Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-02

IS iaT 4 good 'meaiy le, but IN /
many N,r>s Of serving TN this fsa-
taf. is not noticeable. LIS unlikely :
that one person in a thousl gives n a
moments thought to the swing and O.
marketing Of tile immensN ~ grown %
v2rly throughout the count nut",at },
a the revenue returned tohe man f.
Who grows them. Maine-grCl pota- a
.oes are popular all over t1eountrv- n
nj lev states even occAsiona grou. II
more bush Is than the Pine II state. s
. Tho WCl'-known newspaper ,orre- g..
suouGent William E. Curtis rites g.
most atcrestinglv from Washinsn 70 F
tho Minneapolis Journal o tho Il
Countr s potato industrt and Mes IA
part III it. Presumably most o1ho
facts are obtained from Gems : st. Il
tics but they are woven together n
ttrtainingH. The entire article will N
tercsf both consumer and small p. T
Queer, and il is herewith reprodaees ia
! We ay.= tecn taught to believe I'll, u
the largest crops Of the finest ell Its
ef potatoes ere produced on the virgil
soil o the irrigated valleys OF the
Nest aud Greeley, col. calls itself.
"srha Potato city Very nttle else is
grown in he vicinity and the finest
potatoes in the world are advertised
II come rom there. Every summer
Greeley celebrates her greatness and
lii aaagtitt and quality Of the fruits
Of her soil by a potato day" when
cv,rNba'v Withla a raCius Of many
mi4rs comes to town To eat potatoes
that 5re contributed by tire farmers
ara are cooked ana served with va
rious relishes II the publ square.
f5ut. h"twithstan' ing the glory of
til Icy the Official statistics Of the
agricultural department show that
! Aroos5aol county, Maine, produces
more than twice as many bushels to
tha aerc aad sells them a. a higher
price than tie farmers OF Greeley. And
they are raised in the od-ta shioned
My l1v ordinary farming. without ir-
ri&a9an and without any scientific
fflls. ana IRE shipped to all parts Of
the Wor'i
Ths Official statistics show chat in
1910 the average crop per acre Y po-
tatoes in Maine. and that xAans
Aroosteo'l county vas - rs
while the average per dcre IN q
stnd that means Greeley. WAS "a
eshe!s To the acre. That1s " ~
lerctIit q G3iorado, but j. prov.s ~
farmiag * still ps-J1ttrle in certain
parts OF New England If people VIII
plant tie right kind Of sead.
A.aastool county is a great sGef ~
srouaa shaped like avedge. tha.,3,ns
w. between New Brunswick and the
Ganagian province OF Quebec. ana u
4ne eli tha largest eaHatics i'm the t-u- I
ted sstates outside of sfex4s. From Nh,
lao@s - tie NAP. il must b. yerRI
/ splrseH settled for the towns are few
md ar between and there Is q tsl.caf
IDEAL # timber. The limited pennla-
! ton If Araostoek county IN patato
+ time IS reinforced bv temporary jmtni-
grants from the towns and cities Of
! Maine. and from the factories and
ilar1ber camps. because If rrapires
Imans hands L. pick hp and pack and
/ ship the 1So50 ono u ah6aooo9 IF bush
ICle tf4t are disturbed in thoi- sIum-
/ iers and are thrown out into the OH
world hl The a,ppinee machines .ba+
aGt used - : q labor
oo. ..,
@2'1oo'eeo 9Ushsl crop
The official stetisties ire surprising
Aro05sauk eouhtf alone produces NOR
potatoes every year than any state in
the Union Except New York and Mich
gan. sometimes Pennsylvania must be
excepted but not always. The crop Of
Arooatook county has been as high az
25,03t00o bushels ana has sold for rs
much as I5,0oe, Gao. The average for
i've Years has been about lso6o,90o
bushels and h 5 been sold for an aver
age Of $12.o)0,ooo ON the ground
In 19oe the yield was 1sooa,t00 bush
! els and thu average WAS 2I0 bushels