Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1918 — RECORD POTATO CROP MUST BE CONSUMED OR WASTED [ARTICLE]

RECORD POTATO CROP MUST BE CONSUMED OR WASTED

Our potato crop last year is-; estimated to have been 442J>36,- J 000 bushels—the largest ever ; produced in the United States. , This crop cannot be carried over J the 1918 season. It must be consumed or wasted. The food situation throughout the world de- .< mands that It be consumed es- J fectively to relieve the existing strain on the supply of cereals. J It is the one great food resource of the world upon which there is ' now’ danger of a heavy loss. The department of agriculture ' is of the opinion that the situation demands that farmers sell freely; that the larger dealers ; move their stocks rapidly; that . the retailer content himself with ; the smallest possible margin of < profit, realizing that he is now J the most important factor' in < speeding up potato consumption; j and that consumers buy and eat < liberally of this plentiful food. !