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PRODUCTION INCREASES
Increased yields of potatoes, made possible
by better cultural nethods and better insec
tides, nay lead to a periodic surplus pota
to problem,
fhe department of agriculture reports that
although potato growers in the nation pro
duced last ^ecr's crop bn the smallest .'acre
age planted,at any tine in the last.63 years
it was still the third largest crop on record
i lore of the crop was grown on commercial po
tato farms than in- other years. Farmers in
poor potato growing regions in many Cases
had shifted to other crons, and those on
good potato land produced more potatoes,.
Growers used more commercial fertilizers.
Thanks to DDT and other effective insecoides
they \:cre able to keep down insect damage.
By and large,'the had a year of good grow
ing weather.
The result of all this was that growers av
eraged 212 bu3hel3 to the acre, or 26 bush
els more than the previous high production
record. The carryover of potatoes is thU3
larger than usual this year; and certified
seed potatoes being plentiful, the outlook
is for a large crop in 1949.'.. * ' ''
Economists report that’ the average .American
now eats only 11C pounds of potatoes per
year as compared with the 195 pounds which
he consumed 35 or 40 years ago. This de
crease in comsuraution obviously .decreased
the domestic demand for potatoes even though
copulation has increased during the same
period, *'• ■
GKAIN P1%IC£S MU kf.MAlN
. LOW
Barring an unexpected rebound, grain prices
mil remain comparatively low and government
wheat loans again will be very important for
1949 crops, thinks lari Hobson, Wasiiington
State college associate extension economist*
The big grain crop all around the world tills
last year, and prospects for more of the
same in 1949, will be responsible for this
train of events, he says.
Sun ly is greater than demand, and will lik
ely continue that way. Demand from flour
millers and other processors of wheat is
relatively low. Large wheat stocks and fav
orable prospects for next year's crop are
causing buyers to limit their purchases onio
to current needs.
In addition there has been a drop in the wee
of wheat for livestock feeding, 'Other re-a
grains—particularly com—are in' plerfAV
supply and their cost i3 low, Conseouo’M Lv
not so much wheat is being fed this year,
Added to these factors, ’wheat exports have
fallen off. Other wheat-producing counvuies
had good crops last year, and shipping fa
cilities ;are still extremely limited.
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