The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-07-28
CALDWELL TO HAVE
POTATO FIELD STATION

fO1 AxO E1GLO 0IAIlON
A temporary field station Of the
Bureau Of Markets and Crop estimates
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, will again be opened at Caldwell,
idaho, August 1 to assist potato grow
ers in marketing their crops Mr..
Homer A Harris VIII be in charge OF
the office, and market reports on load
ings, shipments and prices at shipping
points and in the principle shipping
markets Will be issued daily until the
18th Of Sept. when the office will then
be moved to Idaho Falls.
'The daily market reports of the
United States Bureau of Markets and
Crop Estimates are of value in many
ways The buyer shipping organizatio
as well as the grower shipping his
own stock, follow the daily shipments
from Idaho as well as competing sec
tiOns so as to forecast the supplies on
the market. They follow the destna
tons and diversions of Idaho ship
ments to see that they do not ship
to a market or section Of the country
already or about to be over supplied
They follow the shipping point in
formation to keep on prices paid In
their own and in competing sections.
They follow the prices iii the markets
to determine where to send their shin
ments for the best returns and to
check up on their sales.
1.-THE grower who does not ship but
sells locally depends ON these daily re-
ports to keep posted on local prices
and the conditions of the markets in
general, sap specialists Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. Especially is this
true If he is in remote district where
the local market is not well establish
ed. The grower that consigns through
a local agency uses the reports to check
the reports that was eagerly awaited
by both grower and shipper last year
was the monthly estimates of produc
ton. These were prepared by the bur
eau OF crop estimates and transmit
ed over leased wires after release for
the information of growers and ship
pers.
'The statement is sometimes made
that the dealers receive more benef!
that the growers from the market re
ports. II this is true it is because thf
dealers make more use of the markel
news. The grower who makes a carefu
study of the reports, noting the bal
ance between supply and demand IL
relation to prices will have at all time,
a comprehensive picture of the prevail
ing marketing conditions.
1t is pointed out that during the 1921
early Idaho potato sea son some 120t
car loads Of potatoes were shipped Il
146 towns and cities In Fl states
More than onehalf of the shipment
went to Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas ant
Missouri The states west of the Rock,
Mountains used lab car loads, Will,
the remainder Of the shipments wen
to points in the Mississippi Valley.
The majority of the early potatoe
In Idaho are grown in Canyon county
In the valleys Of the Boise and Snak
Rivers. 23OO to $500 feet above Sc
level. A few Of the earliest potatoes ar
grown at Mountain Home. Other shir
ping points outside Canyon county ar
Boise, Meridian. Emmett. New Pl,
mouth and Payette. The principle shiE
ping points in Canyon county are Gallo
well, Nampa, Wilder, Parma. Notu,
Melba and Huston.
The chief problems Of the grower
IN these sections is to bring the crop I
maturity just about the tine that t.
southern and middle western market
are bare of home grown potatoes an
to market their crop before the ear
fest of the late sections begin to shi
in quantity. This period is roughly b
tween July Is and September 1. B
cause of the difficulty of maturir
Idaho rural potatoes before August
some of the growers are experimental
with the Irish Cobbler and Bliss TT
umph, both standard varieties in Il
early potato sections In the south az
east
Crop failure is practically unknov