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cordance with this need this Station does not as- 

 sist in the dissemination of any but recognized 

 standard market types. In some of the northern 

 counties the Burbank, Rural New Yorker or 

 Triumph predominate. In relation to market 

 conditions these sections have recognized the ad- 

 vantage of a community industry. The potato 

 industry in this state will be benefited by the elim- 

 ination of coarse imitative types, novelties and 

 local varieties and a return to straight car lots of 

 the standard varieties, notably Burbank, Rural 

 New Yorker, Peerless, Early Rose, Early Ohio and 

 Triumph." 



It is possible that many do not realize the scope 

 of the potato business in a single market. The 

 following interviews with the senior author in the 

 Chicago Tribune in December 1910, is very in- 

 teresting: 



"Chicago as a market is next to New York in 

 the number of bushels of potatoes consumed and 

 distributed. A vast area, comprising among others, 

 the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota 

 North and South Dakota, Colorado, and Idaho, 

 ships its product to Chicago to be marketed. 



"About 24,000 cars of potatoes are handled in 

 Chicago annually, making an average of a little 

 more than sixty cars daily. Many of these potatoes 

 are consumed within the city and the rest supplies 

 vast territories where the growing of the vegeta- 

 ble is practically unknown. 



"As in all products of the farm, the crop and 

 cost of potatoes is dependent largely upon the 

 season. This year the price of potatoes has been 

 high, due to the drought, and the market is just 



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