02545cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000160007804000110009404100170010505000070012210000190012924501710014826400510031930000470037033600260041733700260044333800360046950000310050550803550053652011180089153400450200965300160205465300230207065300130209370000290210685600430213599900170217825905UtSlPG20260610133608.0mcr n260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aagr10000823  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aSB1 aCompton, D. A.14aThe $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato. :bPrize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton.
 How to Cook the Potato, Furnished by Prof. Blot. 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2008  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2008-06-26  aE-text prepared by Steven Giacomelli, Jeannie Howse, Irma Špehar, Janet Blenkinship, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA), Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University (http://chla.library.cornell.edu/)  a"The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato" by D. A. Compton is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The work details best practices for potato cultivation, based on personal experience and observed agricultural theories. The author aims to provide practical insights and guidance to farmers looking to improve their potato yields and enhance the quality of their crops.  The opening of the essay outlines the background behind the prize offered for the best essay on potato cultivation, which reflects a growing interest in agricultural education at the time. It introduces the author, D. A. Compton, as an experienced farmer dedicated to sharing knowledge that could increase potato production in the United States. The discussion begins with the significance of the potato as a staple food and the importance of selecting suitable soil prepared for optimal growth. Compton emphasizes techniques in soil preparation, the effects of various manures, and methods of planting that can lead to successful and profitable potato farming. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aAgriculture  aPlants, Cultivated  aPotatoes1 aBlot, Pierre,d1818-187440uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25905  c66906d66906