Show POTATO GROWERS WARNED AGAINST overproduction the following warning la Is issued to farmers throughout the united states my vice chairman C 0 teague of the federal farm board against thelver the overproduction of potatoes the potato crop la Is one or the important agricultural crops of the united states the annual farm value of potatoes la is over four hundred million dollars or more than one halt the farm arm value ot of wheat the prosperity of the potato growers ls Is therefore of great importance to the country the outlook report or TOO tile er S 9 department part ment of agriculture on the intentions to plant late potatoes which form the major portion of the crop indicates an increased planting of ap 1 proximately ten tell per cent it if the usual expectancy 0 of yield Is realized this will mean a total crop ot of 0 bushels with a crop of 0 bushels for this past year great difficulty has been experienced to sall a satisfactory prices considering tile the small size of the crop past experience lias has shown that even with prosperous conditions in the country the prices realized are ara in dirac 1 relation to the size ot of the crop which w aich la IF indicated by the outlook ot of it if growers persist in planting the acreage which Is indicated by tile the out look ot of Intent lonn lowi to plant growers nay expect the locq leftist t prices they lave had for beirs there can call be no toi for increased planting of potatoes that will bring certain disaster la in price it would seem only the part of wisdom for growers to reduce their planting in tensions tent loas ions tor for this spring by at least ten per cent it should be borne in mind that last years production was seriously affected by drought it if the acreage planted had produced a normal crop prices would probably have been tow low surely there can be no ot of increasing the acreage abobo that p bated last year |