IRISH POTATOES: PRODUCTION, FARM DISPOSITION, AND VAIOT, BI STATES, 1951 CROP 1/ 
""Season average :_ Value 
price per bu. : "Value " t "Value c7 po^Ta- : ?alue 
received by : of : tees for farm : of 
farmers : production : household use : sale£ 
Group 
and 
State 
"T~h o u s a "n d Jo Tla 
S URPLUS LATE STATES 
Maine 
Now York 
Pennsylvania 
Michigan 
Wisconsin 
Minnesota 
North Dakota 
South Dakota 
Nebraska 
Montana 
Idaho 
Wyoming 
Colorado 
Utah 
Nevada 
Washington 
Oregon 
California (All) 
" TOTAL" 18 - 
OTHER" LA.TFr"3TATSF_ 
New Hampshire 
Vermont 
Massachusetts 
Rhode Island 
Connecticut 
West Virginia 
Ohio 
Indiana 
Illinois 
Iowa 
New Mexico 
D ollar s 
1.80 
1.45 
1.90 
1.95 
1.67 
1.70 
1.70 
1.75 
1.53 
2.10 
1.30 
1.90 
1.80 
2.00 
2.20 
1.32 
1.55 
1.60 
1.F3" 
r s 
82,503 
40,455 
30,808 
21,050 
16,374 
20,230 
26,486 
2,863 
9,180 
4,515 
48,776 
2,284 
20,655 
4,632 
801 
15,312 
18,513 
55,368 
i20,8"40" 
796 
1,420 
2,166 
2,375 
2,796 
2,203 
1,142 
539 
826 
412 
286 
49 
164 
184 
40 
253 
248 
114 
"IF, 013' 
74,615 
35,815 
25,530 
14,032 
11,374 
1-..156 
21,911 
1,899 
7,208 
3,236 
41 , 482 
1,873 
17,055 
3,724 
609 
13,184 
15,629 
53,374 
357, OOF 
~ TOTAL" II 
29~LETE~ 5TMS" 
INTERMEDIATE STATES' 
New Jersey 
Delaware 
Md, 
Va. 
Kentucky 
Missouri 
Kansas 
Arizona 
~~ TOTAL b~ — 
37~UTTE" J P.1TEFMEDIA"TE" 
EARLY ST ITES 
North Carolina 
South Carolina 
Georgia 
Florida 
Tennessee 
Alabama 
Mississippi 
Arkansas 
Louisiana 
Oklahoma 
Texas 
" WAT TL 
UNITED-STATES" 
2.15 
2.10 
1.78 
1.80 
2.15 
2.00 
1.83 
1.92 
1.80 
1,90 
1.60 
2,096 
1,550 
3,354 
1,908 
4, 842 
3,150 
1Q.522 
6,451 
1,485 
1.976 
230 
284 
424 
221 
25 
211 
2,080 
l,5'-9 
1,296 
936 
931 
19 
t.-bv 
37,567 
"4587407' 
8,096 
"24~,T0F 
1,645 
914 
3,005 
1,811 
4,349 
568 
8,142 
-.,773 
380 
777 
181 
~26,F45" 
333", 551 
1.10 
1.18 
1.22 
1.27 
1.47 
1.65 
1.55 
1.60 
T.24" 
T.52 
7,021 
826 
1,501 
8,740 
2,881 
2,402 
570 
_2 i 219 
"25,160" 
"48475F7" 
58 
79 
317 
1,118 
1,811 
1,782 
403 
14 
" F.F82 
"'29~,F91 
6,862 
591 
1,058 
7,183 
753 
450 
83 
2,096 
19,191 
402,742 
1.31 
1.52 
1.55 
1.84 
1.46 
1.20 
1.73 
1.65 
1.57 
1.79 
1.88 
T.F5" 
I.F1" 
9,051 
2,944 
749 
11,531 
2,847 
5,059 
903 
1,825 
1,2.2 
942 
;,k-4 
407737" 
525730T" ~ 
2,659 
452 
409 
110 
1,472 
595 
730 
1,307 
541 
626 
829 
5,915 
2,359 
302 
11,399 
B03 
•-•,319 
130 
415 
543 
267 
7,173 
9,741 29,^28 _ 
39.T32 T32.258 " 
T/~~ PreirmTnary. 2/ Consists of" poTTaToes sold" and to be soTd for all purposes, incTuaihg feed", 
seed, processing and livestock food. 3/ Includes 1,093,000 bushels cf commercial early potatoes 
not marketed on account of economic conditions. These potatoes 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 saown for certain northern States. The 
marketing season comprises 12 months in all States except California which has a 14-month season 
beginning April 1 of the year shown. 
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