The log cabin Democrat., 1922-03-04
POTATO LEAGUE HOPES
 TO INCREASE ACREAGE
Lienhart Says 100 Acres Near Con- way Not too Much-Arkansas
 Eaters Popular.
Editor Log Cabin Democrat:

Editor Log Cabln Democral'
 I would like to use little space Tn your valuable paper in the interest of our sweet potato growers assocla- tion. organized here recently.
 We have about 30 members with an acreage of about 60 acres signed up, which I think is rather small, con- sidering the territory around Conway adapted to the growing of sweet po- tatoes. So I think we should have at least 100 acres to produce nothing less than 12,000 or 15,OO0 bushels. Now, that will sound like terrible pile of "taters" at one place if we raised that many, but feel safe in saving that if we had that amount stored here today and every farmer in Faulkner county was able to buy what himself and his family could consume from now until June l, we could use them right here at home. mean the farmers that are out of "taters" at present. You city folks would have to do without.
 That does not mean that the or .ganization intends to market here in Conway all the potatoes that we can produce. The Conway Sweet Pota- to Growers Association is incorporat- ed under the laws of the state with it's duly elected officers, and is a mem Der of the Arkansas Sweet Potato Growers Association, which is now selling sweet potatoes from purely local organizations throughout the state.
 I made a trip to Little Rock for the association to see Turner Wright, manager of the sweet potato grow CTS exchange, to get all the informa- tion that would be of interest to us. I was in his office two hours and it happened that he soll two carloads of potatoes while I was there. You would be surprised to see his books and to know who is eating sweet po- tatoes from Arkansas He is ship ping them to Washington, Oregon California, Nebraska and Iowa and other states. What interested me the most was the price he was getting for them. In November he sold potatoes for SIPS per bushel for Nancy Hall and S1.43 for Porto Rico, f. O. b., the cars here. Arkansas crown potatoes are bringing premium on Nancy Hall. I have learned since my visit that he is getting better price at present
 The cost of selling through the ex- change, MT. Wright said. will not ex- ceed six cents per bushel, the great CT the production the smaller the cost of marketing. The association here expects to build curing house on a plan that will not cost any member over ten cents per bushel per year and in four years will pay the build ing out. However, where man has his own curing house, it will not cost hlm anything for storage. While some our our members have their own houses, still they are taking stock in the association because they can haul their potatoes at digging time when the roads are good. It would be some job to haul 100 bushels of potatoes oyer our roads at present.
 Now, if any one is interested ir planting crop of "taters." don't get scared for fear that we will raise toe many. because this crop is just a stable as cotton as far as marketine is concerned I have left member con tracts at the three banks, who will b, glad to explain to any one intereste, in joining, the particulars of the con tract to be signed.
 Yours truly,
 Charles Lienhart Secretary. Conway Sweet Potat
 Growers Association.