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do it immedia te ly . The edi tor is too busy to be employed send- ing out not ices to individuals. There fo re p romptness will be more than apprecia ted.

M E M B E R S H I P IS I N C R E A S I N G IN W I S C O N S I N

I )u r ing the last month Prof . J. G. Milward sent out a circular letter accompanied bv a formed let ter and an addressed envelope to the secre tary- t reasurer . Th is left ve ry little for the recipient to do except to wri te his name and address, enclose a check and mail them. The response has been r emarkab ly good and is going to be bet ter . At present wr i t ing 35 new active m e m b e r s have joined our ranks as a result of this letter. I t demons t r a t e s what an imhmnt ia l m a , can do when he s tar ts out. Prof Milward is not wi l l ing to stop part way. H e is go ing to follow it up with another letter. \Vhat Prof. Milward is doing others can do.

N E B R A S K A P O T A T O I M P R O V E M E N T A S S O C I A T I O N

Recent ly this associat ion sent in a check in p a y m e n t of active membershq~ in the Pota to Associat ion of Amer ica for it~ members . No po ta to g rowers ' associat ion could find a be t t e r means at so little cost to help its members . Also there is 11o bet ter way than i d u n g the local associat ion han,lle ,q,t" pa.vnlen~ ol the~,." dues in the P o t a t o Associat ion of Amer ica .

IT P A Y S T O A D V E R T I S E

There is no bet ter adver t i s ing med ium for seed potatoes , fertil- izers, sp ray mater ials , and all kinds of machinery used in producing and m a r k e t i n g the crop, than the Amer ican Po ta to Journal . The leaders in the potato indus t ry read this mon th ly publ icat ion and the c rowd fol lows the leaders. I f you wish to increase your sales adver t ise in the Amer ican Po ta to Journal . The ra tes are ex t remely low and liable to be advanced soon. Contrac t now for space.

The presen t rates are : - - One Three mos. Six mos. One-yr .

m o n t h per mo. per mo. per too. Back outside cover page, $25.00 $22.50 $20.00 $20.00 Inside cover pages 20.00 18.00 16.00 15.00 Regular page 15.00 13.50 12.00 11.00 One-half page 8.00 7.25 6.50 6.00 One-qua r t e r page 4.50 3.75 3.50 3.00

Some of the most successful business men adver t i s ing constant ly . There are a few who have been running adve r t i s emen t s in the Amer ican Po ta to Journal cont inual ly for near ly two years. I t