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Virginia farmers are asked by ihu U. S. Department of Agricul ture to increase then 195'.; corn production by about 40 per cent over the short 1952 crop The department also recom mended • through its State Agri cultural Mobilization Committee <AMC> that ihe pioduction of tame hay, soybeans, sweet pota toes, and certain spting vegeta bles be boosted. A decrease is sought in the pioduction of \vheat. already seeded, in white potatoes, oats, and cotton, ac cording to C. D. Jordan, chair man of the State AMC No production goals are estab lished for peanuts and • cco, sc ce these crops are under mar keting quotas, and the planted acreage is controlled through ai 1 itments. 1953 Goals Following are the 1953 Virginia acreage goals, the expected pro duction on that acreage based on latent average yields, and in parentheses, the 1952 planted acreage "and production therefrom as estimated by ihe Bureau of Agricultural Economics: Corn—980.000 acres. 44.133.000
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