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UNIV. OF N. H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 222 



New Hampshire 



Figure 6 — Map showing carloads of potatoes purchased 

 from other than local farmers by stores, 

 hotels and camps from October to May. 

 (One dot equivalent to one carload.) 



and 132,570 bushels from October to May inclusive * in competition with 

 our late crop. Thus, the production of approximately 200 acres of earl}' 

 potatoes (yielding 150 bushels per acre) and 660 acres of late potatoes 

 (yielding 200 bushels per acre) were shipped into this district during the 

 competing season. Large quantities of potatoes are also shipped into 

 other districts of the state. The coast area, district 7, imported over 

 5,000 bushels in August and September and over 20,000 bushels from Oc- 

 tober to May. Cheshire, district 5, shipped in nearly 3,700 bushels in 



* From the railroad records it was found that in 1924, 2.3 cars of jwtatoas, or about 

 16,000 bushels, arrived in Manchester from New Hampshire shipping jx>ints. 



