The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-09-30
GOING IN FOR BIGGER
ACREAGE NEXT YEAR
POTATO GROWERS ENCOURAGED
To PLANT FOUR OR FIVE
TIMES GREATER IN 1872.

Lemhi county farmers next year to
plant FIVE times the acreage Of pota-
toes grown this year, which runs
around the 400 mark Moreover il il
urged that the ground be prepared
without delay this fall, which will IN
sure the necessary moisture In the
soil AT the planting time.
Here are some interesting figures
as To potato possibilities: At around
| $l.5o per hundred, the prevailing net
price this year, this crop pays several
times better than any grain that Is
produced in Lemhi county--four er
| five times better, let Us say. Al 50
cents per hundred pounds, which Is
perhaps lower than potatoes will ever
sell for again, the crop would still be
a better crop than grain.
Some 10 Hold for Higher Prices.
There are numbers Of farmers who
will hold their spud crop till later for
leven better price than Ii now Offer
ed; some say they will 90 within the
next 30 days to $4 hundred net T.
10. b. Salmon. Herbert Benham ruis-
ed carload of this staple this year
down on Fourth Of July and has dug
u cellar to save them for shipment
after the snow flies when a bobsied
may be employed to haul them to the
railroad at Salmon; for. he says, .
bobsled beats wagon long shot in
the expense of transportation. BEN
ham says he has no fear OF freezing
with proper precautions.
Great Storage Cellar.
Ii there should be anything like the
acreage proposed planted TO potatoes
next year there will be urgent need
for large storage capacity. The place
for these facilities il of course adj
jacent to the railroad where cars may
, be backed into the warehouse or eel
4 lar and loaded direct from the bins.
E There Is big money in returns from
Z the erection Of this structure and right
D now is the time to be planning ii.
D Such building must be dry, well
I ventilated and frost proof In temper
Q atures far below zero, the mark some
I times reached In the Salmon country
I Most OF the sod land In Lemhi Of
no greater elevation than $500 feet
IL admirably adapted to the profitable
growth Of potatoes, alfalfa and clover
sod being regarded as the best Tim
lothy sod is not bad either, as has
j been shown down on the Smith ranch
below Salmon this year where that
sod was turned under for the
wonderful crop that Eli Gerkovic and
Smith a Son have produced there this
q year of better than 200 sacks TO the
l. acre.
i Natural Habitat Of Spads.
\ Perhaps In all the world there Ii no
= better soil and natural fertility for
potatoes than is found in the valley
= OF Carmen creek. Al the rate paid
= this year enough potatoes could have
= been produced on Carmen creek acre
, age TO have paid for the best Land
embraced within score OF the best
y farms on which they might have been
+ grown. Three hundred dollars per
Z acre is not high estimate of the
u yield.
Meanwhile IL Is gratifying 10 know
s tha; money Is rolling into the banks
z from the returns from this years
= crop On the Shenon ranch there
v have been shipped to the order of the
Northwest Potato Exchange a total of
s cars from l2 acres. Three hundred
Al sacks OF "A hundred pounds 10 the sack
n makes "A carload In making up n
n. carload all the small potatoes are
= culled out and stored for seed next
ID year On the Smith ranch as high as
" 225 sacks were gathered from an
Is acre. On the Geertson ranch and
o also on the Fox ranch yields as high
ID are being reported. Three hundred
l. dollars is not an unusual yield from
= one acre, 10 say nothing Of the eulls.
i The splendid quality Of the crop
Ie this year, which found market in
L distant places. will cause big demand
for Lemhi potatoes next year. Hereto
n fore only nearby places knew of this
perfection.
y Potato Talk AT Fair.
"a The Northern Pacific railroad is
/, sending men connected with their in
l. dustrial and immigration departments
a to attend the Lemhi county fair.
n These men include their potato ex-
,r pert, Mr. Benz, who with f. r. Ben
b son and c. T.. Arney, are expected To
spend portion Of fair week in the
10 Salmon country. besides being at the
l. fair for the opening day at least, Oc-
N tober s, when Mr.. Benz will lecture
e, on the potato. II is great thing to
,e have these men visit the Salmon
v country.
Gems Ready for Market.
d Regularly served on the bill Of fare
III Al the Shenon are samples of the Pete
n Marcas~en potatoes. These are Gems
y in name and reality too, just about
te the pfc,tiesi spads that were ever
8 grown. Two cars Of them were sent
20 out last Saturday under consignment
70 the American Apple company n,
is Omaha. represented ey LetoTt. -Four
90 other cars Of the excellent variety
~ were billed 10 20 out yesterday. The
OF grower expects shese potatoes To ne;
"a him Si.75. He made the first ship,
eu ment of Gems out of the county, per
haps the first from the state, To tbs
ae eastern market tins year.
Wire adviees received yeSterda,
were to the effect that the market 10
cd early or white potatoes was dernoral
- ized. This condition had been expect