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Show POTATO GROWERS IN i BIG NATIONAL BODY Co-operative Plan to Market Crops This Season. Under the leadership of the co-operative marketing department of the American Farm Bureau federation, pttato growers In all sections of the nation are organizing under the standard stand-ard co-operative marketing plan to merchandise their crop collectively.-It is expected that enough strong state potato marketing organizations will be established this season to form a powerful pow-erful national body. In addressing North Dakota potato growers, Walton Peteet, marketing director di-rector of the American Farm bureau, said : "We hope to have enough states organized or-ganized so that we will have a strong national organization in time to have a marked influence on the marketing of this year's potato crop. We now have strong state or other unit organizations organ-izations over practically the entire heavy potato-producing region of the United States. These organizations are grower-owned and grower-controlled. Standard potato marketing contracts, as prepared by our legal adviser, ad-viser, Aaron Sapiro, are being signed by the growers as the basis for improved im-proved merchandising of their tuber crop." No less than ten states are organizing organiz-ing to market their potatoes under the Peteet-Sapiro plan. The Maim Potato Growers' exchange has coin pleted its organization campaign un der the direction of S. G. Rubinow ant has signed up 60 per cent of its entirt production on a five-year contract. Mr. Rubinow Is now In Minnesota where he is in direct charge of the organization campaign which will re cast the Minnesota Potato exchange on the basis of 100 per cent pool for five years. Mr. Peteet spent May 4 and 5 In Minnesota to aid in the potato campaign. In western New York the Empire State Potato Growers' Co-operative as sociation, Inc., is being organized. W. S. Hill, secretary of the Colorado state farm bureau. Is In active charge of the potato organization work in thai state and is conducting a campaign to enroll all the Colorado potato growers in a state co-operative association. Seventeen local Irish potato selling associations in eight parishes are affiliated affil-iated with the Louisiana Farm Bureau Irish Potato Growers' exchange. In Wisconsin, plans for a state potato po-tato growers' exchange have been completely com-pletely outlined under the direction of Mr. Peteet. The Wisconsin organization organiza-tion will center In Barron county. Mr. Peteet and Mr. Sapiro have been In frequent conference with the directors and officials of the Michigan Potato exchange and there is no doubt but that the Michigan growers will be ready to join the national organization organiza-tion as soon as It is perfected. The eastern shore of Virginia has an efficient potato marketing organization. |