UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1206 
Washington, D. C. 
March 13, 1924 
MARKETING SOUTHERN-GROWN SWEET 
POTATOES 
1 
GEORGE 0. GATLIN, Associate Marketing Specialist 
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 
CONTENTS 
Page 
The Sweet-Potato Industry 1 
Storage Facilities 4 
Disposition of the Southern Crop 5 
Southern Commercial Varieties 7 
Car-Lot Movement and Distribution 8 
Grading 13 
Packing 20 
Page 
Containers 22 
Loading and Shipping Methods 26 
Outlets and Methods of Sale 34 
Advertising 38 
Cooperative Marketing 39 
Federal Services in Marketing 41 
Recommendations 45 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1924 
