Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 4 · column 1 of 6 · from the scan, no model involved
Virginia has three principal commercial snap bean crops, JorI- dan said, and an acreage increase I over last year in all three is recommended. The 1951 spring snap bean crop, produced in eastern Virginia, yielded 171,000 bushels for fresh use on about 1,900 acres. An additional acreage was produced for canning. A 10 per cent |t acreage increase in the. 1952 !■. spring snap bean crop for fresh market was suggested by the goals I announced in December. I« The summer snap bean crop, chiefly in the Floyd and Carroll i- counties, yielded about ' 70,000 V; bushels last year on 700 acres, ! most of which was processed. A ■ 5 per cent increase in the summer l crop is sought. The fall snap bean crop, prol duced on the Eastern Short and in |; the Norfolk section, is by the ; far largest and most important. Last year this area turned out
I: 468^000 bushels for fresh use on | 3,600 acres, plus other production
| for canners. The suggested 1052 goal for the fall crop is an acreage | increase of 10 per cent. Virginia’s summer cabbage crop comes mostly from Sihyth, Wythe, * Carroll, and Floyd counties. Last year that area produced 7,500 tons on 1,000 acres for fresh use and , some additional acreage for kraut. | A 10 per cent acreage increase for * . fresh market and 20 per cent increase for kraut is recommended. The goals recommend no change in the fall cabbage acreage, mostly in eastern Virginia, where 2,400 tons was produced on 400 acres last year. Cabbage prices have been unusually good in recent months. Other goals announced earlier include a 16 per cent acreage increase in spring beets, a^id the same acreage as in 1951 for spring cabbage and spinach. ‘However, for late fall spinach a 5 per cent decrease below last year’s acreage is suggested. Also a 5 per cent increase in both beets and sweet corn for processing is recommended.
Not included in tfte vegetable goals, but in the general crop goals announced two weeks ago, are Irish and sweet potatoes. The Department seeks 39,600 acres in fi frbh potatoes against 37,000 in
54.8%