Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1917 — POTATOES COMING IN SLOWLY [ARTICLE]

POTATOES COMING IN SLOWLY

Farmers Are Apparently Waiting For the Price to Raise. While there is perhaps enough potatoes in Jasper county this year to supply home needs—if the recent frost did not do too much damage to the late crop—groweis are slow in bringing them to market. and Rensselaer grocers for most part are obliged to have potatoes shipped in to supply their customers. This should not be, and those growers having a surplus should bring them in, or a part of their surplus, at least, to supply present needs. It is scarcely probable that potatoes will be any higher in price for some time to come than they now are, and itt is poor policy to hold them for better prices. A dollar a bushel is a great big price for potatoes, and the grower who can get that price had better sell rather than take chances on holding for a still higher one.