Show potato digging will be finished within ten D days ays good yields being reported by some farmers prices low potato digging which has been the major activity in this locality for eor the past two weeks except deer hunting is getting well along now and it if weather conditions continue favorable will probably be finished by the end of next week good yields are being reported by some farmers with a fair percent of no 1 potatoes though many patches show the effects of dry hot weather at a critical time during the summer S A halterman reports that an acre on his farm which his son lyle cultivated and cared lor for as a project in his club work produced well over four hundred bushels aeter 11 gurr reports an exceptionally good yield and day farms tho they made any definite compilations pi lations of figures as yet expect as high as bags per acre from some soma of their patches other farmers no doubt could tell of equally good yields it if they were i interviewed interviewed two diggers are in operation on the day farms and a third one is being operated by farmers with smaller J 13 dalton commenced digging this morning and has an exceptionally smooth lot of potatoes though they are small and the yield will be short one grading machine Is being operated at the pit oil the day farms and one at the 11 II L adams pit and those potatoes which are under contract are being re graded at the depot lit in cedar it Is understood prices tor for the crop this year are discouragingly low part ot of the crop was contracted last spring for a cent a pound on the cars tor for no 1 potatoes and no twos are bringing pro continued to page five POTATO DIGGING WILL BE FINISHED WITHIN TEN DAYS continued from first page smaller prices A number of farmers are selling through the ha state association and will get the market price whatever that ha happens P to be when they finally sold to quote one local cynic these farm ers will get what is left no 2 potatoes can be purchased locally for around a hundred and culls are being disposed of tor for loc joe to a hundred for feeding stock though growers will realize very little from their crops crop the industry is employing a lot of labor at this time which otherwise would be idle and from that standpoint it is quite a help to the community it prices were good this section would make some good money from this newest of local industries PT |