Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-20
POTATO AND HAY
GROWERS NET
Over Two Hundred Growers,
Shippers and the Leading
UffIcers of the Organization
IN Attendance. Wisconsin
Farmers Aroused as Never
Before. Twenty Counties
Represented.

Ihere was held in this city Tuesday
and Wednesday Mass Meeting of
growers of potatoes, hay aud barley
that was of far reaching benefit to
the farmers of Wisconsin and throuoh
them to the business interests and
general prosperity of the state as a re-
suit of the new plan of marketing
they are putting into operation.
Representatives were in at
tendance from the following counties:
Adams, Barron, Calumet, Chippewa.
Columbia. Clark, Dane, Door, Eau
Claire, Jackson, Juneau, Marquette.
Monroe, Oatagamie. Portage, Pierce,
Sank, st. Croix, Waupaca. Waushara,
Wood. Also r. st. Aldrich. of Mime
apol!s. Mimi, secretary of the Mime
sofa state union of the A S., of f.;
Hon. w. III. Hatton, candidate for u.
). senator from this state; Hon Geo.
Ill. Hambrecht, candidate for member
OF assembly, Wood county; w. II.
Wlsner, general organizer for the
United Garment Workers of America
Jens Davidson. Supt. of Exchanges:
and w. W. Scott, who for the past
two years has been the farmers repre-
sentative in Chicago.
After the usual formalities of A
meeting M. w. Tubbs, secretary of
organization, was called upon to ex-
plain the purposes OF the movement
and outline the work before the meet
ing. This he did with his usual
force and frankness. He recommended
the appointment of several COM
mlttees and a committee was APP
pointed to consider the recommended
ton and make the appointments
From Mr. Tubb'S. remarks the fol
lowing pertinent facts and figures
were deduced. The statistics upon
these matters actually surprise us and
the great losses sustained by the COM
munity are startling.
The following figures taken from
the annual report of the State Board
Of Agriculture for 1908 of the 1906
crops and the dollars following them
are very significant as explained below:
Potatoes 19,15s,S29 bu Sl91. 10000
Corn 47,326, 500 bu 100000 GO
Oats Ga, S32 1852 bu $40 600 90
Barley 19,1s3,Sl7 blu. 100000
HAY 255S,S27 tons 1279 OOOOO
Tobacco 50,544,2 24 lbs. 500, 600 90
Total So, 900. 90
One cent a bushel gain or loss on
each crop is given in round numbers in
the second column of figures. Fifty
cents ton is figured on hay, and one
cent pound on tobacco. Notice the
grand total, THREE MILLION,
TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS, represent
ing but one cent bushel on the
three grain crops and potatoes, one
cent a pound on tobacco and fifty
cents ton on hay. Everyone knows
that prices vary much more than the
above estimate so there can easily be
loss of S., 900, 100000 on but six Of our
principle crops.
The gain or loss in a few counties
may be enormous as shown by the fol-
lowing statistics:
Portage county leads in the produc-
ton of potatoes: Portage county,
100000 bushels; Waupaca county,
second with l,629,00O bushels, and
Waushara county third with 1,458,O00
bushels. Total 100000.
Over 100000 bushels in the three
cOuntieS-one ,cent a bushel means
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ex-
ira profit to the growers 10 these three
counties alone-teD cents a bushel,
which is easily possible, means, HALE
A MILLION DOLLARS more saved
to the farmers for their hard work
and incidently added to the general
prosperity of these counties and the
state because of the increased bust
ness it will produce, e