The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-28

aging 40 cents per hushel to the grower,
about $500 a car. about $40 per acre.
First in the Northern potato market comes
South Texas Louisiana, Georgia and Flor
ida. Next is East Texas. These sections
get high prices the cream Of the market,
Following closely comes North Texas. real
i2ing good profitable prices. close upon
North Texas come the Fort smith, Ark,
section and Oklahoma. North Texas should
be about through and out of the way by
this time, or else we may look for poor
markets with these Increased fresh ship
monts.
All Of these sections grow Bliss Triumph.
About June - the american Bottoms,
near St Louis and kaw Valley. Kan. come
In with their fine Ely ohlos. IL ~ well
now FOR Triumphs 10 be out Of the way. as
Ohioe are superior IN size and quality as
wen as quantity. They can grow them
cheaper than the other sections can and are
to the grower.
The black sandy loans or NSth Texas
seem to make the best yield Aventy to
two hundred bushels per acre are common,
Fcrtllizlug pays handsomely I'm potato
growing. Cotton seed meal drilled I'm M
planting aud second crop Of stock peas
aftcr digging arc cheap and efficient
Marketing the crop Us great problem.
Good grading and q new one hundred pound
sack and care to prevent Sunburuipg aud
bruising are very essential
BEST METHOD OF MARKETING.
Consignment IN commission merchants
often proves failure. Selling on the track
at home IS safe. but often attended With
loss for wnut Of sufficient competitive buy
crs. The dangers OF both these systemS
may he overcome largely by n marketing
association Of home men Of known relia-
blllty nud trust worthlnoss. This nssocla-
ton has one OF more men mt the home Of
fees and four or Ave men In the leading
nttla
cago ctc. These agents in market post the
home offices daily the state of their mar
ket
The home office sells all products they
can ON track at fair prices. The remain
ing unsold cars are shipped ont an" con
signed to their agents In market, VINO,
appraised Of heir coming 80 hhout !"
make the hcHt possible disposition or them
In this woy the risks ~ glrttri mhfhhls
and dishonest returns IS reduced 10 w
minimum This plan II already w@rkiag
we'll I'm East Texas. These associations
handle the goods Of The growers on com
mission Three per cent commission "
charged where sold on home track, . per
cont n sold In traasit or by agent In
market. and II per cent II car II otaReh
| and sold out by wngonloads
The Rector Cold Storage house .onsrs
| relief i'm caso the crop Is not al sold be
| fore the mnrkct falls TOO low. In tbis
| staror, house they can he kept rev
weeks until home consumption w n,Ii.h
| Texas furnish 'ohtahic matse,, Will ,
| is sue 20 core after "a" DUH OF oui NoP
! has been rushed Nor'h
( two weeks stay I'm the Chicago maTket
| THIS year reveals many startling facts
! The magnitude Of the market IS WONDER,
| fui hut beware Of rushing over sefenty
! cors dnv even n Chicago. or the market
! drons. Texas potatoes this year surpass,d
tennessee and Mississippi, but showed 70
! a dIsadynntaee beside Arkansas, oklahoma
/ "a - Amc,icnn hottoms SO we must sell
/ o,t beforc they begin.
o,aii.y of goods counts largely. Choice
| nrcdlcts sell first and nj advanced prizes.
| nne waronload " inferior goods spphs
! INC chances NJ the whole car.
The requisites Of success are good ihhd
and methods good grading and hnndling
honest pack. net Uniform packages .S, ana u
Patato md apple growing In North
| Texas has come IN stay