| Show fOES HUM COUNTY salt lake commission house prefers crop grown here to idaho tubers potatoes from sevier county have topped the market in every market they have gone into this winter said E 0 muir manager of the E 0 muir commission co of sat salt lake city at a meeting of potato broers gro ers held in the court room at richfield friday evening march 22 the meeting was held under the auspices of the sevier county potato growers association vice president A L buchanan of venice in charge county agent S R boswell read from the agricultural outlook for 1929 published by the bureau of agricultural economics washington D C the following statements regarding the potato outlook for 1929 potato growers in nearly all parts of the united states suffered such terrific losses from overproduction in 1928 that there is little probability that an excessive acreage will be planted this sea season seaon on preliminary reports on the acreage which growels intend to plant indicate that if the crop is is given average care production in in 1929 may be expected to from bushels about in proportion that growing ale aie more favorable or less favorable than usual considering the low cost of seed potatoes this sea season son this prospect pio plo need not discourage efficient producers of late potatoes but it does not encourage speculative plantings reports this year seem to indicate that growers ale aie now planning to plant an acreage eleven per cent smaller than they planted last year indicating the probability of a hai vested acreage slightly below belov that of 1927 in considering prospects for next year it should however be borne in mind that yields have often been relatively low when seed has been cheap and potato gioN growers viers di discouraged this year farmers farni eis are planning to use a little more seed per acre but the crop may not leneive the us usual ual attention E 0 muir was the principal speaker of the evening I 1 and discussed at length the various verb verbal comments lie he has received from ta the twelve cars of U S no 1 potatoes lie he shipped from this section last continued on page eight potatoes from sevier seuier county topped market continued from page one fall sir mr muir is very enthusiastic aftic for the potato outlook for the year he announced that if potato growers of this county were interested inte isted in in raising acres or more of the russet burbank variety he would be very glad to come into this section and give out a definite contract mr muir aluir made several verbal contracts to the growers in each case he stated that lie he would be glad to furnish seed to them at planting time with the understanding that the same can call be paid for at the time the potatoes were delivered mr muir stated that he was willing to assist in the project of the growing of potatoes in sevier valley on account of the excellent quality of russet burbank bui bank potatoes glown in this county mr muir reported that the certified seed could be delivered in this county for approximately per hundred he recommended commended le that growers should always plant certified seed at the rate of lbs ibs per acre mr muir aluir states that lie he can get plenty of potato acreage in idaho b but ut that lie he prefers potatoes grown in in our red soils the lust dust florn these potatoes is very attractive to buyers in the large cities on account of its color the speaker stated that he would pay idaho idalgo prices here for commercial potatoes in the fall or that lie he would gu guarantee grantee a price of seventy cents per bundled loose and a sliding scale on oil the remainder which the potatoes would net to him 13 F luke of junction representative of the certified seed potato 1 growers of piute diute count county y reported that there were ten cars of certified seed in his section and that the growers of plute count county were very desirous of cooperating with the commercial potato growers of se vier county mr muir aluir was accompanied by his field man an george stevens and the two iwo spent saturday visiting potato I 1 growers of sevier and piute diute coun ties and attending a meeting of growers at salina in the evening |
