850 bushels to the acre are not uncommon in the potato sections. 



Clover and alfalfa are being raised more and more as the farmers realize 

 that they can be grown successfully on well drained lands. One year's 

 hay crop is about 500,000 tons. Corn is king of all of the State's food pro- 

 ducts, nearly 300,000 acres being planted every year and yielding a crop of 

 over 12,000,000 bushels. 



WHITE POTATOES 



New Jersey, in proportion to its size, ranks foremost of all the potato 

 producing states. The area in potatoes usually varies from 80,000 to 

 90,000 acres, located principally in four definitely developed regions, though 

 it is estimated that in 1919 over 110,500 acres were planted, with a total 

 production of 11,500,000 bushels. Contrasted with the average for the 

 State of 104 bushels per acre, yields of 300 to 350 bushels per acre are not 

 uncommon in the potato sections. The intensive specialization within lim- 

 ited areas has made it easy for growers to unite in buying their fertilizers, 

 spray materials and seed, and in marketing their crops at the end of the 

 season. Practices and methods have been standardized to great mutual 

 advantage. 



As high as 50 to 70 per cent of the farms within the given areas can be 

 used for potatoes. The soils, unlike those of most other sections, are such 

 that, by using cover and green manure crops and commercial fertilizers, 

 potatoes may be grown year after year on the same land. This seeding 



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