Seed Potatoes Show Wide Variation in Yield in North Dakota
Park River North Dakota December 28 seed potato experiments at Walsh County Agricultural and Training School show wide yield variation among seeds from 31 growers. Average yield across varieties was 198.6 bushels per acre with Green Mountain at 269.25 and Early Ohio at 237.4 from seed from Charles Drew of Ardoch. Selections will be increased next year and trials repeated.
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Park River
N. D
Walsh County Agricultural and Training School
E. J. Taintor
North Dakota
Taintor
Green Mountain
Ohio
Charles Drew
Ardoch
Famechon Improves After California Trip
J. C. Famechon of the J. C. Famechon Company reports better health after a trip to California. He arrived safely and plans to work on the Idaho potato deal while in Los Angeles following a fall illness that troubled his asthma and throat.
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J. C. Famechon
Minneapolis
Minn
J. C
Hopkins to Attend National Fruit Conventions
Minneapolis December 28 H A Hopkins of H A Hopkins and Co will attend the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association and the Fruit and Vegetable Brokers Association meetings in Chicago. D M Cole of the same firm will be present at the Western Fruit Robbers convention in Kansas City.
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Minneapolis
Minn
H. A. Hopkins
H. A. Hopkins & Co
American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers’ Association
Fruit and Vegetable Brokers’ Association
Chicago
D. M. Cole
Western Fruit Robbers
Kansas City
New Organization Aims to Cut Potato Acreage 20 Percent
Fargo North Dakota December 28 1923 a new national plan to reduce potato acreage by 20 percent under the 10 year average is launched by 60 farmers and businessmen led by Treadwell Twitchell and Mark Andrews. Township councils will appoint county and state reps forming a national council with a $3 member fee for farmers and $5 for non participants. The pledge prohibits political or religious discussion at meetings and commits members to limit wheat and potato acreage through 1924 and to persuade non members to reduce their land use.
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Fargo
N. D
Nowest Potato Organization
Treadwell Twitchell
Mark Andrews
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry Wallace
John Lee Coulter
North Dakota Agricultural College
Andrews
Twitchell
Morton Page
B. Lewis
A. D. Scott
John Andrews
C. O. Follett
M. A. Baldwin
Cass County
National Organization
Removing the Risk From Hothouse Growing
Dr G H Coons of Michigan Agricultural College reports green house farming in Michigan is reducing risk. Overhead irrigation curbed anthracnose once spread by hose sprinklers, Bordeaux spray advised. ongoing work targets mildew and tomato diseases. January meeting will discuss sterilization and disease prevention with Coons and George Starr as speakers.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
G. H. Coons
Michigan Agricultural College
Grand Rapids Growers’ Association
Coons
Grape Growers Face Decline as Home Wine Wanes
The article notes a shrinking U S home wine market as Michigan grape shipments and prices fall from 1920 highs. It cites 1922 6 020 cars at $66 per ton and 1923 about 4 000 cars at $50, urging growers to expand outlets and boost demand for table grapes and unfermented juices. It also mentions Culbertson visiting Minneapolis.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Geome
America
Michigan Grower a Candidate for Governor
Herbert F. Baker known as the bearcat of Cheboygan and former head of the Michigan Potato Growers Exchange will not seek Congress or the Senate seat held by James Couzens. He states he is a tentative candidate for governor and has a sizable farmer labor base, with some papers calling him radical.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Herbert FP. Baker
Bearcat
Cheboygan
Michigan Potato Growers’ Exchange
Congress
Baker
United States Senate
James Couzens
Detroit
Greenhouse Industry Expands in Grand Rapids Area
The growing demand for sod products out of season and public willingness to pay high prices spurs expansion. The Grand Rapids region now has more than 60 acres under grass, an increase of eight acres.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
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