarcelyany waste in peeling. The danger in goingmuch further in this direction might be inproducing an eyeless potato that would bethe end of its breed. To take away thepotatos seed pod was a clever trick, but itis hardly to be expected that the potato willpermit itself to be robbed of its eyes as well. Larger potatoes, with thinner skins and
. The Saturday evening post. w about potatoes wouldand, indeed, in time will fill many booksbefore they have come to the end of theirsearch for the ideal potato. Already theyhave developed varieties with eyes so smalland so near the surface that there is scarcelyany waste in peeling. The danger in goingmuch further in this direction might be inproducing an eyeless potato that would bethe end of its breed. To take away thepotatos seed pod was a clever trick, but itis hardly to be expected that the potato willpermit itself to be robbed of its eyes as well. Larger potatoes, with thinner skins andmore mealiness of meat, which means lessmoisture, is the aim of the potato expertsto-day. They have discovered that it re-quires four hundred and twenty-five poundsof water—almost a quarter of a ton—toproduce one pound of solid matter in apotato. They would like to create somevariety of potato less fond of water. Whenthey succeed in this they will have pro-duced the dry, mealy potato which will bethe ideal of our If Your Ford Rattles I Its Not the Cars Fault f THE Ford is better made than most cars. = Its the brake lining—ordinary brake lining £ gets hard, flinty, slick—hasnt any grip. = It grabs and slips every time you press the = pedal—makes the car shiver and shake. This = shaking loosens nuts and bolts—make9 the car % rattle. §
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