The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-31
MEANS MONEY SAVING
SPECIAL STEPS TAKEN TO PRO-
VIDE AMPLE FACILITIES FOR
STORING OF POTATOES.
Government officials Have Worked
Out a Plan Which II viii BE for
the Best Interests Of Growers
TO Follow.

Washlngton.--Act efforts are TO
be made by the federal authorities 10
secure concerted action In the euort
10 conserve the country's supply OK
potatoes. In this connection the tol-
lowing statement has been issued:
Unusual facilities for financing st0r~
nge are offered American potato grow
ers rs result of war conditions. The
federal reserve system is at their dis
posal, and farmers who store their 1911
potato crop in approved local ware
houses, may Oh ain, upon their storage
receipts, 9O-day loans from member
banks Of the reserve system at rate
not 10 exceed per cent Mr.. Lou u.
Sweet, potato expert with the food ad'
mlnlstratlon, was instrumental IN
bringing t:.s matter to the reserve
boa.l's attention,
New England growers have started
n movement to take advantage or TINS
ruling to help them solve their market-
Ing problem. The prospect which tie
growers OF this group of states face
is that of handling 45000OOO bushels
n pOtatoes-one-tenth of the entlre
United States crop-withOut causing
an overstoched market and the result
ing loss of all profit on the crop.
The growers communicated with To-
cal authorities In their respective
states, who in turn laid the situation
before the food administration. con-
ference between the growers local au-
thOrities and experts from the food
administration was held recently at
Boston, Mass. A plan of action was
mapped out mt this meeting which in-
cludes the following:
l. Marketing Of only One-third OF the
crop at harvest time; another third In
80 days, or placing in storage and later
distributed as demand affords oppor'
tunlty; the remaining third to be
stored by the grower and marketed
throughout the year.
2. All potatoes to be. graded with
care, taking out culs cuts, cracks and
any that are bruised. II was recon-
mended that a wire screen grader be
used-One and seven-eighths-inch mesh
for oblong tubers and twO-inch mesh
for round ones. Graded stock then to
be placed in good two-bushel sacks
one hundred and fifteen pounds to the
sack-and the sacks sewed tightly so
as to prevent shucldng and bruising.
3. Increasing the load in each rail-
road car from the normal 10000
pounds. That these cars can be I'M
loaded within "a to SO hours of their
arrival at destination.
4. That municipalities and other
bodies provide storage for as large
quantities as possible at the peak OF
the harvest.
"A storage house." said Lou n,
Sweet, who attended this meeting
"such as will conform to the require
ments laid down by the Fedora Reserve
board, does not call for u specially con-
structed house. There are innumer
able buildings, which, if properly
cleaned, ventilation provided, and man.
aged so as to maintain temperature
of about 30 degrees, will answer ad.
mirably for this purpose.
This year the United States planted
its potato crop from the poorest quail
ity of seed that ever went into the
ground, and naturally the harvest will
be potatoes of poor quality. Strict
grading, careful packing, common
sense storage, and careful shipping are
necessary to insure just returns to the
growers who have responded to the
presidents call for increased prOduc
ton of potatoes"