Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-12-02
JAMESTOWN POTATO
GROWERS ORGANIZE
MONDAY AFTERNOON
Peter Banweg Wins ]. B. Fried
1920 Potato Contest With
Yield Of Three Hundred
Fifteen Bushels to Acre.

Futee0 0uSQeSS 70 ACISs
The prizes offered in the j. b.
Fried Land Company 1920 potato
contest were awarded at the organ
dzation meeting Of the Jamestown
Potato Growers Association held in
the chamber of commerce rooms of
the city hall Monday afternoon. Tho
rules OF the contest required all con-
testants to plant at least one acre
Of Early Ohio potatoes, the award
ing of the prizes being based fifty
per cent on yield and fifty per cent
on quality. Under quality the points
considered were uniformity, size,
skin, clearness, freedom from disease
and trueness to type. All of the
yields reported were certified by a
sworn statement of the growers, all
Of the fields having been measured
and inspected by County Agent Good
hue during the growing season.
Peter Ballweg of Buchanan won
the highest mark on yield and quail
ity. scoring forty-eight per cent on
each point and making his total
score ninety-six. ME-. Ballweg's yield
was 315 bushels to the acre. Fred
Farr Of Piaxnse was second with a
yield of 291 bushels, ]. r Noel of
jamestown, third with "a yield Of
237 bushels and Reter Hack fourth
with yield of -266 -2-3 bushels. Mr..
HACKS yield was thirdsbut the quail
ity Of the potatoes <cut, his per cent
age down lower than that of Mr..
Noel. at.
Cash prizes were awarded to the
four highest, MT. ;Ballweg being Civ
On $50, Mr.. Farr,> $25., Mr.. Noel and
Mr.. Haack SO. A certificate show
ing the yield and percentage scored
in the grading assto quality and sign
ed by the county. agent was also Civ
en- each winning contestant. A
1921 contest will ;be. held under the
same conditions: as governed the con-
test thit@year. sssslaA, -
The followingspotato growers were
entered in the contest for the Fried
prizes. Finch Bros, ]. T.. Noel, Pet
er GIaack, Grant Richards, Herman
Schoeler, N. G.. Anderberg, G. Land
scoot CAas Kaatman. Rudolph GrA-
bau, Meekar Brothers and Jesse
Gran all of jamestown, Fred Farr
and H. /. Strain of Pingree, Ben Ba-
ker Of Edmunds, Peter Ballweg Of
Buchanan, John Nelson, Christ Sc
vik and Mr.. Nye of Montpelier
Christ Miller, Ok. Thallehaug, "A. G..
Fisher OF Medina, Fred Miro Of wash
ii, Bartosh, Brothers of Kensal, Roy
Lawrence OF Dldridge, Lawrence Jes-
sen of Ypsilanti and John Knitter Of
Fried.
Orxaafzatian of Growers
The potato growers present or
ganized the Jamestown Potato Crow
era Association following addresses
given by w. r. Porter, expert in
marketing, from the North Dakota
College, and T. G. Cali
nan, county agent snf BARNES County.
Mr.. Porter discussed the organize
tion Of marketing associations ana
their value to the producers, Mr..
Calnan telling Of what has been ac-
complished in Barnes county, which
has seven potato growers associa-
tions. Barnes county growers have
also financed the erection Of ware
houses for storage pnropses.
Andrew Haas secretary Of the
Jamestown Chamber OF Commerce
spoke on behalf OF the Jamestown
business men. He said that the
business men would be glad to CO.
operate with the neu assoctation in
my way possible and s,rDad chat q
warehouse be built here. q. III.
ldattinsly gave brief talk in which
he urged the association to censid
y the advantages Of the site on thel
Of the Live Stock Sales Pal
'alion q for Y the erection, e : .: pstatsl
karshouss.
,Ofklcees and Dfaeet1E1
{ The officers Of the new associa&s0n
no Il. q. Catron, president, Ben
3aenan. vtcerpresident, and Oscar
Fried. secretary-treasur,er. The
,oard Of directors will consist Of the1
,fficers 0f the assoc ociation and the
GLOWING directers, Peter Fried. Pet
i Ballweg. Rudolph Graham and !.
!. !. Nos. &. !, A
4 The principal purpose Of the$newl5
g to better the market /,
ng conditions ofS the potato crop,
nd insure this result, every mem-l|
or issrsquired to sign statement +
hat he Will dispose 81 his entire |.
rocp thru the association except such
otatoes which he may sell for seed II
) thersgrpxsr1 sor to 4ths local me.-