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RULES AND REGULATIONS

Cm County limit means the num both commercial and non-commercial ber of acres out of the State commercial State goals were issued. The 1949 com goal allocated to a particular county for mercial goal is 1,223,100 acres which apportioning to commercial farms within compares with an estimated planted commercial acreage of 1,422,500 in 1948
th at county.
n Early potatoes or "early acreage and a planted acreage of 1,379,100 acres means potatoes of the early or intermedi in 1947. This 1949 commercial goal is ate harvest, or acreage planted to pota 86 and 89 percent respectively of the toes for early or intermediate harvest. commercial acreage in 1948 and 1947.
The largest reductions from 1948 esti o Late potatoes or late acreage means storable variety potatoes of the mated commercial acreage are called for late harvest, to be harvested no earlier in States along the eastern coast where than a date established by the State com surplus purchases have been particularly mittee, or acreage planted to potatoes for heavy and in early potato producing areas of California where planted acre late harvest.
p Operator means the person who age in 1948 exceeded the 1948 goal.
The State acreage goals for 1949 were is in charge of farming operations on calculated as follows :
the entire farm.
a The 5-year 1943-47 average pro q Person means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, duction by States was calculated.
b One-fourth of the 3-year 1945estate or trust or other business enter prise or legal entity, and wherever ap 47 average government purchases by plicable, a State, a political subdivision States was deducted from the average production.
of. a State, or any agency thereof.
c Whenever the State total planted r Acreage planted to potatoes means the number of acres on which acreage in a particular State during 1946
potatoes are growing at the time of the and 1947 exceeded the State total acre official determination of potato acreage age goal, this excess acreage was con designed to establish whether the opera verted to bushels based on that years tor has planted within his goal, plus the . yield per acre. This total excess produc acreage from which potatoes of the 1949 tion for the 2 years was divided by 5, crop were harvested prior to such official and the resulting bushels were deducted from the 1843-47 average production.
determination of potato acreage.
d The residual number of bushels s Director means Director of the Fruit and Vegetable Branch, Production for each State was factored by .8687 to and Marketing Administration, or a per provide a 350 million bushel crop.
e The resulting goal production for son or persons duly authorized to act in each State was converted to acres by his behalf.
such goal production by the 648.73 Extent of calculations and, dividing1946-48
as reported in October rule of fractions. All acreages except 3-year 1948
yield per acre for such State.
final acreage goals shall be expressed to f The State acreage was then di the nearest one-tenth acre and fractions vided between commercial and non-com of fifty-one thousandths of an acre or acreage on the basis of data as more shall be rounded upward and frac mercial the operation of the 1947 and 1948
tions of five-hundredths of an acre or to goal programs, and other avail less shall be dropped. Final goals of potato able information. Commercial acreage from three to ten acres may be estab is that goal acreage available for estab lished uniformly within a county to the lishing preliminary goals of three or more nearest half-acre, and final goals larger of potatoes on an individual farm.
than ten acres may be so established to acres g No State was assigned a commer the nearest acre.
cial acreage higher than 90 percent of 648.74 Instructions and forms. The its 1948 commercial planted acreage.
Administrator of the Production and .This factor reduced the calculated U. S.
Marketing Administration shall cause to production to 339 million bushels be be prepared and issued such forms and cause of the assumption that non-com instructions as may be deemed necessary mercial acreage would remain constant.
or expedient in carrying out 648.71 to All commercial acreage figures were 648.85.
then raised by 4.5 percent to balance out to a 350 million crop, except that NATIONAL AND STATE ACREAGE GOALS AND
no State was assigned a commercial goal COUNTY LIM ITS
higher than its 1947-48 average planted 648.75 Establishment of the national commercial acreage.
acreage goal and apportionment among The 1949 Commercial Acreage Goals the States. TT Jotal 1949 potato acre byStates are as follows:
age goal for a jates is 1,938,300 acres Goal 1,000
which compares with 2,137,700 acres acres planted in 1948 and 2,148,600 acres State:
M ain e___________________ ______ 141.3
planted in 1946. This acreage goal is New York, Long Island__________ 45.2
based on an assumed goal yield of 186
New York, Upstate____ ___________ 46.9
bushels per acre which is the 3 year Pennsylvania ___ .________________ 64.1
1946-48 as reported in October 1948
M ichigan----- ----------------------------- 67.1
average yield per planted acre. This W isconsin______________________ 38.5
compares with average yields of 196
M innesota_____________ _________ 68.0
North Dakota_______________ %__ 121.3
bushels in 1948 as reported in October South Dakota___________________ 12.1
1948, 179 bushels in 1947 and 183 bushels Nebraska_______________________ 31.7
In 1946. This acreage goal should pro M on tan a_______________________
8. 8
duce a crop of approximately 350 million I d a h o
130.9
bushels.
Wyoming _______________________ 9 .6
In 1949 only the commercial goals will Colorado _____________________ 60. 3
U ta h ____________
9.8
be issued to States. In previous years
.

Goa!
1,000

StateContinued acres Nevada ____

1.1
W ashington__ __________________ 26.0
Oregon _________ -------------- 32.4
California la te__________________ 30.6
2.2
New Hampshire__________________
V erm on t-------- ------ ---------------------2.2
Massachusetts - __________________
7.0
Rhode Island--_________________ - 4.3
C on n ecticu t___________________ - 7. 5
West Virginia______________________
.9
O h io ----------------- ---------------------- 18.6
Indiana _________________________
7 .6
Illinois ---------1.0
1.7
Iowa ____ _______________________
New Mexico_________ _________ -
.9
New Jersey__________-------------- 84. 6
Delaware ______________________.4
Maryland ------- 5.0
V irginia________________________ 24.9
Kentucky _______________________ 8.2
Missouri________________________
3.2
K ansas__ ___
2.4
3. 0
Arizona ________
North Carolina__________________ 20. 5
South Carolina--------------------------7.9
Georgia ________________________1.1
Florida ________ ---------------- 20.3
T en n essee______ :________________ 3.8
A labam a_______________________ 15.1
.5
M ississip p i________________
A rkansas-------- --------------------------1.9
Louisiana ______________________ 12.2
.6
Oklahoma ____ - _______________
T e x a s___________ ___ __________ _ 18.3
California early________________
44.6
U. S. Total Commercial Goal1,223,100
acres.

648.76 Apportionment of the State commercial goal among the counties as county limits. The State committee shall recommend for approval of the Director the county limit for each county within the State. The county limit shall be the acreage determined by the State committee as fair and reasonable for the county in relation to county limits estab lished for other counties within the State, taking into consideration a the total acreage actually allocated in 1947 and 1948 as commercial farm goals, and b adjustments deemed necessary due to recognizable changes in the potato pro duction pattern or marketing or other facilities in the State. Factors indicating such change may include, but not be limited to, an estimate of the extent to which the 1948 goal was planted or over planted, and the frequency of appeals in 1948. A separate county limit shall be established for early and for late pota toes unless the State committee recommends and the Director approves the use of a single county limit as being adequate to obtain the proper relationship be tween early and late production within the county. The sum of the county limits for a State, plus a State reserve withheld for appeals, new farms, and the correction of errors, shall not exceed the States commercial goal. The State re serve shall not exceed five percent of the States commercial goal.
ACREAGE GOALS FOR COMMERCIAL FARMS

648.77 Determination of prelimi nary acreage goals of three or more acres for old farms. The 1949 preliminary acreage goal for an old commercial farm shall be that acreage determined by the county committee to be fair and reason able for the farm in relation to the pre liminary goals established for other old