Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-02
MlNNESoTA HAS ENORMOUS PRO.
pucTjoN OF spUos FOR
OTHER MARKETS.
FORTUNE FOR GROWERS
At ToP-NoTcH PRICES
Money Being Dug From Ground in
Potato Districts Of Stats-Produotion
Double That Of Last Year-Ship.
n,snts Being Made BY Train Loads
From Anoka District.

Mississippi river skirts the northwest
edge of Hennepin county and cuts on
Anoka county on the right, only few
miles from Minneapolis, the farmers
are digging a million dollars out of the
ground. The greatest potato crop that
old Anoka ever grew is III the soil, or
in the farmers wagons ready for mar
ket, or in the 230 cars that the Great
Northern road has hauled off its Anoka
spur track since the first of the new
crop came off the farms three weeks
ago A million bushels was the original
county when first it was seen that
timely rains had insured the crop. t. q.
Pease Of Anoka said yesterday that
these figures will have to be raised.
Farmers have received all the way
from So cents to $3.50 bushel at de-
livery station. A stream OF money IS
flowing in as the potatoes move out,
and the marketing Of the crop has only
started.
Sam Wirz has five farms in Anoka
county He said yesterday that If ne
hauls eighty bushels a day to market
he will be hauling every day to Jan.
l. Mr.. Wirz can not tell how many
bushels he has raised, but he took al
bushels off one acre. His potato sales
promise to bring him between $4,000
and $4,000. Edward FERGUSON has
big crop. Andrew Dehn has some
land that promises 200 bushels to the
acre, Henry Fahertys yields are run
ming from 100 to 175 bushels and high
err, Reuben Guy will get 200 bushels out
of some OF his land.
100 Bushels An Acre.
Nobody claims less than 100 bushels
an acre, and some Of the selected stock
sold only yesterday as high as sl.o6 a
bushel. Farms run from five to fifty
acres. and farmers who have $500.
$4,000, $4,000, $4,000 or more in sight
are common. Shipments of EARLY
Ohios" already made have gone to IL
lnois, Indiana, Louisiana, Kansas, Ok
lahoma and other far away states, and
therein the situation differs greatly
from last year, for in 1910 drouth at
fected the crop severely, yields in the
Anoka district were from light to moth
ing at all. and Minneapolis up to the
close of August was bringing in pota-
toes from other states, "cobblers being
then common in the market.
May Be 25,000,00 Bushels.
No one knows how much the crop
will amount to this year. as the official
figures do not come out until Decem-
Der, nor can anyone tell what the De-
cember average farm value will be, but
no one In the trade estimates the total
at less than 2O,OO0,OOO bushels. and
some make 1t 22,0O0.000, 100000 or
even 26,000.OO0 bushels. The latter fig
ure may be little high but one thing
Is certain, there is a bumper potato
crop In Minnesota, and unlike the con-
ditions that followed in 1909 after the
1S,40O,OO0 bushels came forth out of
the ground. the price has not been at
fected this year, but to this time has
held up well, with indications that 1t
will continue to hold at a very prof
table figure. altho it is expected that
as the later production comes upon the
market prices will recede somewhat
4 farmer, it is said in the trade, can
make money at 30 cents a bushel for
potatoes if he gets good yield. This
year, on range Of IS cents to S1.06 at
this time, and as high as $3.50 paid for
some of the first deliveries, there is
greater profit than ever before.