THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1913 POTATO GRADING.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 2, Issue 133, 3 October 1913, Page 2

THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1913

POTATO GRADING.

"UV nothing c.ilcrtwiic, nor set down nnuht in malice. '

i Di.-cussiiig the p:ice of certain proi duct-i grown on Pukekohe hill, a I veteran and well-luown gaidei er | said: "I always gee to;; price. My i stuff hus the n-.rne i.f bein» the beet | and the name sells it. Buyers always ' know that tlu quality will bo tiruri grade. I wouldn't send Lecond-gr.de I stuff to my regular cuftcmers." In ! thosd few short Eentsnces big busii r.esd principle me wrapped up. I "The name sells it!" How many I growers en cay that? Hew does ■ Pukekoru district as a whoi3 star.d ! for first-class procure? If we must | believe one-half ths thirgs that were ! publicly said eoms months ago when a iroj.ct v.ui st.l ntoot to establish i potatc-gutdii gin Pukekohe we should I say the reputation of the district lis in (ire netd of a brightening j up* Mow that th-; season for new patat'jea has rgain emu rcur.d it * will perhsps be well if farmers would ' again ask thcm.elvca these q'.esj tions: -'How docsi the name of Puke-kohe-grown produce stutd with ibUicraV" "Would our reputation ! be" enhanced anil oir rockets be 1 ultimately Leneli'.ed if all our pota- . toea were sent away in K ackd lots 7 " ibis U the petition ra a eorresj pnndeut Hits it to us: ' I am pI.'KS d to :i.-te that ail the cr >*j = - arc lu iking so w; 11, and j according ta present prespects 1 farmeia should have another record season. But there ij eno usroticeiting \Aini that growers b.ve to face this year, end tt:«t is the strong com.'ctiiici) th.t they will havr to face h connection with (11 pctatoes j frimi ill.) h'oulh. Ihee j potatoes arc Icing offered at CXi.eplio;i;lly low pices, anl uufoilunaicly fur tij'j good name of Pukekohe the fc'ou hem growers have n reputation for iiu.ility that will tlwaya secure tliLin a ltady market, whertas | accord ng to what one lu:ara u.ni ' varioui r.unrcei cut In ; i samples have got a very bud n me I" ir grading and packing. 1 uniki'ilai d , that some of the locai growcra taid |

R-aciui? la 4 eeason, but buyers state that as a whole thee is sill a good deal of room tor improvement. In this matte* I am quite in sympathy with the buyers, I iecognue tnat it is impossible for t:tm to place potatoes for their clients at sjtisfa:tory puces unlass the farmers them-s-jlvoi pay attention to the quality and tuppiy an article that will meet with the approval o? the consumer. TY.eru is no doubt that (here will he ai enormous quantity of new potatoes marketed in Auckland this season, f\i farmers in other districts are gro-ving this crop more extensively than in the past, tnl when the ompetitkn i 3 keen our local ai tide is sure (o ruffcr unie-s we can establish a better name for qja'ity than we possess at present. 1 do not wish to say anything mora on t';;i3 subjef j >at now, but only h-ipe that for tne good of all concerns] growers will pay more attention to grading this seiso.i, and that Shcy will send in th;ir produce in an attractive manner that the consumers, who are always nut to secjra the best at tide, will insist on being supplied with Pukekoh? quality only." We hope that growers will r : fleet upon the statement. VVe can conceive of no method that would do mora to advance the reputation of this district's potatoes than an established system of grading,

FIRST PAG3. The Robber Cow; cull and cull again. The Horticultural Society; meeting of Executive Committee. Hesllh of fcaotis. ShjuH the opulent natives be given free medical attendance? Correspondence; the Waiuku water leck proposal. FOURTH PAGE. We are Moving; another reminder tu advertisers. The Waterway-? Conference; big gathering to be held in Auckland.