REPUBLICAN POST

October 12, 1916

 

SPECULATE IN TUBERS      

 

City Men Purchase Potatoes in Field,

Paying Something Like $50.00 Per Acre

 

            Walter Nelson of the Public Garage and Matt Ovrom purchased thirteen acres of potatoes of Sam Pinkerton just north of this city and have a crew digging the tubers which like most fields in this vicinity are reported to run small in size.  The price paid is variously reported from $50 to $55 per acre.  Another sale of potatoes is a ten-acre patch that Fred Minton planted on the C.A. Stinchfield farm on shares.  The sale was made to Walter Nelson and Harry Nelson and the price is reported to be $50 an acre or better.  It is hoped the yield will be good so these young businessmen will be encouraged to try farming adventures on a larger scale in the future.