Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-08-24
CONSERVE AND
STORE POTATOES
ADVICE GIVEN IDAHO GROWERS
sN TIE FARM MARKETS
DEPARTMENT.
l0rsstext oaession Now Confronting
enc Potato Grower Is the Providing
Of Suitable Storage for the Pros
psotive Abundant Crop.

discussed 10 Stale Farm Markets Hui
ieiin No. - by Harvey Alfred direcio'
Of the department ~ Farm Markets
Uho says
We are assured hy authorized req
reecnfniives ~ our railroads that thcr,
will be q greater number ~ cark avail
able Tor moving The crops 90 1919 thar
there has been Ia previous years On
the condition however. tAai shippers
c0'Operaie With the cOmmGn carriers
20 the extent ~ loading an cars 10 The
maximum capacity, instead of the
minimum ~ has ls.en commonly done
ia The past. also by shippers fclcas-
ing 81 cars at the earliest possible
moment after they are rerclyed
These railroad officials inform me
that n this request be complied With
a VIII be the means Of providing an
additional three hundred thousand
seirs for the moving Of our crops IL
Is also desired that shippers OF perish
able products nse box cars. just rs
tong NJ Il viii be safc 70 ship Ia them.
before requesting refrigerator ears.
This VIII enable the common carriers
20 provide us with a far greater num-
Der Of refrigerator ears. when II Is
really necessary 10 have them, and
thus move the crops more quickly.
Prices and Markets.
Many potato growers are much wor-
Fled over what they deem Indications
Of duh market or low prices for POI
gntoes thls faii White II ls certain
that I,iahus potato acreage. together
With hat OF many other states compel
Ing vilh ns on the potato market. Is
much greater Than last year and above
the teu year average, there are condl-
tious governing the demands for all
food stuffs grown 10 1917 tia, have
never before existed Among these
conditions materially affecting the POI
Sato market 8nd which win have a
tendency a. silffen The price. are:
First. She great necessity that wo
~ nation now must use substitute
food Tor wheat. flour and meats. II
We aid our allies IN The supplying OF
foods % the eSicnt that their people /
Mas live and tholr armies continue tho |
sttasxie. We must provide them with /
wheat and -four % far greater ex. /
ierf lhan We have ever done before, I
and because Of the shortage OF wheat 1
IA Che United States Il means that We
must sacrifice much and provide n
substitute for lonr and nothing NO
grow 80 readily serves the purpose as
the potato.
Secand II this Is correct. Il is also
certain that there win be a greater
demand abroad Tor our potatoes than
~ have ever known before. Il Is
staple food with an. or nearly all OF
eur allies. as well as many neutral
countries which must now depend up
"a the unltcd States for their POI
tatoes
me greatest question now con
fronting the potato grower. and tho
world ~ large. Is the providing OF
suitable storage for this prospective
abnadaut crop until Il can be moved
- the market. which we are certain
a. have. All the common carriers are
beading every effort 70 provide. with
oar hrlp. the needed cars for shipping
Now. wish 20 warn the producers that
u they DO not anticipate and guard
against n probable difficulty in NOV
nx their crops with profit nc the
.iiDe 0f digging. their effort % Increase
production, la answer % the nations
,aii. wili la a measure be fruitless. On
be other hane. u they viii prepare 70
property cellar their potatoes, l have
irery reason % believe they viii not
isve ieboree In vain. The people will
e red and the profits 10 the growers
Flil gesiify their great efforts.
have frequently Informed the
,rewrf tiiat he had little cause % fear
hat rainons prices would prevail for
be enfiy potatoes despite the fact
hat there nus Ia the u. 5. one 81 tho
Iesslest cr9ps Of early potatoes 10 be
ilseed On the market that We had
'k1an 10 years. The correctness OF
ar forecast has been proved, as evil
erce ~ which I wish 20 cite you 20
0YerNment reports Of prices that pre-
zjied August 4. falE. and those OF
Iagust 4. 1917. The q. $. depart.
rent ~ agriculture. under date Of
.ngust 8 1917, makes THIS ssafeinear, .
The average price paid August !, !
9i0. Tor potatoes Ia Idaho WIS Si.D0 ,
70 bsfSfei. and that ~ August !, iei7.
as Sfsi The average price paid
.QEusf T. 1919 for pofafocs Ia the Y. q
whs ga centa per bHshei. while q
ssf Of August !. 1917. was Si-Ti. The /
sfne conditions that viii effect fall 1
- winter prices tbts yeer. catered :
10 the cense for higher prices being /,
aid Tor early potatoes Ia 1911 than
ERE paid ia 1916.
let tho formers slogan be Con !
rive and store your potatoes"
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