The Potato Industry of Colorado. 57 
111 the cellar, one outside at the cellar, and one on a post near the 
Iiouse. 
market standards: potato shows. 
A Higher Standard for Sise prevails in Colorado than on the 
Chicago market. There a screen 1J/2 inches in the clear was stand¬ 
ard until recently a 1 24 -inch was adopted; here a screen 1% inches 
in the clear is required, and a 2-inch screen is sometimes used. 
Poor Sorting Bad Policy .—While it may pay the individual 
grower for the time being to sell poor and small potatoes and dirt, 
it does not pay the individual grower in the long run nor the dis¬ 
trict at any time. The general rate of consumption depends upon 
satisfaction and quality, and the market and price for any particular 
•district depends very directly upon good goods and reliability. 
Inspection Systems have been devised by dealers* for their pro¬ 
tection, and by the Weld County Farmers’ Club for the good of 
the Greeley potato district. While there are delays in getting any 
•of these plans put into use, because the progressive element cannot 
lead the conservative element too rapidly, inspection is as sure to 
come as were pure food laws and the prohibition of chemical pre¬ 
servatives in canned goods. 
♦The grades for potatoes in force under the Chicago Produce Re¬ 
porter System are as below: 
“Fancy Potatoes’’ shall be known as: One variety true to name, 
ripe, sound, smooth, clean, bright, free from disease, scab and second 
growth, uniform run of medium to large size, correct shape for the variety 
quoted, with none but would run over a 1%-inch screen, and not over 5 
per cent that would run through a 2-inch screen for round varieties. For 
long-varieties there may be 20 per cent that would run through a 2-inch 
screen. 
“Choice Potatoes’’ shall be known as: One variety, with not over 
10 per cent mixture, but all of one color, ripe, sound, not over 5 per cent 
scabby, diseased and second growth, fairly clean, good color, medium to 
fair size and shape for variety quoted, with none but would run over a 
1%-inch screen, and not over 10 per cent that would run through a 1%- 
inch screen for round varieties. For long varieties there may be 20 per 
cent that would run through a 1%-inch screen. 
“Good Potatoes’’ shall be the same as Choice, only there may be a 
30 per cent mixture of same color, or 10 per cent mixture of any color 
and variety, fairly well matured, according to season shipped, and not 
over 15 per cent scabby, diseased and rough, fair to dark color, fair size, 
with none but would run over a 1-inch screen, and not over 15 per cent 
that would run through a 114 -inch screen, with not over 2 per cent 
unsound. 
“Field Run Potatoes’’ should be practically sound, but unassorted. 
Dockage, when loading potatoes.—In cases where the percentage of 
dirt, small, inferior, green, etc., potatoes, exceeds the allowance in above 
grades, inspectors may make said stock equal to the grade quoted, or pur¬ 
chased, by such dockage as they consider equitable. 
The section from which the potatoes are quoted, and the general 
quality of that season’s crop in that section, should always be considered 
in connection with grades; not as really changing above definitions, but 
in close cases inspectors should favor the shipper if that season’s general 
