Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-10-13
r,r LOCAL sPUDs
hai TO HELP THE FARMER
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awho could benefit by eat
JOHns ototoes three times a day and
my are many of the opposite sex
tnei' could add to their already fine
~nO range by doing the same thing
nc Tho farmers will grade their
,oos using only the best, well
pO'a od graded and free from dirt
cis' aalo in town and using the others
~ sooding to hogs and dairy cattle,
~ ~, he possible to dispose OF the
&c tn the best advantage. Pc
~, when well boiled and fed to
&c will replace corn at the rate
ahout four pounds of potatoes to
NO Of corn. A ration for 100
IND mig would be two to two and
pno-balf pounds of corn or other
a., and eight or nine pounds OF
atotoes per day properly supple
ported by about one-half pound OF
nLaqe or its equivalent Potatoes
~ no fed to dairy cows if well
,looned. washed and cut into small
.;ooee at the rate of not to exceed 20
nounds a day. They should be fed
flor and not before milking. 1t
mist be understood, however, that
.bov take the place OF root crops or
,noge and not of grain so that the
farmer who is feeding for milk pro-
auction should feed grain in addi-
ton.
Potatoes are selling wholesale in
tho town of Pullman this week at
* cents to $IO0 per bushel. Po-
tatoes can be imported from irrigat-
ea sections at $17.00 per ton plus
freight This would bring them
about $113 per hundred in Pullman.
The best quality of potatoes grown
N the Palouse country is equal to
the best quality Of potatoes grown
in irrigated sections. They should
NOT be dug. however, before they are
ripe. Potatoes dug when immature
snffer in comparison with the ma
tured potatoes from the irrigated
sections. but when they are permit
ted to mature as fully as those grown
in irrigated sections there is no diff
ference in quality, according to Pro
ossor Morris, head of the depart
ment of horticulture at the State Col
lege. 1t will be to the advantage OF
irrigated sections this year as we'll as
to the Palouse country if they ship
their potatoes to areas where less
potatoes are grown than in the Pa
louise.
Every business house in Pullman
should handle the home grown po-
tatoes this year and il the consum-
ers will not insist on the imported
potatoes but ask for the home grown
it will do much to help the agricul-
ture of this particular section and
the farmers Of the PalOuse country
who are under very serious economic
pressure.
The purchasing power Of the
farmer for the United States as a
whole today is only Ga per cent OF
what it was in 1914" said Nh John
son In other words. 500 worth
Of farm products viii only purchase
"a per cent as much of other goods
as they did in 1914. Add to this the
Wact that there was less than a 60
per cent crop in much Of the area
OF the Palouse this year and it is
readily appreciated under what eco
nomic stress the farmer of today is
help him out by purchasing his po-
'atoes and other products and by
eating more potatoes than ever be-
lore. IN 50 doing we will not only
help him but help ourselves and the
community at large"
The agricultural committee of the
chamber of commerce of which Lee
Allen is chairman, is asking the large
group houses and the home owners
Oh Pullman to cooperate in the eff
Tort OF the farmer to market his crop
Ny eating more potatoes and to buy
only those that are home grown.
merchants are urged not to stock up
with potatoes from the outside until
me nome supply is exhausted, and
farmers are urged to sort and grade
'helr potatoes carefully, bringing
only the best to market and feeding