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HARVESTING AND
SELLING POTATOES
W.L.PowaraTlla How To Maka Cen
tral Oragon Tubara Bring the
Hlghaat Prloa
With the large acreage in po
tatoes this year, it seems very
necessary that we give careful
attention to the most economical
and efficient methods of har
vesting grading, storing and
marketing. It seems imperative
that we should make an organ
ized effort to put out a high
grade product and secure a spec
ial market if the crop is to be
fully successful,
HARVESTING.
Potatoes should not be har
vested until mature and irrigat
ed notatoes should be allowed
about fifty days to mature in dry
soil. It is a good plan to leave
them in the soil as long as can
eafelv be done without danger
of freezing or heavy rains.
in the larcrer fields a potato
harvester can be used to good
advantage where reasonably
free from stone. The four horse
digger is a good type for larger
fields. Where several acres are
to be dug, the shaker digger with
two wheel forecarriage is inex
pensive and fairly good. Thor-
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Hulld a homo and sottlo down to a contented
ifo. Thrifty homo keepers who donl hero
hnvo long ulnco learned that no othor yard
compares with oura in offerings. Our assort
ments are so largo that wo can hardly fun
iu piease any time,
Wo could koep on telling you forevor about
our lumber, our facilities for serving you,
and deBlro to merit your patronage, But after
all, the burest, speediest and safest way Is to
put ua to the test by coming to tho yard in
person.
W. C. WADE, Agent
Madras, Oregon
ough harrowing and close pick
ing is important to avoid volun
teering later,
GRADING.
The potatoes should lay on the
ground surface a few hours or
until they become thoroughly
dry on the surface, drying aids
removal of dirt off the potatoes.
They should be graded in the
field. The potatoes are picked
up and placed in the hopper of
the grader. They pass on down
an incline over some two and
one-half or three feet of screen
with a two to two and one-half
inch mesh. The culls which
drop then can be caught in a
sack and the main grade can be
caught and sacked or crated at
the lower edge. A few of the
overgrown potatoes are laid
aside for baking purposes.
Potatoes will probably be han
dled in bags for the present but
as the superior quality of Cen
tral Oregon potatoes becomes
known it will probabypay to put
them in crates, properly labeled
and cater to the special market.
A potato crate is made of slats
like lath with about one and one
fourth inches between them, bot
tom and three sides. The slats
run horizontally and are nailed
into triangular uprights in the
four corners. A good size is 10
h X12 h X 18 inches. Uniform
ity is the main thing about a
fancy product.
STORAGE.
The cron should be stored in a
dark, cool, well ventilated place.
The temperature should be kept
at about 35-36 degrees Farenheit.
Stored potatoes lose dirt and
shrink some ten or fifteen per
cent of their total weight in
about six months. Potatoes, of
course, cannot be held for any
great length of time. They can
not be stored long in the south
and they cannot be held as well
west of tho Cascades as here,
particularly since the recent
rains west of the mountains.
MARKETING.
It is one thing to raise a crop
and quite another to sell it. The
nrftvdilincr nrices will have to be
accepted unless some special
market can be built up. potatoes
on the treneral market are ex
pected to be graded and are han
dled in carload lots. Trie smau
producers are at a disadvantage
in filling such orders or finding
them at a distance and there is
great need of potato growers as
sociations in which the small
producers may combine their
product and send a representa
tive out to locate a market. An
association storehouse near the
shipping point will be a great
advantage. Such an organiza
tion can purchase power spray
ers, diggers and other machin
ery,,, too expensive for the small
grower to afford. Thru such an
organization the market -demand
can be better learned and the
section be led to produce what
the consumer wants. Commercial
potato growers in any communi
ty should confine themselves to
one or two leading varieties. In
Central Oregon we believe the.
Rural New Yorker may gain
first place over the Burbank as a
commercial potato, but it will
take a couple of years to change
seed to another variety even
with organized effort. Commis
sion houses may be found in any
large center but it is often neces
sary to have a man on the
ground to find a reliable house
and to learn the market demand.
W. L. Powers, Supt.
Demonstration Farms.
Weather Statistics for August
In arid farming the average
length of growing season and
the amount and distribution of
rainfall are important factors in
determining the crop best adapt
ed and the most suitable time for
their seeding. To aid in gather
ing this important data the agri
cultural demonstration work in
Crook County is including the
establishment of 16 new co-operative
weather observer sta
tions to supplant those already
established by the weather-bureau.
