Excerpt from Bulletin, 1929

The state-wide survey conducted by the Experiment Station in 1925 disclosed that 57 per cent. of the potatoes handled by hotels, stores and camps were procured from outside of New Hampshire. This situation pointed to the need for a study of the costs and methods of potato production on New Hampshire farms.

The area in potatoes in the state has rapidly declined since 1909, although total production has been nearly maintained. The area and production of potatoes and the December first farm price for New Hampshire, and the December first farm price for the United States for 30 years are shown in Table I. From a high point in area in 1909 the decline has been regular and consistent except for the three war years, 1917, 1918 and 1919. In only one year, however, 1910, has the average farm price in New Hampshire been less than in the United States as a whole, and this was a year of high production, the highest ever had in New Hampshire, and the fourth highest for the northeast.

On the other hand, in New England as a whole, approximately 50 per cent. has been added to the total production in the last 25 years and 10 per cent. to the area devoted to potatoes. In 1904 New England had 207,000 acres and a production of 33,424,000 bushels. In 1928 a total of 239,000 acres produced 45,662,000 bushels. In northeastern United States (New England plus New York and Pennsylvania) 900,000 acres in 1904 produced 102 million bushels, while 769,000 acres in 1928 produced 101 million bushels.

The reduction in area in New Hampshire is an attempt at readjustment resulting from a variety of causes. The area in farms has decreased reducing the tillable area. The larger area in potatoes in other regions has partly taken care of the greater demands of increased population. Better methods have so improved yields that the smaller area in New Hampshire has produced nearly as large a total yield, bower prices following the war removed much of the incentive to produce a crop involving so much labor and risk. The competition with machine raised potatoes of nearby regions has meant greater marketing difficulties with poorer graded potatoes in less than carlots from smaller growers.

The smaller area in New Hampshire, even with the total yield remaining practically the same, has not. however, kept pace with population, and the yield per 1,000 of population has been approximately cut in half. Table II shows how this situation varies among the ten counties.

While formerly a surplus state, New Hampshire as a whole is now a deficit area, and imports large quantities of potatoes from Maine. In 1923 a total of 412 carloads was shipped into New Hampshire. There has since been only a slight change.

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