9/2/2010: On this date in 1940, potatoes were on the menu-or at least, the agenda-for competitors in a National Potato Picking Contest in Barnesville, Minnesota. The contest started in 1938 and is ongoing even today, as part of Barnesville's Potato Days celebration. Today, they start the contest at 10:00 on a Saturday morning at the sound of a whistle, no matter what the weather is like.