Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-21
Grafton Potato Company.

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a frost proof potato warehouse with
a capacity of $4,000 bushels, size 5ox
100 feet, basement ~ feet, built Of
concrete with eight-inch walls. At
this writing there are 10000 bushels
in the warehouse, but there will be
5000 bushels for spring delivery,
Early Ohio. the average price per
bushel for this stock has ranged from
rs to 80 cents. The average ruling
price since the potato warehouse was
opened for business In 1911 covering
three years has been 80 cents per
bushel. The potato farmers Of Wis
consin became wealthy by raising po-
tatoes at an average price Of rs cents
per bushel. covering a period Of ten
years, from 1889 to 1899, and what
their profits have been since the rul-
ing price Of potatoes nave u from
80 to 60 cents per bushe. we are UNI
able to estimate. We know now,
however, that there Is no crop that
is such a money maker as that of po-
tatoes when properly planted and cul-
tivated as the yields from 200 to 400
bushels to the acre. especially Is this
true Of the soil of Walsh county. The
Grafton Potato company has for Its
president Charles f. Hanson, who
promoted and built the warehouse
which has proved such a splendid as
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section and made 1t far famed for it's
Red River Valley Early Ohios. Mr..
Hanson came from a potato section In
Wisconsin, Manitowac. where his
father was one Of the big potato farm
ers Of that section. The other off,
GERS of the company are B. J. john
son, vice president, and H. M. Han
son, general manager.
Pioneer Feed Mill.
This mill has been established since
1882. and was purchased by its pres
ent proprietor, o. H., Field. in 1895.
1t is a farmers custom feed mill. hav-
ing an annual capacity of 100000
sacks Of ground oats and barley. and
is modernly equipped, x 1t the
leader in its specially in the Red Riv-
err Valley. In addition to the grind
ing of feed, Mr.. Field handles all
kinds of grain.
Potato Starch Factory Needed.
One of the great needs of Grafton
is the establishment of a potato starch
factory to CONVEX the culls that are
now a %by-product into commercial
value, potato starch. This would give
a market t. thousands upon thou
sands of bushels Of potatoes that are
now either allowed to rot or fed to
stock that could be turned. into a
handsome profit If such a factory
were established. 1t would do more
than this. IL there should become an
over production OF potatoes and the
ments not profitable the crop could
be manufactured into starch. A po-
tato starch factory Is not an expensive
industry to establish and what is more
there are little or no speculative risks
attached to the enterprise. therefore
making it q safe investment on a mod
crate amount of capital of from y to
Is per cent. We earnestly recon-
mend this potato starch factory to the
consideration of the business men OF
Grafton and farmers of this section OF
the Red River Valley.
Grafton's Cold Storage Plant.
This cold storage plant covers a
ground site 30x50. two floors and has
q storage capacity for 1000 TUBS Of
butter and 1000 cases Of eggs. 1t
was built at a cost Of $4,000. The ice
house has a capacity Of 800 tons and
ia fitted up with five horse power en-
CINE and ice cutting machine, max
ing its equipment complete.
Grafton Creamery Company.
This creamery was established in
1901 and during the past season man
ufactured in round numbers 10000
pounds of butter, put up in 16-ounce
prints and stamped Pride of North
Dakota Creamery Butter" Grafton
Creamery company. This Is but n
feature Of the business. the other Is
the manufacture Of ice cream that
during the season has 9 trade cover
ing all the towns on the n. f. ano
branches. The Grafton Creamery
company Is under the management OF
Soren Westergard who came here in
1905 and has succeeded In establish
inr himself az one of the leading
business men Of this city.
Farmers Produce House.
In the matter Of q cash market for
poultry, butter, eggs and hides, Graf
ton 10 we'll represented in the Farm
en-. Produce House, operated by w.
Moore, who established the business
to furnish a wholesale cash market
for all these products. When prices
are brisk the weekly shipments aver
age thirty cases Of eggs and m nun
dred hounds OF farmers butter. be-
sides the live and dressed poultry.
The poultry market prices have been
low and has made the shipments slow
but with increased prices, say Is cents
per pound for turkeys the business
viii pick UP. The prices paid by the
Farmers Produce House 10 regulated
by those OF Minneapolis, st. Paul, Da-
luth and other pointe which gives
shippers the advantage Of Highest ruiz
Ing prices.
Grafton Steam Laundry.
One of the most important semi-
public institutions is that OF the Graf
ton Steam Laundry that was purchas.