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Vegetable Production ^
Requested by U. S. D. A, The U. S. Department of Agriculture wants Virginia truckers to f produce more snap beans and cabbage this year, and to keep the acreage of other vegetables about 1 'on a par with 1951 plantings, . National production goals, just f -released by the State Agricultural f Mobilization Committee, call for 1 per cent increase in summer vegetables and a 7 per cent jnf crease in fall vegetables, both for fresh market, C. D. Jordan, chair; man, said. Also they want a 2 per cent reduction in the overall acre| age of vegetables, for processing with the exception of cabbage, beets, and sweet corn. Goals for i spring vegetables were announced r last December, he noted. The Virginia goals, which are £ nothing more than suggested production guides, are established -only for those vegetables in which the State’s crop ranks important !' commercially.
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