POTATO DISAPPEARANCE
BATE UP FOR JANUARY
Stocks of Pennsylvania po
totoes in the hands of growers,
local dealers, and chippers
were estimated to be two mil
lion hundredweight on Feb-
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DYNAMIC NEW
FERTILIZER PROGRAM
Organic
Gfof (town Rood
Lancaster, Penna.
ruary 1, 1967, according to the plies for current operations Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 18, 1967—17
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting were included in the estimate.
Service. 'Phis was 13 percent Total stocks held on Fcbiu-duotion in 1960 totaled 58
below February 1 stocks a ary 1 amounted to 35 percentmUHon hundredweight. 15 per
year ago and 15 percent below of fall production comparcdccnt less than a year earlier,
the 1960-64 average. Stocks with 34 percent on February ' „
held by choppers and proces- 1, 1966, and the 5-year avcr-U-S. POTATO STOCKS
sors in excess of normal sup- age of 35 2 percent. Fall pr
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NEAR YEAR AGO
Slot age stocks of potatoes
CENTER
held by grov.cns and local
dealers in iall pioclncinj* areas
of the country totaled 1)8 3
million cwt. on Februai v 1,
1907. This was 1 percent less
than the 99 6 million cwt on
hand Febmaiy 1, 1968. These
stocks consist of fall potatoes
held for all ir.es on Febru
ary 1.
Stocks in the eight eastern
fall states totaled 36 2 million
cwt. on Februaiy 1, 1967 com
paied with 30 5 million a year
earlier and the hugest ,mce
1903 Maine holdings were 27 7
million -> percent above last
\ ear ami the hugest since 1963.
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