Show POTATO GROWERS WARNED AGAINST A by mr air C C teague if vice ice chairman federal farm noar made last monday may be 0 ot t 1 in n alibe iciest to local farm farmers iho ca cottem u te m erss plate Pian planting tiu potatoes potato 1 it t to follows 11 ow 8 tile potato crop is one ol of tile hie im crops of 0 the united states the annual tarm farm value ot of potatoes pola pota loef is a over four hundred million dollars or more than one halt half the farm arm value ot of vol wheat icat the prosperity 01 ol the potato growers is therefore 0 ol 01 areat rest importance to the country the outlook report ot of the U S department of agriculture on tn ani intentions briten eions to plant late potatoes which torm form the major portion ot of tin chop indicates an all increased plant ing ine ot of ten tell per cent it if the usual ex pc clancy of yield if is realized zed thit ahli vill mean a total crop ot of 4 bushels with a crop ot of bushels tor for this past yeat great difficulty haa been experienc exper lenc fenc ed cd to sell at satisfactory prices con aldering tile the small size sie of the crop past experience has shown that ev ji with pio conditions in the country the prices realized are li it direct relation to tile the size ot of th crop taking this as a criterion I 1 growers persist in planting pla ining tho acreage which is indicated by tile the out look of 0 intentions to plant grower may expect the lowest price thol have had for years Cert allilY the cheri can be no justification tor for increased planting of potatoes that will brink brini certain disaster in price it boult bouli seem only the part of wisdom to fo growers to reduce their planting intentions tent ions for this spring by at least ten per cent it should be borne la in mind thai last as t years production was seriously affected by drought ii it the acreal planted had produced a normal crop prices would probably have hav c been low surely there can be no instill catlon cation of increasing tile the acreage above that planted last year |