IRISH POTATOES j PRODUCTION, FARM DISPOSITION, AND VALUE, BT STAT"S, 1950 CROP 
Group 
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: Season av-rage 
: [rice p*jr bu« 
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: "Value 
: VaTue of pota- 
: "'Value 
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J received by 
: of 
: toes for farm 
of 
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* production 
: household uso 
sales 
Dollars 
T h 
ousand dol 
1 a r s 
SURPLUS LATE STAT£S 
Maine 
• .77 
48,787 
413 
44,109 
New York 
.70 
24,073 
818 
21,144 
Pennsylvania 
, .98 
19,522 
1,367 
15,624 
Michigan 
2/ 1.01 
15,453 
1,584 
1C,828 
Wisconsin 
1.13 
15,142 
2,207 
10,556 
Minnesota 
.92 
14,973 
1,391 
11,589 
North Dakota 
.80 
17,024 
562 
14,530 
South Dakota 
1.23 
2,583 • 
. 433 
1,818 
Nebraska 
.56 
6,224 
. 457 
5,008 
Montana 
1.23 
3,321 
283 
2,237 
Idaho 
.52 
25,584 
142 
22 r 
Wyoming 
1.10 
1,980 • 
48 
1,606 
Colorado 
1.04 
18,928 
144 
15,992 
Utah 
1.05 
3,473 
• 123 
2,793 
Nevada 
1.21 
503 
• 25 
386 
Washington 
1.08 
12,722 
281 
11,250 
Oregon 
.,93 
12,016 
193 
10,266 
California (Ml)_ 
1.10 
50,457 
77 
•xc,P69 
TOTAL" T8 
.84~9 
292,765 
10,548 
251,706 
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New Hampshire 
1.28 
1,549 
198 
1,258 
Vermont 
1.32 
1,604 
331 
1,102 
Massachusetts 
1.23 
3,225 
189 
2,898 
Rhode Island 
1.23 
1,438 
21 
1,412 
Connecticut 
1.24 
3,555 
144 
3,241 
West Virginia 
1.55 
2,767 
1,790 
453 
Ohio 
1.27 
9,716 
1,480 
7,322 
Indiana 
1.49 
6,332 
1,407 
4,473 
Illinois 
1.50 
1,200 
756 
268 
Iowa 
1.56 
2,317 
1,086 
922 
New Mexico 
1.35 
265 
18 
228 
•TOTAL" Tl 
"1.3T 
34,018 
7_,4-CC 
23,577 
291ITE STATES 
.876 
326,783 
17,948 
275,233 
TNT^EDTAT2~STATrS" 
New Jersey 
.82 
10,252 
57 
9,709 
Delaware 
1.18 
689 
87 
556 
Maryland 
1.27 
1,773 
396 
1,223 
Virginia 
.94 
7,486 
878 
6,234 
Kentucky 
1.01 
2,022 
1,289 
-182 
Missouri 
1.33 
2,788 
1,729 
695 
Kansas 
1.20 
1,075 
398 
534 
Arizona 
1.31 
2,311 
10 
2,168 
TOTAL" 8 
.942 
23,396 
4,844 
21,851 
syLsnr anr inters 
MEDIATE STATES 
.880 
355,179 
22,792 • 
297,134 
EaElYFTETSS 
North Carolina 
.79 
8,180 
2,086 
5,575 
South Carolina 
. 1.35 
2,146 
•x37 
1,596 
Georgia 
2/ 1.38 
938 
596 
284 
Florida 
1.67 
*.'■ f OC£/ 
73 
9,150 
Tennessee 
1.12 
2,576 
1,532 
763 
Alabama 
, 1.31 
4,863 
1,026 
3,: 
Mississippi 
2/ 1.62 
1,322 
1,074 
173 
Arkansas 
1.33 
2,314 
1,576 
595 
Louisiana 
( 1.57 
1,335 
628 
685 
Oklahoma 
2/ 1.25 
968 
512 
402 
Texas 
2/ 1.56 
3,749 
811 
2,769 
TOTAL" Tl 
"1.25 
37,763 
IC. 351 
25_,654 
TOTAL" F.-Sr 
" ,90~2 
392,942 
33,T43 
322,788 
price support program. 2/ Revised. 3/ Includes the following auantities ( 1,000 bushels) of 
commercial early potatoes not marketed on account of economic conditions: Nebr. , 65; Calif., 1,170. 
These quantities excluded in computing value of production. 
The beginning of the crop marketing season varies between States from December 1 preceding the 
year shown for Florida and Texas to August 1 of the year shown for certain northern States. The 
carketing season comprises 12 months in all States except California vhich has a 14-month season 
beginning April of the year shown. 
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