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Show GAIN IN IDAHO SPUD SHIPMENT 7511 Cars Sent Out Tins Year Compared With 5115 Last Season WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Idaho potato po-tato shipments to Dec 31. 1921, Inclusive In-clusive were 7511 cars compared to jrli;. during the s;ime period In to;o despite the fact that the prowers are holding larger crops than unual at this time of the year, according to local representatives of th bureau of markets and crop estimates of the u s department of agriculture Although financial conditions have Influenced practically all growers to sell some of their potatoes, very fi W producers have disposed of all their commercial crop Track Storages are full, but as they provide space for only on-ly 10 per cent of the crop, most of the potatoes are stored In cellars on the farms. The commercial crop this year is locally estimated at 10.500 to 11.000 cars The quality and condition ol the crop are below the :icrace. Unusual growing conditions have produced j much rough stock, especially among the ItuSBetS. There Is also more fusar- lum, blackleg and Jellyvend rot thanj usual. The mild fall has been favor-. favor-. l.N- to the development of rots In storage and considerable resorting has I been necessary. Ther- Is some llss.itls- faction among growers because so. largo a percentage Of their stock is grading No. 2 At present there is practlcully no demand for anything, except U. B. No. 1 stock. rtn n,,iuni ,r th. tircsenro of al- falfa weevil In some parts of Idaho, the stato of California require that Idaho potatoes be rosneked In new or clean bags immediately before load- jlng Into the car A previous regulation regula-tion requiring that no hay or straw be used In loading the car or bo allowed al-lowed to como In contact with the sacks. Aft a result shipments to California Cali-fornia have, been sopiewh.it reduced as many shippers havo limited floor space for resacklng. It is estimated that resacklng. counting, shrinkage labor and new sacks costs JO to 25 cents a 1 on pounds. However, the restricted re-stricted shipments to California under the new ruling have tended to maintain main-tain the price so that tho cost of resacklng re-sacklng haa not fallen on tho grower but has been passed along Indirectly 1 to the consumer. |