Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-26
GREATEST POTATO.
BELT IN COUNTRY
BEING DEVELOPED
Deer Flat Country Rapidly
Forging to the Front
Shipments for the Year
465 Carloads.

Caldwell. Dec. 26.-Potato shipments
from the widely famed Deer Flat COM
munity which is tributary to this city
and which contributes SO materially
to its business life, will amount to 465
carloads this year. OF this estimate 365
carloads have already been shipped
out over the Sebree railroad line and
approximately 100 carloads yet remain
to be shipped out to the markets.
Through its wonderful adaptability to
tie production Of potatoes which is
Lid by national potato experts to even
excel that of the widely advertised
Greeley, Colo, potato belt, this com
munity. which Is within 10 miles of this
city. has come into national publicity
within the past three years as the most
productive potato belt within the en-
tire United States. So widely known
has become its wonderful adaptability
to the production Of this product that
leading potato men of the Greeley po-
tato belt have left that region and To-
Gated in the tributary community.
EXPERIENCE OF potato SMITH,"
Among these men is c. F. Smith,
UCLJoI hHO~u DO SHliIil, WIN
has attained a statewide reputation.
because OF his success as a potato grow
er. Though 1t has been but three or
four years since he located in the Deer
Flat section, he has made a nice little
fortune In the potato game From 70
acres of potatoes the present season
he realized a net revenue of 100000,
and he Is in the Deer Flat community
to stay, for after an experience of
three or four years, he declares that
as a potato raising section 1t Is in a
class to itself. and that the Greeley.
Colorado, potato belt does not COM
pare with it. No little Significance at
taches to this statement, for he was
engaged in the industry in the Greeley
belt for long years.
Other farmers in the famed belt who
have made good through raising this
product are NJ. Frosig, Roy Shelp, A.
FL. Raymond. F. M. Hoadley. J. w.
Cooper, William Hitson, ]. r. Stephen
son and c. F. Cellien. Mr.. Hitson had
40 acres in potatoes this year and his
crop yielded him about 200 sacks or
400 bushels to the acre. His crop has
not yet been marketed, but at the
present price for potatoes, it means a
revenue Of $4,000 for his years labor.
These figures not only account in a
large measure for the phenomenal
prosperity this section is now enjoy
ing, but it also presages cintinu-
ous era of prosperity and develop
ment for 1t. In many instances the
potato crops Of this year have yielded
revenues equivalent to the value Of
lok
and when this fact is taken into con-
Ederation. 1t is not surprising that
this highly favored community has
been constantly filled with homeseek-
srs from eastern and middle western
Btates the past several months.
ONLY IN INFANCY.
Certain II Is that though In the in :
fancy of It's development as a potato
section 1t has demonstrated through It's
wonderfully rsmunerative crops of the
past three OF four years that there is
q logical basis for It's reputation and
that 1t has a still greater future before
1t In this direction. The shipments
enumerated were UP to yesterday and
explain the basis of the great pros
perity which features all phases OF the
business life Of this city.
In this connection 1t may be inter
esting to note that livestock. grain,
fruit and other shipments over the
Sebree line have been of commensurate
proportions. To illustrate there have
been shipped over it AZ carloads Of
hogs, 6e carloads of sheep. III car
loads Of grain, 70 carloads Of hay. 50
carloads Of apples, 1 carload of wool,
. carloads of grass seed, one carload OF
prunes and 10 carloads Of other farm,
products.