The Monte Vista journal., 1920-08-21
[drA1O SITUATION OFFERS
ImEROUS UNCERTAINTIES

The lNldl' ""'~ W Wv"
,,,,l, apr,uia,ion NJ this time ahd
.,,,to.s mean SCI much To the On.
Z, community. Interest rises al.
=, IN the same level with the pres.
.,,lsI campaign. With this In
lind We have asked one Of our
,omln,nt potato dealers TO sum ar
!. situation. which he has done u.
blows;
II government estimates can ho
,o.rd.d on To any extent. We viii
n, considerably NOR" potatoes
the United States this year than
a. raised las, season. According
II. August forecast Of the Bureau
crop Estimates. Department Of
srkul,ur.. there will be an In.
|,sse Of N.:a3.0oe bushels over
J, year. II is estimated BY this de-
Irnen, that the United States will
u, . Yield Of l0:.i3~.0oO bushels
i. year compared with 3s7.s0l.00
}, year. ui.sso. 900 In 1918 and
b:.los.oo In 1917.
Il 10 interesting 10 note what par,
),orado and the San Luis Valley
" In this great game Of potato
Using. From estimates compiled
the various states. Colorado will
educs about 80 Of the entire
ia. and estimating that tho Valley
educes one third Of all potatoes
ND 10 Colorado. the San Luis
WY will deliver IL OF all pota.
p raised In the United States.
W appears to be- a very small part
sever. Colorado fixures stronger
,A~ game than these estimates
)sid go to show. Colorado raises
bre potatoes than any other state
The West or one eighth Of the wes-
n output. This doesn't sound so
BY the time Colorado Il ready
move her potatoes many OF the
stern states have cleaned up and
cut more OF figure in the deal
Il 10 hard TO estimate the future
lrket. The larger dealers are a,
ldom as much as the grower and
rone acquainted with the potato
ne doesn't attempt to know how
market is coming out. Estim-
have proved wrong 80 many
VS. In the last few years. the ma
i'y haven't any faith In them now
the potato man. when asked
the market looks. tells you.
our guess is rs good as mine"
The present time flnds the potato
itet In very bad condition: the
fe Is poor and the demand is very
" Potatoes brought the grower
dollars and thirty-Hve cents last
ek' while two dollars and ten
is Is the highest paid this week
Today the market IL two dollars
not many wanting them at this
re- The great hug a hoo at
sent Is home grown supplies.
A'oes were so high In price last
'oh that every one that. had a
w 'or potatoes this season plant
'nem, Home grown supplies ar"
ehcally feeding Kansas City, St
!" and many other large cities rs
F" the small town consumer. A
e' market cannot be hoped for
'he local supply at various
va IL eaten up. Another factor
At a lowering tendency Is
@" spuds'. The majority oi
'e'a potatoes shipped at thi.
VI The year are very green and
ao' hold up after taken from an
~, ..r' The jobber buys sparingl,
.'s reason and the retail mer.
~ IN turn buys only what HI
- from day to day. Some new
yves are needed to supply ths
.e'' nut they are being pusher
,'er -" than they can be consumed
- 'ohe as this condition exist!
market will decline. It ism
.'een :. potatoes out of this dist
'aa' Is lowering the market, ",
supply very small part of tn,
wy but every other section hav
r0'a'oes At to dig at all ar,
lug them out. and take then
y :. a'' 1T is moro potatoes thai
aecently taken care of Will
..%e " Grown supplies.
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