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SWEET POTATOES 



are extensively grown in the South for home use, such as the 

 pumpkin yam, the Georgia yam, and the Florida. Two or three 

 other varieties, such as the Black Spanish and Eed Bermuda, are 

 grown for stock feed, due to their great productiveness. 



Where Sweet Potatoes Are Grown. Over ninety per cent of 



FIQ. 116. Some commercial types of sweet potatoes: left to right, long, cylindrical type; 

 Jersey group; red Bermuda; southern Queen. 



the crop is grown in the South. 

 were as follows : 



The ten leading States in 1921 



Sweet Potato Production, 1921 



