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Show B TO PLANTERS OF EARLY BB 'r POTATOES BB' , '' Truck growors who annually plant BB. ' gi. n considerable acreage of potatoes BLV4,flBBW nra v,arneJ by the Department ot Bft jflBflBBBB Agrtculturo thero was on Janu BBBBBBBBB a Yfcry mucl1 larBer sup ply of northern grown potatoes In tho hands i roucrs and dcnlors i tlmn wns Ihc caso January 1, 1914. I'Apcrlenco has demonstrated that a largo hold over crop of northern grown potatoes which Is In good con dltlon and selling at a reasouablo prlco when tho early truck crop potatoes po-tatoes reach tho market means low prices Bomotlmos so low that tho shipment of such crops nets a loss to tho grower. Under sueh conditions a small ncrcugo means a smaller loss than a largo acreago. With 43,000,000 moro bushols of potntoos in sight January 1. 191G. thnn wcro avallahlo at tho sanio tlmo last year nnd with a 191C prlco of 43. '1 cents ns compared with CG.2 cents n year ago, a prlco which under tho then existing conditions did nut lmprovo beforo tho truck crop began to moe, thoro Is little hope that tho conditions will bo bettor this year. Tho prlco now is Just nbout 33 per cent less than It was a year ago. Tho distribution of tho crop Is much bet tcr than last season; so thoro Is llttlo likelihood that tho prlco of hold oor stotk will reach last year's mark een by the end ot tho storago period . |
