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Waupaca Record

July 23, 1908

POTATO GROWERS ORGANIZE

Object Is to Eliminate Middleman and Save One Profit

The Wisconsin Potato Growers association of the American Society of Equity met in Grand Rapids on July 16 and perfected their organization started last spring. The organization is patterned after the Tobacco Growers association and the Grain Growers association of the American Society of Equity now well organized and in operation in the southern part of the state, the plan of the organization being to market the potatoes grown in Wisconsin directly to retail dealers, saving intermediate profits to the growers.

The organization is incorporated under the state laws, and the following officers were elected. President, F.W Ploetz of Coloma; vice president, AA. Brekke of Rosholt; secretary, J.B. Muller of Grand Rapids; treasurer, Fred Severson of Hancock. The directors were named as follows: James A. Shorey of Coloma, A.C. Elliott of Westfield, together with the four officers named.

Several from this section were in attendance.