Sweet Potatoes
MONTHLY SHIPMENTS OF SWEET POTATOES
BY STATE GROUPINGS
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Shipments of sweet potatoes originate for the most part in
:he Southeastern states and in four of the Middle Atlantic
states, the only other state shipping in quantity being Ten-
nessee. :
Virginia is the leading sweet potato state, originating 5,466
cars, or more than 29 per cent of the average annual ship-
ments of 18,591 cars during the three years. Of the other
states, the principal ones in order of importance are Tennes-
see, 1,798 cars; Delaware, 1,669 cars; New J ersey, 1,586 cars;
Maryland, 1,519 cars; Louisiana, 1,272 cars, and North Caro-
lina, 1,091 cars. The seven states named originated about 77
per cent of the total movement in the United States. More
than half of the total originated in the four Atlantic Seaboard
states of Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey and Maryland.
Shipments of sweet potatoes are made in every month of
the year. In June, they are very light, and in May and July
comparatively so. September and October are the months of
heaviest movement, those for October slightly exceeding those
for September. From November to March, shipments drop
gradually and then with increasing rapidity to June. The
movement in June is almost entirely from Tennessee. The
heavy movement in September and October is due in large
part to shipments from Virginia.
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MONTHLY SHIPMENTS OF SWEET POTATOES
IN CARLOADS
Average 3 years 1924, 1925 and 1926
fia ' os Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Mav Jun~ Oct. Nov. Dee,
Ala, .... 630 84 80 a8 22 i 26 32 31
Ga, .... 803 141 5 57 oo 2 122 128
Fla. .... 191 18 10 1 : “3 41
Miss. ... 85 12 6 8 : 13
N, C.... 1,091 20 67 109 ot 88 106
8. C..uu 167 29 28 25 26 28
La. .... 1,272 149 7 11 BB] 186 137
Calif, .. 844 48 25 oe “4 1Fa 212 214 101
Va, .... 65,466 13 9 16 5 4 8 526 2,070 2,087 727 54
Md. .... 1,619 117 86 58 26 ‘ » iw 29 211 413 819 258
Del. .... 1,669 3869 258 218 85 1¢ va . 18 31 206 467
N, J.... 1,686 149 127 91 38 " 10 8 258 386 225 282
Tenn, .. 1,798 178 181 211 157 93 84 5 69 183 241 183 263
Tex, ... 396 63 41 88 14 wa 4 .. 15 33 65 8 45
Okla. .. 155 32 18 27 5 1 .e 1 .e 5 10 24 32
Ark, ... 891 80 87 59 19 2 oe .e . 4 25 78 87
Other .. 528 57 37 82 18 1 oe 2 3 51 118 102 107
U. S.... 18,591 1,680 1,100 1,079 554 206 62 383 1,365 38,456 8,976 2.665 2.176
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Spinach
Texas and Virginia together furnish the bulk of the ship-
ments of spinach. Virginia has a slightly longer season than
Texas, beginning in October, one month earlier than Texas,
and closing in May, one month later than Texas. But Texas
makes the larger shipments,
Average annual shipments of spinach from Texas during
the three years amounted to 8,830 cars, while those from Vir-
ginia amounted to 3,029 cars. The combined shipments from
these two states were nearly 80 per cent of the average annual
shipments of spinach in the entire United States during the
period. Only one other state—Maryland—originates spinach
fo any appreciable extent in carload lots.
MONTHLY SHIPMENTS OF SPINACH IN CARLOADS
Average 3 years 1924, 1925 and 1926
ONgin Fear Jan. Feb. Mar, Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Md. .... 731 1 .e . 161 229 bs I ve 16 110 180 49
Va, .... 8,029 196 19 849 1,369 156 oe ve “ oe 20 427 503
Tex, ... 3,830 1782 1,222 1,171 200 oe ww _ oe .e im 25 430
Other .. 1,071 71 243 248 143 110 9 8 7 9 65 118 40
U, S.... 8,681 1,050 1,484 1,768 1,863 495 14 : 1 25 195 780 1,022
The shipping season for the United States as a whole is
practically eight months in length, few cars being shipped dur-
ing June, July, August or September. From October to De-
cember, shipments increase rapidly, exceeding 1,000 cars in
the latter month. From December to April, the increase in
shipments continues irregularly. The peak movement occurs
in April, after which shipments decline rapidly and almost
cease during the summer months.
MONTHLY SHIPMENTS OF SPINACH
VY STATE GROUPINGS
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