Importance and Distribution 



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Table I. — Sweet Potatoes : Estimates op Acreage, Yield 

 PER Acre, Total Production, Price to the Bushel, Total 

 Farm Value and Value to the Acre by States in 1918. 



The farm value of sweet potatoes, which has more 

 than (Joubled in the past ten years, has increased more 

 rapidly than acreage or production. This tuber is 

 now one of the principal vegetable foods of the southern 

 states, and its use can be enormously increased in all 



