THE ALLIANCE (NEBRASKA) HERALD
EARLY SPUDS
BRINGING GOOD
PRICES IN EAST
KANSAS CHOP KEADY FOR IIAR
VESTIXO HUT IIKLP IH
KCAItCK.
Old IVUtoM Climb as Supply Dlmln
Lihe With Dfmand HUH
Strong.
With a bumper spud crop now
practically assured Box Butte coun
tr growers will be interested In the
market as affects me saie 01 iue
tubers. From every Important mar
kt there eomea the gratifying news
through the medium of The Packer
of Kansas City, that price at mis
early stage of the season promise
oYtnH rotiirna to the BTOWetS. The
following account of the Kansas bar-
Test condition and of tue eany mar
keting by growers of the Jayhawker
state will be of particular Interest In
that conditions there are vastly sim
ilar to those existing here:
KanMS Crop Report.
POTATOES The state's acreage
la potatoes is probably about 18,000
acre less than that of last year,
when It amounted to 68,258 acres.
The general condition of the crop is
given as 90.1 per cent, aa compared
to 91.4 per cent in May.
LAWRENCE, KanTwo harvests
are conflicting this rear In the Kaw
Valley. Wheat and potatoes are both
demanding attention at the same
time, and while the acreage trf the
former la by far the larger, the har
vest of the latter la causing , about
equal worry. The potatoes) are ready
to dig all along the river although
the Immediate need , U leas, around
Topeka, Digging has been started
this week, but many of the growers
are waiting to get the wheat harvest
out of the way and the heavy move
' inent will not begin until about Mon
day or Tuesday. ,
' A heavy rain In this section, Mon
day afternoon stopped digging for a
day, but Increased vigor was evident
whou the tubers began to roll again
and the last two days have Been
pretty heavy loading. The total
movement from the Valley thus far
is estimated from 15 to 20 care.
Practically every point in tha Valley
will be loading cars tomorrow and
alt of next week. , ,
Estimates on the production and
condition of this year's crop have
varied greatly and this wide range
of ideas is evidence of the fact that
the crop is irregular. Reports cover
ing the entire Valley indicate that
this has been a very unfavorable
year generally, but Individual ques
tioning of the glowers finds that this
dependn entirely on the location.
Those with low fields were hit hard
by the early rains and high waters of
the Kaw, others show considerable
rot damage,. others blight, damage
and etill others lay their poor crop to
the use of inferior ueed.- All in all,
the year has been poor . and most
growers will tell you that the man
with a small acreage was the lucky
man this time, but you occasionally
find a man who claims to have a
rrnn an trnod aa his best, absolutely I
free from blight and rot damage and '
extraordinary in yield. The digging
of the last two days haa revealed
yields ranging all the way from 100
to 225 bushels per acre.
ThA hi 1 pM anara which began two
weeks ago is now generally consider-;
ed of little conseauence because of
the late date of attack. However,
some are still estimating their, loss
from blight as high as 25 per cent.
Rot is being found in many of the
fields around Topeka, but shippers
say the potatoes will go Into the
cars with good quality and condition
because of the advanced stage of the
rot and careful sorting.
Beginning, prices to the growers
ranged from $2 to $2.50 per cwt.,
" according to grade, but the last two
days have displayed a lowed tenden
cy. Growers in this immediate sec
tion are now offering No. 1 Ohios for
Monday and Tuesday loading at
I2.10W2.20 per cwt The first car
out of the Valley last Thursday was
bought at Weaver for $2.25.
It was hoped by growers that the
Texas and Oklahoma crop of Tri
umphs would be out of the way for
the Kaw Valley Ohios and Cobblers
because of the general preference for
the Triumphs, but the Southern
stock Is atill supplying a big demand
which otherwise would be left to the
Kaw Valley crop.
Monday there were about 90 cars In
by rail. The market on all fancy
stock from Norfolk and the Eaatern
Hlidre was at times as high as $7.
