Show conservation notes by by B W uarl carl I 1 quite a number of people have asked mo me recently just what has happened to the spud situation it if you ou want vant to know the lad facts about pota potatoes tous the USDA bulletin loi for alabell 3 to 17 states that they are ale those what hat happened Is in part tie result of a revola lionized agil cultural technology which can call step up production pi enormously potatoes are aie a lion commodity covered by the amendment and must be supported at not less than 90 per cent of the parity or combar able price pike until december 31 1048 A in 1 ill in 11 ill support prica ans as announced for 1945 national plantings dropped acied acie ici oi 9 one fifth sin smaller aller than in 1918 and the acreage since 1802 1892 but production shifted to alay areas those these lia had d gool good weather and growers hilado 11 tensho 1 uso use ot of fertilizers and arma I 1 1 ovid cultural practices practice result it an ali average per acre yield of if bubels bu bus liels hels compare this with etli an average bushels tor for i to lo ll 11 and a previous high or of the record crop was million bus bushels liels the 1947 goil goal Is only military orders were town potatoes are less de b arable than grain eiilwn lor for export and when lien dehydrated become really c cp pensive ensie for relief use our owl on p people true to modern diet aly ai knowl knowledge edge eat 15 per cent fewer potatoes than before world war ai 11 II there was as a limit to pi pant ant capacity tor for making starch january 1 we had an all time high of million bushels left a surp surplus ills of 45 at least 25 of 0 which may nia perhaps find good its use every effort Is being made to dispose of them for industrial use uses livestock feed the school I 1 kurtli amli brogi program Pro giam ant and for export 1 l the surplus 45 per cent is located in maine 26 in new york and pennsylvania 7 in the central Cent ial and 22 in the western states however it Is unlikely that use can be found tor for 20 million lillion bushels of spuds before decay sets in and a net loss ot of SO 80 million dollars Is now anticipated with tile the laws at present in force that Is unavoidable |