Show 1 N r potA POTATO RAISERS VISION 1 PROFITS c J Utah and Idaho Idaho potato growers grower Friday F ida optimistically lIy looked looked for for- for forward J ward to 1936 and opportunity for for 1 t fair i prof its for the efi first time In ln six I years ears C Copies pies pies' o of the rec recently p ed pot po- po z t tato o act wre wro wre received f from o WashIng Wash Washington r ington Ing tan D D. C explaining il-i il provisions i wh which ch seek neck to prices parity y r for the growers grower p parity arit Y P prices for ricer for the e growers 4 j. j P persons who raise faise potatoes in f their 1 ir back yards n next t year yea will win be if 1 g governed verned t the he c same ram as las growers growers by bythe the potato l act r ij a Provisions previsions r permit persons raising potatoes at t. t h home m to o produce only eli enough ugh the tho fa family ily for forthe the t o t year e r P These S persons are prohibited A- A from the produce The y gri growers rs who ral raise es k markets c next year next year will I 1 bo be limited limit limit- 97 t a. a J ed edin in production U n by y the c act T There cre W will l be be ri rid no pr processing es tax levied levie nor rs benefit e payments ma made e by the goy gov- oy- oy 1 i nt Thc Tho price authorities estimated es ti F Friday Iday probably will wUl be between 85 y F ami th p 95 ce cents tsp poun pounds o of t po potatoes toes At present presen the price is s sI t quoted as us not above 35 or 40 cents cents' In m recent years potato prices have v It fluctuated from froin a high of 12 per perA I A pounds to a low of f 10 30 cents per I. I j p pounds pounds' ln Und Under r the a acreage allotments to o r districts districts' farmers farmers- and and persons who 0 l' l raise tse po potatoes in their the r b back ck yards y th the act next year v r- r production prod by le levying ing a three s' s of Cf a a pound n on the e sur cur surplus surplus I plus crop The net per pound profit to tri the grower is less than this tax and e therefore er fore there here wi will will- l belittle be little danger of or f over aver production officials ex cx explained ex- ex Frida Friday t Growers Gro e operating under unde t this act t Will b be P permitted to market the f crop crop rop only through specified chan- chan l nels Potatoes cs of poor quality will I. I the ti 1 be from o gr growers have pave b been en losing lost los los- t ing ng money noneY the c last l few ew years because bee be- be e cause cause of of l prices and and general crop t. t a c conditions T Tracy acy R JR Welling executive ex- ex Jd ec Uv se secretary of the e Utah State Farm Farn bureau said Friday This This' act t gi gives es tn the growers re renewed re- re 1 hope hewed hope for the the act act seeks to toes toes- establish es- es es establish t uniform p planting nUng and r i r form or production leadin leading to u uniform prices S' S ft The Th The growers not 0 organized to 1 operate p on a a. a uniform b basis ls impaired im- im paired fair prices prices' in recent years recent by seeking ze increased production statistics statistics sta sta- In the local office of the e det d de- de t agriculture revealed In the last five years there there has has been an increase e. e of 20 pc per cent in t- t acreage used p by po potato to gro growers er the figures disclosed An unbalanced growing condition of ot t the e. e potato crop rop in Utah and Idaho this year due duo to heat hea lack lacki of oj rainfall and anda a dry atmosphere has resulted in ina a prospective ha harvest harvest har har- i I. I vest below normal officials lab r re- re re- re ported Last ye year r bushels of pf p potatoes es' es were harvested fr from m l acres acres in Idaho and I. I f 3 bushels from a acres r In Utah f In Utah the e normal Yi yield per a acre ere w f Is s 1 bus bushels els and nd in Idaho bushels Last t year ear was 80 bushels to to- the acre in Utah and md I 1 bushels f in n Idaho Y Estl Estimates tes this y year year- predict t bushels bushels hand |