The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-30
FARMERS FURNISHED
2,400 BUSHELS OF
QUALITY SEED SPUDS

Certified seed potatoes furnished to
every township in Wayne county. and
to some farmers in Henry. Fayette.
Union, Preble and Darke counties. is
the record of the latest Wayne county
farm bureau enterprise Four car
loads. 2,40O bushels, of potatoes whose
quality as seed had been certified by
Purdue university, were distributed,
practically within two days. on nearly
500 individual orders.
Aside from the novelty of getting
seed potatoes in this way, the out
standing feature and one which ex-
cited the most comment, was the sur
prisingly high quality of the tubers.
The Early Ohios aroused special en-
thusiasm, being large, invariably over
weight, smooth and of perfect shape.
The Rural New Workers and Cobblers
also were acknowledged to be of very
high grade, condition demanded by
the university authorities as a reQuis-
lite to the certificaton.
Wilson Puts In Row
So enthusiastic was Isaac Wilson,
of Boston township. regarding the
quality of the seed that he put row
in the ground Saturday to demonstrate
the earliness and quality as quickly as
possible "All the potatoes were as
nice as We ever have seen, and the
Early Ohios were especially good"
said Mrs. Wilson.
Another Boston township farmer,
Aaron Sttloh, ordered seed for IL
acres. and took more when a few
bushels were left after orders had been
filled.
Although a few bushels more than
there were orders for had been
shipped, the extra potatoes were all
spoken for before the last car was
emptied. .t
An interesting feature of the potato
deal was the large number of small
orders that were filed, one order even
calling for a fourth of a bushel each
Of Early Ohios and Rural New York
ers. There we're many half bushel
and one bushel ordersa
Speedy Deliveries
The system of checking and deliver
2 ing which was followed was alone re-
sponsible for the speed and accuracy
with which the orders were handled
This system came in for much good
natured chatting by the farmers, one
comparing it to custom house practice
and another complaining humorously
that it was as complicated as getting
good certificate of title to stolen
auto. However, all orders were deliv.
cred within a few minutes, all farmers
receiving their seed within a few min
utes after calling at the yards, and
without any mistakes in amounts OF
in prices paid, the final accounts check
ing to nickel.
Farmers. as they arrived, secured
tickets calling for the amount and va
rieties which they had ordered, which
were given out by Mr.. Dolan from the
original orders which he had tabu.
lated. With these tickets they called
at the doors of cars containing the de
r sired varieties, secured the potatoes
had the ticket checked and price fig
ured by Mr.. Dolan, and delivered the
ticket with the cash to the cashier
The whole transaction took but few
minutes with no chance for confusion
for money mistakes or for wrong
amounts of seed being given any
farmer. This system was planned af
ter confusion had been experienced
Saturday.
Could Use More
1t was said that another Thousand
bushels could have been sold if it hat
been on the tracks. so well satisfied
were the farmers. Many who had neg
alected to order early were calling the
county agents Office all day in elev
enth hour attempts to secure some o.
the seed. A few of the. earliest callers
could be accommodated from the extra
amount that had been shipped.
While no promise has been made
that such an enterprise may be con
Quoted by the farm bureau next year
it was pointed out by the officials tina
the cooperation of the members il
carly ordering and business-like deal
ing had alone made this years actor
possible. Similar cooperation would
allow even greater success in othe
projects to increase or improve prcduc
tion of crops and stock in Wayne coun
ty, they stated.