Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
KearneyPotato
Growers Wind Up
Successful Year
Weather During Digging Sea.
son More Favorable Than
Last-Majority of Crop
Early Ohios.

Potato growers in the kcarney
district of central Nebraska have just
concluded very successful season,
according to O. d. Miller, local rep
resentative of the federal and state
marketing bureaus, who closed the
market news station at that point
recently. Their crop was OF good
quality, carefully handled and
packed in new tagged or branded
sacks, so they were in a position
to take advantage of the active de-
mand and advancing market which
prevailed during their shipping sea-
son as the result OF light shipments
for the country as whole.
The weather during digging time
this year was more favorable than
in 1920, and the stock was mostly
clean and attractive. State shipping
point inspectors said that only about
one-fourth OF the shipments fell into
the No, 2 grade. Nearly 95 per cent
OF the crop was Early Ohios. The
yield for the whole district averaged
about 100 bushels to the acre, which
is about 80 bushels lower than last
year. but this was more than offset
by the ccst OF production, which
was estimated to be at least 100
per cent lower than in 1920 because
OF cheaper seed, sacks and farm la
Dor. |
Average Price $l.es. ..
During the first 10 days of the
season much of the stock was rolled
unsold and diverted from Omaha,
but after July Is, which marked the
beginning Of a strong and steady
demand. practically everything was
sold f. o. b. shipping point. Cash
buyers bought about half the ship
ments. The cash price per 100
pounds in carlcts, sacked, started at
$lo0 July 10, 1t weakened gradual
ly to $l.50 on the 10th, but All ad-
vance July Is which brought it to
$l.S5 by August l.; $225 by the 5th
and $275 bv the 9th. The highest
price was paid August 10, when two
cars sold at $3 The seasons average
was Sl,e5. ... ..".. w..
Although more than half OF the
table stock shipments OF the main
crop, moving from western Nebras-
ka during the fall and winter. 60
to points within the state the high
er price commanded by this earlier
crop allowed longer hauls and ali
but 80 of the 500 cars shipped from
the Kearrey district to August Il
inclusive, went outside the state
Chicago, with freight rate OF 81
IL cents, received l23 cars. The rest
went mostly to towns and small
cities in Iowa. Illinois, Indiana, Wis
consin and Minnesota.
Demand Good.
The poor quality of the Kaw val
lev crop as the result OF late treez-
es and heavy rains just before dig.
ging time, was an important facto;
in creating the demand for Nebras.
ka stock in these central states and
the failure, through drouth, OF the
early crop usually grown near Min
nesota, is said to have caused the
demand in Minnesota and Wiscon:-
sin.
The field equipment used in pub
fishing the market reports IS be-
ing moved to Alliance, where
station will be opened about Au
gust Is and maintained until De
cember /. The. service this year \
being carried on comparatively by
the United States bureau OF mar
kets and crop estimates and the Ne
braska bureau of markets and mar
keting. Destinations of Nebrask;
shipments, number OF cars shipped
from each state in the country
prices paid at shipping points IN I'M m
portant states and jobbing or carlo
prices in terminal markets, are fea
lures of these daily reports wnicl
are mailed free to growers AM
other interested persons who max
application. ....