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Better thani 
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PATENTS 
Average Potato Crop in 1923 
New York Reports Dangerous Increase in Cabbage 
T he Empire State Potato Growers’ 
Cooperative Association with head¬ 
quarters at Rochester, N. Y., has been 
conducting a survey of New York State 
with reference to the proposed plant¬ 
ing of potatoes and cabbage for 1923. 
Upwards of 800 replies were received 
from potato growers in New York who 
report only a slight decrease in acreage 
proposed this year. Compared to last 
yeap—approximately only 3% per cent. 
“In other words,” writes L. J. Steele, 
manager of the cooperative, “present 
indications point 
to a normal plant- 
ing of potatoes ““ -- 
in New York 
this season,” 
According t o 
the report of 
Mr. Steele, in 
which he sum¬ 
marized the sur¬ 
vey, on April 1, 
the potato grow¬ 
ers of the United 
States expect to 
plant 91 per cent 
of last year’s 
potato acreage 
which was 9 per 
cent above the 5 
year average. In 
other words po¬ 
tato growers of 
the country con¬ 
template plant¬ 
ing a normal 
acreage in spite 
of the fact that 
last year’s crop 
brought ruinously 
low prices. As --- 
a part of his re- 
port, Mr. Steele 
included an analysis of the causes of 
the rather sudden advance of potatoes 
in March and April when last fall and 
winter all indications pointed to a lower 
price this spring. Mr. Steele gives the 
following factors that were responsible 
for the sharp advance: 
The unusually severe spring frosts 
which not only delayed but severely 
damaged the early southern potato 
crop. Prior to April 15, Florida had 
shipped only one-tenth as many ears 
compared to the same period last year. 
Thousands of Bushels tJndug 
Shrinkage had its effect upon prices. 
There was excessive rotting and severe 
frost losses in storage and transit. 
When prices took such a sudden drop 
last fall, thousands upon thousands of 
bushels of potatoes rotted in the ground 
because it didn’t pay to dig them and 
haul them to market. 
Speculative buying was increased 
due to the fact that potato supplies in 
the East had been supposedly cleaned 
up earlier than usual, leaving many 
buyers to believe that there was going 
to be a shrinkage. This boosted the 
price for a time to a higher level than 
remaining supplies really warranted, 
primarily to lack of knowledge of stock 
on hand. 
Cabbage Situation is Dangerous 
In addition to handling potatoes, the 
Empire State Cooperative handles cab¬ 
bage, which also was the subject of a 
survey. The cabbage situation is vastly 
different from the potato situation and 
a great deal more serious. Something 
like 300 cabbage growers in New York 
replied to Mr. Steele’s questionnaire, 
signifying that they expected to in¬ 
crease their acreage on an average of 
approximately 30 per cent over last 
year. 
This increase is dangerous. In view 
of the fact that the acreage of New 
York last year was larger than 
normal and the yield was better than 
average, resulting in a heavy crop, 
taking the State as a whole. In fact 
the crop was so large that thousands 
of tons were never harvested and 
thousands of tons were fed to live¬ 
stock. 
According to Mr. Steele, if New York 
cabbage growers plant 31 per cent in¬ 
creased acreage, and the season turns 
out to be a normal cabbage season, 
New York should have about 21,000 
cars of cabbage to market compared 
with a normal production of about 12,- 
000 cars. If the season of 1923 turns 
TOO MUCH CABBAGE 
A QUESTIONNAIRE sent out by the 
Empire State Potato Growers’ Co¬ 
operative Association to some three 
hundred cabbage growers in New York 
State indicates that the growers are 
planning an approximate 31 per cent 
increase in acreage over last year. This 
is an extremely dangerous situation 
to which every prospective grower 
should give careful consideration. 
Last year’s yield was better than 
the average. Thousands of tons were 
never harvested, and thousands more 
were fed to livestock. As Mr. Steele, 
manager of the cooperative, so clearly 
points out in the article on this page, 
if there is a 31 per cent increased 
acreage and a normal cabbage season, 
New York State would grow 21,000 
cars of cabbage; or neai-ly double the 
normal yield. There can be but one 
result of such great overproduction, 
and that is heavy loss for everybody 
concerned.—The Editors. 
out to be as good a cabbage season as 
last year, it would mean a crop of 
over 23,000 cars, approximately double 
the average number which the State 
usually produces. 
Latest information received from 
Mkhigan, indicates about the same 
as last year’s big acreage, which 
was the biggest crop that State has 
ever produced. 
In concluding his report on the early 
season situation, Mr. Steele emphasized 
the fact that the proposed acreage 
figures are what 
farmers eXpCCt tO 
do on April 1. 
However, spring 
is very back¬ 
ward, farm labor 
is scarce and 
most farmers ex¬ 
pect to do a little 
more than they 
can actually ac¬ 
complish. In 
commenting on 
the cabbage out- 
look, he calls 
attention to the 
fact that gi’ow- 
ers should not 
let the high 
prices of Feb¬ 
ruary and early 
March influence 
their planting of 
this season. 
The Florida 
and Texas crop 
were the small¬ 
est and poorest 
in many years. 
z:^__. ■ - Had the south¬ 
ern crop been 
normal there is 
no question but what northern cabbage 
would have been a drug on the market 
during February and March. 
AMONG THE FARMERS ALONG 
THE SOUTHERN TIER 
The maple sugar crop was scarcely 
half as much as usual. Farmers attrib¬ 
ute the shortage to lack of frost in the 
ground. Such a heavy body of snow 
lay on the earth in the woods that 
frost did_ not go down very deep. At 
the Endicott-Johnson markets, syrup 
sold for $2.75 a gallon and sugar for 
35 cents. Many sugar bushes were not 
tapped at all. Those who were com¬ 
pelled to hire help paid 30 cents an 
hour. 
Indications are that about the usual 
acreage of potatoes will be put in in the 
Southern Tier. It takes more than one 
year of low prices to scare our farmers 
out. Seed potatoes are bringing about 
$1.25 a bushel. 
Our farmers are showing more inter¬ 
est in sheep. The better price wool 
has been commanding and the outlook 
for more efficient cooperative market¬ 
ing has a good deal to do with this. 
Some ai’e hesitating about buying 
sheep because of dogs. My remedy is 
for every man to invest in some sheep. 
Then the dog problem will solve itself. 
—E. L. V. 
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