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prior years of planted acreage, se\en prior years of goal acreage. 

 Average the two, and when it has reached 14 years, it could be done 

 in that way; it would be merely taking 7 of each, 14, and dividing it 

 by 2, that is, each of the two averages being given equal weight in 

 arriving at the State's goal. 



Since there has only been 4 years of goals, there would only be 11, 

 since the 4 years would have to be averaged, but you would give 50 

 percent weight to the average for the 7 and 50 to the 4, but it will be 

 clear after the 14 years have been reached. 



Then the average would be given the same weight and then any 

 percentage cut necessary to reduce the size of the crop to make it fit 

 the country's consumer demand, the same percentage cut would be 

 made to all States straight across the board. 



We think that provides a simple formula, adding up the 14 years, 

 and dividing it by 2, and then taking the figures for each State, using 

 the same percentage cut straight across all States. 



Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Pace. Thank you very much. Dr. Cake. 



According to my memorandum I should next present Mr William 

 M. Case, executive secretary of the Red River Valley Potato Growers 

 Association of North Dakota. 



STATEMENT OF WILLIAM M. CASE, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, RED 

 RIVER VALLEY GROWERS ASSOCIATION, GRAND FORKS, N. DAK. 



Mr. Case. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, my 

 name is William M. Case, of Grand Forks, N. Dak. I am chairman 

 of the special program committee, National Potato Council, and 

 executive secretary of the Red River Valley Potato Growers Associa 

 tion, and I am the spokesman for approximately 4,000 potato growers 

 in the Red River Valley. The testimony we will present was prepared 

 by a special program committee of the National Potato Council. 



The National Potato Council is an organization of potato growers 

 with members in all important producing areas. The council was 

 organized in May 1948, and incorporated February 2, 1949, in 

 Washington, D. C. Most of the commercial production of white 

 potatoes in the United States is represented in the council's member- 

 ship. 



Our officers are S. A. Wathen, Fort Fairfield, Maine, president; 

 W. B. Camp, Bakersfield, Calif., vice president; John C. Broome, 

 Aurora, N. C., secretary; and W^illiam B. Duryee of Allentown, 

 N. J., treasurer. 



The members of this special program committee were selected 

 because of the geographic areas they represent and because of the 

 serious study each has given to a certain phase of our recommendations. 



The members are Mr. Claude Botkin, a farmer of Arvin, Calif.; 

 Mr. C. G. Mclntire, Perham, Maine; Mr. John Wickham, of Long 

 Island, and Mr. John C. Broome, of North Carolina, and myself. 



The National Potato Council has been in session here in Washington. 

 Each group of potato men represents an area of the United States, and 

 we have tried to arrange to have some standard recommendation from 

 the different groups. We have tried to comply with the very complete 

 statement that Mr. Cooley made to us some time ago, advising the 

 members of the potato industry to try to get together on a program 