No. 1, however, generally sold at
$5.50(if 6. CO, with some sales as low
as $4.50. No. 2 brought $2.50 4
and other slock down, according to
quality. North and South Carolina
stock, however, did not bring more
than $6 for the fanciest offerings.
Florida is winding up closely and
a good deal of the stock now coming
is beginning to show the clean-up of
the patches. The range on Florida
potatoes was $2 0 5.50 for the mar
ketable offerings.
' Tuesday and Wednesday offerings
were very heavy and the market waa
about 26c lower Tuesday with an
other decline of 50c per barrel Wed
nesday at which time fancy No. 1
stock was selling at $4.60 & 5.50 and
No. 2 at $3 down to $2.
While the market showed no quot
able change Thursday, prices were
exceptionally firm and under heavy
rail receipts the market cleaned up
In great shape. There were also
12,000 barels on the Old Dominion
steamer Thursday and 3,800 barrels
were due to arrive Friday morning.
There is still considerable accum
ulation of old potatoes in the market.
The yards,' however, are dead. There
is very little doing and (receivers are
peddling them out as fast as they
can at all the way from $1 to $2.50
per 180 pounds bulk and from $1.50
down per 165-pound bag.
down to $4.75. There Is not much
improvement In the old potato mar
ket. The best lots sold at $11.26
on Monday and the soft, badly de
cayed stock sold from 25c up with
much sdllhg for less than freight.
New potatoes were easy at the
close at $4.5006.60 for Norfolks
with Eastern Shore $5.50 6 mainly.
Rains Help Southern Cmfw.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Copious rains
which fell throughout this district
the past week assure a bountiful po
tato yield of good quality Cobblers
and helped the onion crop, which is
now moving wonderfully.
The potato movement started In a
limited way the latter part of , the
week but will not get under full
headway before the early part of
next week. The crop promises to be
of exceptionally fine quality and
local shippers are anticipating a very
fine season's deal.
New, Stock Strong in Boston.
BOSTON The new potato market
was firmer and higher at the open
ing this week as supplies were not so
heavy. Prices ranged from $6.50 to
$6.75 per barrel on branded stock
and other ordinary marks from
North Carolina and Norfolk sold at
$5 5.75 with slack-packed stock
Demand Strong at Portland.
PORTLAND, Ore. The market
for old potatoes continues to gain in
strength locally with some advances
noted In values. Offerings of old
stock are limited and of small lots
and very little is of fancy quality.
New potatoes are coming forward
from local places in small volume,
with greater offerings and lower
prices in California, values here are
declining. Sales of beet stock were
generally made - around 4 5o a
pound durng the past week.
Work for Explorers.
Vast expanses of grazing land and
Immense forests await exploration in i
the northwestern part of Paraguay, I
known as the Gran Chaco, which is
Inhabited mostly by nomadic tribes of i
Indians. It Is estimated that Para- 1
cuajr has a population of 1.000.000, '
Heavy Ruin in Texas Prevent SiMid
Digging.
EAGLE LAKE, Tex. On account
of the continued rains, fully . 500
acres of potatoes in the Eagle Lake
section still remain in . the ground
undug. As Just as soon aa the fields
begin to ge tdry enough for planters
to begin digging, more rain falls, and
these have been the conditions for
several weeks. Many of the potatoes
have rotted in the ground, and the
potato farmers will lose a great ileal
this season on account of not being
acle to market their potatoes. The
farmers are still waiting for a dry
spell in order to get out what spuds
do not rot in the ground.
Further rains fell in the Dagle
Lake-Wharton district this week.
Even the rice growers, who produce
crops under water, are complaining
of too much rain. At this time it
prevents planting rice.
..
Gotham Markets Lower.
NEW YORK The Southern pota
to market started oft with a fine
trade this week, and outside of a few
cars that were off In quality on ac
count of being held on track be
cause of the strike last week, prices
were good and the offering eleaaed
up well. The Old Dominion steamer
la now bringing 6,000 to 6.000 bar
rels on tach boat, and at the opening
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UNDERTAKING
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