Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 120, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1917 — BIG CROPS FOR NEW YORK [ARTICLE]

BIG CROPS FOR NEW YORK

Western Portion of State Gives Promise of Big Yield of Potatoes and Small Truck. Buffalo, N. Y—An early census in the western New York agricultural districts shows there will be harvested over 100,000 bushels of potatoes more than in any recent year. This is the result of an organized effort to stimulate general crop production in larger quantities than ever. Indications are that the Niagara fruit belt will register a tremendous yield this year. Small truck is being raised in heretofore unheard of quantities. The great Chautauqua grape belt is expected to register another nilllion-dollar crop, with grape juice and wine companies already contracting for larger than usual tonnage of grapes. Early in the spring a great labor shortage loomed up, but this has been overcome in a measure by the farmcadet movement, which sent hundreds of boys into the rural districts.