The Pulaskian., 1917-07-06
ROBBERS WILL
 BUY POTATOES
ocAL COMMISSION MEN WILL TAKE FARMERS' PRODUCT IF GIVEN A FAIR CHANGE
 TO BID ON IT.


 renorts M. c. Graham, Pulaski coun- tv demonstration agent. While war conditions have largely been respon- cible seeds being required for food and feed in larger amounts than ever befare the farmers should wake up in the fact that the time has come whom they must save their own seed sunply for another year. They should save not only enough for themselves, hpt some for the market, for there will be a market for all kinds of good soed This is true and is shown by inc fact that so many seeds dumped m Arkansas farmers have been of poor quality
 "A great many complaints are com ing to me from the farmers that they cannot market their products, mak- ing the statement that the wholesal' ars will not buy. Last Friday, in com many with MT. J. F. Nicholson, the marketing specialist, 1 visited several of the wholesalers in Little Rock and asked them if they would not buy po- tatoes from the farmers. One whole saler showed me 20 sacks of potatoes he had bought from a farmer Snat morning. He said the farmer has tried to peddle the potatoes to the grocery stores and then had brought them to him. The jobbers make the complaint that the farmers first try tn peddle their stuff to the stores, their only market. and then get mad because the wholesalers won't take them off their hands after this source is exhausted.
 Farmers must realize that in order to sell the products they must put them up in salable form. For in- stance. these potatoes were in any kind of old tow sacks. The sacks were not sewed, and there were potatoes of all sizes, sorts and descriptions.
 "One commission man wrote me a letter last week and said he would pay cash for all the potatoes, up to 50 carloads around Little Rock, if the farmers would bring them to com mon place in Little Rock, where he could grade, sack, and put them in form that would be salable on the Chicago and St. Louis markets"
 If there was ever time in the his tory of Pulaski county agriculture that farmers needed to take concerted action to reap the benefits that might accrue to them in all their farm ope- rations, it is now. The location of the army camp here will mean that some thing like 3O,000 men will be station ed here. According to an article i'll the Sunday Gazette by H. M. Cottrell, Agriculturist of the Farm Develop ment Bureau of Memphis, Tenn, "the amount of food necessary to feed these soldiers is staggering. It will take 11,000 acres of wheat, 10000 acres of corn, 37,000 acres of oats, 10,- 900 acres of hay, 1000 acres of Irish potatoes, 14 acres of onions and about 1000 acres in green truck crops It will take 10000 we'll finished fat cattle weighing over 1000 pounds each, 17,000 fat hogs and 10000 fat young sheep and goats to supply the fresh meat for these men for year. It will take 5000 cows to supply but ter and 1,700 to produce fresh milk. It will take about 1000 hens to lay the eggs and 25,000 chickens will be needed for the meat used in the hos pital."
 For the farmers in Pulaski county to get the benefits of these needs, i'm mediate organization is necessary. Planters, farmers, dairymen, truck gardeners and poultry men in this i'm mediate vicinity to get these benefits must organize immediately. because thls supply of food and feed stuffs must be constant the year through. II the local market cannot bring every Monday morning it's quota of these supplies. then they must go outside or the state to get them.
 Every week throughout the year lhere will be needed 2,800 bushels of irish potatoes, 600 bushels of onions and S37,6O0 pounds of other vege- 'aDles. There will be needed every week 100000 pounds of fresh beef, 50,- ooo pounds of fresh pork, 50,00O pounds of mutton, 15,000 pounds of outter and 1,200 dozen eggs and l. oVo pounds of dressed chicken. The uaiiy requirements in milk will be l'740 gallons.
 The second Irish potato crop will nave to supply the needs of the sol uiers for nine months This will re- quire the planting within the next 50 uays or at least 1,500 acres of Irish potatoes. The seed will have to be oD'ained from the crop now being uug. It will require 36.0OO bushels oi seed to plant this area