The Idaho Republican., 1912-09-20
YOUR MARKET AND NINE

| Dealers in Blackfoot are payin
! $l.10 bulk. for wheat and $50 fo
oats. The acreage of wheat in tn
/ upper part of the Snake River Va
ley is less than usual and oats un
usually large. If the oat crop is no
damaged by frost and storm tn
heavy yield will probably keep tn
price down.
! Plenty of alfalfa is obtainable a
IS per ton in the ste ok, and feeder,
] are engaging what is near the fac
tory, with view of utilizing the bee
pulp.
/ The acreage of sugar beets this
year is 1900 for the Blackfoot fac
tory, and the campaign opens the
first week in October. The crop is
good, with promise of a fair average
yield all over the district. During
the summer a force of men have
been at work replacing presses and
other things in the factory with new
ones and getting the equipment in
condition to handle the product more
rapidly than heretofore. With the
larger acreage and the increased ca
pacity of the plant, the campaign
will probably close at about the u.s.
ual time which is the close of the
year.
The potato market stands at about
fifty cents per hundredweight, the
lowest it has been for many moons.
The crop is fair in this state, and
there is good prospect in practi-
cally all the states. The only states
where there was marked failure
was along the lower course of the
River where the country
was inundated, and these states
raise the early potatoes that are con-
sumed ahead of ours. They are eat
IN while ours are still in the ground.
The one thing most likely to keep
he potato market steady is the
hing that farmers and shippers fear
most and that is the car shortage.
Heavy consumers fearing failure of
lelivery at the desired periods are
ooking ahead to make sure of a
afe reserve, and dealers are pre-
'aring to do a lot of storing, SO that
ad'cal fluctuations OF the market
re not to be expected this fall.
thoughtful men are advocating the
prompt loading and unloading of
ars as the greatest lever in the
ands of the shippers to help the
markets, for this is the thing that
most powerfully limits the moving
1, crops.
The Oregon Short Line Is employ
ng men all over the system to in
pect the loading of potatoes with
lew of eliminating delays in re-
Giving and unloading them at des-
nation, and the greatest sefvice
hat potato growers can do for them
elves is to lend every assistance pos
ible to get their product sacked in
ondition demanded by the people at
estimation. 1t is expected that the
ombined efforts of the whole pub
c in preventing car shortage will
realty reduce the losses of the pub
c from this cause.
The apple crop is prodig'ously
eavy in most varieties and orchard
ts are planning to pick them early
lis year to avoid the risk OF loss.
1911 thousands OF bushels we're
Oxen on the trees, there being 80
uch to do with all heavy crops that
,ples we're neglected until too late.
hen there was nobody handling
EN- Systematically, and that added
the difficulty confronting the busy
an with fruit. This year the local
op can be taken care of If the
ckers can be had, the organization
lown as the Blackfoot Fruit and
lrmers Association having the mat
r well in hand, with large ware
use and storage capacity to shelter
any carloads from day to day un-