Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-03-21

also he used or mixture of all. The
exchange with its cooperative methods
has Il purchasing power which enables it
10 Obtain all sprays, poisonS. implements
SachS, etc at the lowest possible prices
thereby saving its growers thousands of
dollars annually. In the season of 1919
the saving 10 the growers through this
method on the purchase If sacks alone
amounted 70 more than the charges
made for our entire services.
Harvesting.
When potatoes are matured harvesting
should begin. The exchange supplies th.
grower with new printed branded sacks
also with a tag which bears the growers
name. Various machines for digging
are on the market. Our experience and
the experience of thousands of growers
forces US 10 recommend two particular
potato diggerS as being the most success
fui. When dug potatoes should not be
exposed 10 very hot sun. bnt if the
sun Is not toe strong an hour or two on
the ground after digging will harden
the skin and dry the potato These no
tatoes should then be graded as per re
qulrements of the l. s. agricultural de-
partment and as required by the Ma
tional Potato association and the Ma
tional League of Commission Merchants,
winch requirements are for a perfect no
tato not smaller than two inches in cir
Failure to grade potatoes
will cause the stock of the best
quality 70 bring poor price aud best
graded potatoes Of best quality put up
IN old. miscellaneous sacks, frequently
meet disapproval and cause the grower
loss The extra large no
tatoes should be sacked bv Themselves
and tagged showing that they are .bak-
ers, which potatoes the exchange takes
special pride IN packing at their ware
mouse INTO boxes under the Aristocrat
brand for special trade The number
one potatoes are then more uniform in
SIZE ana therefore il greater demand.
and sacked by the grower in the printai
Shield brand" sacks furnished hy the a.
change The culls. cuts and small nots
toes are brought into the warehouse Or
railroad station for our disposal. and srs
snapped to our dehsdrating plant for the
manufacturing Of potato starch and po-
Iat' Hour. Seventy five per cent of po-
.atoes grown Tor this exchange have
heretofore been marketed direct from
The field to the dealer eliminating the
'iement OF chance of storing for q prob
emauc market. The grower is informed
pN TINS exchange from time to time as
In the acreage. Yields, prospects of the
various large potato sections through the
country, and by making a study Of the
various market influences, can form his
own opinion as to the proper time of
seller
The t. s department of agriculture
IL its issue of Feb. :. 1920 as an in
,ortant article headed WHY Standard
trading Potatoes. states plainly that
grading and branding brings improve
nent and security and checks unfair
practices
When we purchase an article we hare
hree things in mind consciously Or nm
consciously; that is. price, quality aud
luantity The housewife does not nur-
,hase u ward Of cloth at 81 per yard
without knowledge of whether it is cot
on or silk or IL mixture of the two. and
therefore, we must not expect her to
purchase a bag of potatoes that is Il
nxture unless at reduced price. Stand
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