Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-12

the commercial supply of late cab
bage, potatoes, and sweepstakes is
relatively short and the reduced
carry over into the winter months of
the stored parts of these crops is ex-
pected to Improve the market situa-
ton for winter and spring vegetables.
The total supply of canned vegetables
is also less than It was year ago.
I'm 1886 there was an increase of
over 1885, Of about s percent in the
vegetable acreage harvested for mar
ket and yield per acre was up about
l percent, so production was increas-
ed by Z percent. This was a record
high for acreage and production, and
indicates that the sharp upward
trend occurring in the last Is years is
continuing. Although commercial
production was larger in 1886, prices
for vegetables in general advanced
about 10 per cent This advance is
attributed 10 the fact that consumer
buying power increased over 1885 and
the fact that the drought cut short
the production Of home and local gar
den crops in the Central States, and
created larger market for CONNER
cial truck crops than usual.
THE reports received to date from
Florida, Texas, Arizona, California
and a few other early sections indi-
cate that the combined acreage of
vegetables for harvest in the late fall
and winter of 1867 will be about
40 percent larger than that harvested
in these States in 1936-37 and SO per-
cent above the average of 1882. The
acreage planted to these vegetables
however, is small rlative to the total
United States vegetable acreage. In
the fall Of 1885 the early indications
were for a 40-percent increase in acre
age, but because of unfavOrable wea-
Their conditions only about two-thirds
of the planted acreage reached ma
tarity consequently the harvested
acreage was about percent less than
in 1884. If favorable weather pre-
walls in the 1936-37 season, there, a
much larger volume of fall and winter
vegetables will be harvested than in
corresponding periods in the past"
Discussing the outlook for truck
crops for commercial manufacture,
the bureau said:
producers of vegetables for COM
mercial manufacture in 1887 probably
will contract to grow acreageS at
prices about equal to those in 1896.
Fairly large acreages probably will be
planted in 1887. The total supply
1895 pack plus carry-over) of can
ned vegetables available for market
ing during the 1936-37 season is
smaller than the supply for the 1885
SO season but probably is per cent
larger than the 5-year 0930-34) aver
age supply
Current wholesale prices of can
ned vegetables are higher than a year
ago, and for most commodities are ex-
pected to average considerably higher
for the 1936-37 marketing season than
1855, when the unusually large sup
plies of the important canned vege-
tables were marketed at extremely
low prices.
THE acreage planted to II canning
vegetables in 1886 was only 3 percent
less than the record planting of 1885.
Had average growing conditions pre-
vailed, Gamers would have been fac
ed with q burdensome supply for the
second successive year. The drought
of 1886 drastically curtailed the pack
of green peas and sweet corn, and, in
some areas, caused severe damage
to the tomato crop. Thus the combin
ed pack of all canned vegetables in
1885 was materially reduced. Total
carry-over from the 1888 packs was
relatively small so that total supply
for the 1936-37 marketing season is
not greatly in excess of average. With
an expected increase in consumer
buying power in 1887, it is probable
that Gamers will be able to dispose of
most of the current supply of can
ned vegetables and enter the 1878