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Show Sweet Potatoes Make Valuable Farm Crop Many North Carolina farmers who have never planted sweet potatoes po-tatoes for market should be able to increase their farm income this year through the cultivation and sale of this root crop, according to H. M. Covington, extension horticulture horti-culture specialist for the state college col-lege extension service. The U. S. department of agriculture agricul-ture has requested farmers to increase in-crease their production of sweet potatoes by 12 per cent. Even if such an increase is planted, production pro-duction would still be about 10 per cent under the 1937-46 annual average. aver-age. Farmers who plan to increase their sweet potato acreage this year to have some for sale, should consider market outlets before planting, Covington states. |