Weather in Crook County for
the month of August was free
from extreme high temperature
and was generally mud and
pleasant.
Three rainy periods were fair
ly general over the county inAu
gust, The first one occurred
August 1st to 3rcl; the second
August 15th to 17th; and the
third August 29th to 31st.
A warm spell occurred on the
23rd and a cool wave the 29th.
Tho maximum" temperature
was 96 degrees and tho minimum
28 degrees.
Rainfall in inches: Imperial,
1.32; Rosland, 121; Post, .97;
Bend, .65; Rio Hermoso, .47;
Redmond, .34; Metolius, .64;
Warm Springs .99; Madras 73;
ITEMS OF INTEREST
LOST, or strayed a two-year-old
Jersey heifer, some white,
white star in forehead, branded
0. X. on left hip. Notify James
P. Read, Culver, Oregon
Twenty acres of level land,
with ten shares of ditch stock,
big ditch of water on the east
side, within two miles of New
Plymouth, Idaho. Land across
fence sold for $3500 for 40 acres
this spring. Fine fruit land.
Some orchards within 3 miles
sell for from $500 to $1000 an
acre. This has a little tail end
mortgage of $200 on it. Equity
value $1350. To exchange.
What have you? Notify editor
of this paper.
For good residence and business
lots in Madras, call on O. A,
Pearce, selling agent for the
holdings of the Inland Empire
Company. Over 300 lots to
choose from. Prices very low. tf
HONEY TO LOAN ON PAEMS. Sea
Mud rati 8tare Batik
FOR SALE At the Plonr Ofllrt
Lpu1 Blanks of all klniis; Carbon
and Typewriter paper, Installment
8ale contrai't. Notsand Receipts.
For residence and business lots
see O. A. Pierce. tf
FARM LOANS!! HaOias State Bank.-
TO LOAN $50,00O.C0 on farm lards
See Brenton Jones, Metoliue, Ore.
Blue PrihtTownship Plats
Corrected uptodnte, showing names
of entrymen, vacant land, rivers and
creeks, 0 cents each.
Land-Scripts For Sale
For securing title to all kinds of Gov
ernment land without residence or im
provement, at lowest market prices -Vrite
us for particulars. All kinds of
Land office business a specialty. Twen
ty five years experience. Reference,
trench & Co., Bankers.
Hudson Land Company
The Dalles, Oregon
Notice.
Dr. Harold Clark desires to an
nounce that he will be in Madras
at the old stand, to take care of
his patients in the Dental work
line during the early part of September.
Lost.
On the road between my place
and the O.W.R. & N."8epot, a roll
of blankets; finder please leave
at this office and a reasonable
reward will be given.
Lost. On the road between
Madras and Lamonta, probably
nearer the latter, an open face
Hampton Gold case watch, with
a piece of chain attached, last
Tuesday August 20th. Finder
will please notify J. H. Lockard
i of Madras and receive a liberal
reward.
Money to Loan, on good ap
proved farm security. Inquire
of Howard W. Turner.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL
.. COLLEGE
This great institution opens
its doers for the fall semester on
September 20th. Courses include:
General Agriculture, Agronomy,
Animal Husbandry, Dairy Hus
bandry, Bacteriology, Botony ar.u
Plant Pathology, Poultry Hus
bandry, Horticulture, Entomolo
gy, Veterinary Science, Civil
Engineering, Electrical Engi
neering, t, Mining Engineering,
Domestic Science, Domestic Art,
Commerce,. Forestvry, Pharmacy,
Zoology,,. Chemistry, Physics,
Mathematics, English Language
and Literature, Public Speaking,
Modern Languages, History,
Art, Architecture, Indnstral Ped
agogy, Physicial Education, Mili
tary i. Science and Tactics, and
Music.
Catalogue, and illustrated lit
erature mailed free on applica
tion Address: Registrar, Ore
gon Agricultural College, Corval
lis, Oregon
Schcofftar Opens Septemter 20th
AOnnn Eighth Annual First Central tfiOflflft
OuUUU regon Dist Agctl. Society's )yU(J
premiums FA I R ::: FA I R r a c e s
PRINEVILLE, ORE, OCT. 16-19, 1912, inclusive
Amusement
Information
Instruction
Complimentary Season Ticket to all enrolled Crook County School
Children and AotuaJ .ohers.
CLEAN CAMP OROUND PftBB WOOD AND VVATI2R
F0RTffiliRAPP to J. F. CADLE, Sec, Prlneville, Ore.
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