Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-09-17
FORM SWEET POTATO
WAREHOUSE, GROWERS
ASSOCIATION TODAY
Organization is Decided Upon
At Meeting of the
Committee.
4 sweet potato

! "A sweet potato warehouse and
growers association probably will be
formed today as the result of plans
discussed yesterday at the afternoon
session of the members of the South
land Sweet Potato Curing and Stor-
age association, now in five-day con-
vention at the Chamber Of Commerce
/ assembly hall. A committee CON-
posed Of Sam H. Dixon, Lawrence
Thomas, Ralph M. Love, R. G. Dudney
J T. Fl. Gadberry, j, E. Keeton, and B.
|, l. Russell, which had been appointed
for the purpose, met last night at the
Hotel Pines and drafted a plan for a
temporary organization for the asso-
citation. This plan will be submit
ted to the members today at the
morning session, when it will be dis
cussed more fully, with the probable
itv that the association contemplated
will be firmly organized today
The morning session yesterday was
begun by visit to the plant of T. H.
Gadberry and G. A. Bahlau for the
reading Of temperatures, moistures,
and the inspection of charts. Follow
ing this, j. w. Bussey of Longview,
Texas, vice president Of the associa-
ton. explained the system employed
in the storage plant. "Grading and
Shipping" was the subject of a dis
cussion by J. NJ. Stark, who also, dur
ing the hour following, led round
table talk. The afternoon session be-
gan at 2:30 o'clock with an address
on "Crates and Grating" by j. A.
McGill, of Paris, Texas. C. L. Boyer
next occupied the attention of the
session with a discussion on harvest
ing and grading.
This was followed by a talk on
curing and storing, by j. W. Bussey.
The feature of the afternoon session
was an address by Sam H. Dixon of
Houston, Texas, state director of the
bureau Of markets for Texas.
For Uniform Packing.
Mr.. Dixon took as his subject.
cooperative Marketing. He urged
the convention to organize with the
view of properly marketing the sweet
potato, and to cooperate with their
state marketing department. He said
that in Texas, when a car load of
sweet potatoes is shipped to any
market point. the shipper Immediate
ly notifies the Texas marketing de-
partment. The traffic agent of the
latter organization then gets behind
the car. and by wire, follows it from
railroad to railroad and from station
to station until it finally reaches it's
destination. He also urged a uniform
pack so the marketing department
can successfully dispute with the
consignee any claim for short weights
and measures. He mentioned the
rice growers of the South who in
creased the price of rice 33 1-3 per,
cent the first year after organizing.
He also mentioned the California
fruit growers in this connection. :
One of the features of the. pro-.
gram today will be an address by.
Jim q. Ferguson, state commissioner
of agriculture for Arkansas on "What
the Sweet Potato Industry Means to
Arkansas" Tonight, the members
will be guests of the association at
dinner at the Country club. The pro-
gram for today follows: i
$3.50 to. 9:00-Reading Tempera-s
lures. filling. out charts:
$3.50 to 30."Diseases of Sweet
Potatoes and How to Treat Them"
by c. L. Boyer
1890 to bloodhound table talk
SoiiuuCCeu ny ". l.. boyer.
11:O0 to 12:00-"What the Sweet
Potato Industry Means to Arkansas"
by Hon. Jim G. Ferguson, commission
err of agriculture Little Rock, Ark.
Noon.
2:3O to 3:3O-"Preparation, Fertili-
cation, and Cultivation" by o. c..
Payne, field editor of Farm and
Ranch. Dallas, Texas. 4
$3.50 to 4:OO-"Profits to Growers
and Effect on Land Values" by ]. w.
Bussey
400 to 4:3O-"How to Distinguish
Different Varieties" by C. l.. Boyer.
$3.50 to 5:30-Round table talk and
temperatures, conducted by C. L.
Boyer $a&N