Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1916-10-19

16 acre crop of potatoes on his
Muddy Valley farm, Just north of
Willist0n, and realized $500 BUSH
els of fine, large smooth tubers.
Mr.. Phillips says he received an
offer of $1.1O per bushel for his
whole crop but believes the price
will be much higher in the spring.
He has stored his crop in an UNDER
ground room built especially for
the purpose.
Big Ones to Bake
A Bismarck paper says:
with a small supply of great
big potatoes in prospect as result
of the mediocre crop this year, Hazen
]. Titus, superintendent fthe North
ern Pacific dining car department, is
casting about for this food in suffi-
cient quantities to serve patrons un-
til another season produces more
bountifully. His prestige as the dis
coverer Of the "great big. baked po-
tato' is at stake, he says"
If the nineteen sample bushels
brought in on "Williston Day" and
exhibited for prizes were fairly rep
resentative of the Williams county
crop Mr.. Titus can fill part of his or
der right here-if he will pay the
price.
While the spud crop is reported
short in many of the potato growing
sections of the older states, this Sec
tion, at least, of North Dakota has
better than an average crop. Yields
are reported at from $50 to 225 BUSH
els per acre and the quality is extra
good. Those in position to Judge
believe that the potato crop is certain
to become one of the large and fairly
reliable assets of Williams and sur
rounding counties. With the prices
of all other staple food products soar
ing the price Of potatoes seems sure
to remain above the profit yielding
figure.
A Money Crop
A man with wide experience with
potato culture recently expressed it
as his opinion that this section can
grow as good tubers as any place in
the world if the proper study is given
to their culture, he said we have the
soil and climate that produce yield
and quality. 1.-THE farmer who will
put in from five to twenty acres of
potatoes and take care of them,' he
said, twill find them bank account
booster when the wheat crop falls
short"
Requires Study
different from wheat or fax or
hay, potatoes are a perishable crop
and not only the growing but the
storing and marketing Of them must
he carefully considered to insure sue
cess"
The truth of this statement is veri-
fed by the attention being given the
potato industry at the agricultural
college.
DR.. J. E. Boyle, with the North Da-
kota Experiment station as inveStiga-
tor of farm produce marketing con-
ditions, will undertake an investiga-
tion Of the potato marketing ques
tion, with particular reference to the
handling Of the tubers, the market
ing of them, and the prices paid by
local buyers.
Thomas Cooper, director of the
experiment station, points to the fact
that this years potato crop in North
Dakota is worth above seven and a
half million dollars to the producers,
indicating the need for an inquiry in
to the marketing conditions.
To Study Whole Problem
cdr. Boyle will make study of the
whole question, within and without
the state says Mr.. Cooper. "It is a
known fact that producers are caus-
ed losses through ignorance of the
market condition, the place to market
their produce, the method of handling,
etc. We hope to place before the pro-
ducers concrete facts that will aid
them in handling their crop.
"Potatoes are about the only perish
able crop Of any consequence grown
in this state. To properly handle it
requires thorough knowledge of the