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World Useful Bag Day leads today's complete edition for United States.
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A day for baskets, backpacks, totes, sacks, satchels, lunch bags, and everything people carry through the work of a day.
In Idaho, which produces more potatoes than any other state, this day is observed with the quiet dignity of people who know they are feeding the nation. The Idaho potato is the Russet Burbank, developed by Luther Burbank in 1871. It is the potato that makes the best french fry: long, starchy, and fluffy inside. Idaho grows 13 billion pounds of potatoes per year. That is approximately 100 potatoes per American. You are welcome.