J^dkf^ FLORIDA STATE MARKETING BUREAU ANNUAL FRUIT AND VEGETABLE REPORT PRODUCTION, TRANSPORTATION AND MARKETING ANALYSIS 1948-49 SEASON (Also Poultry, Egg, Livestock, Tobacco and Field Crop Statistics) By Frank H. Scruggs, Market News Specialist Neill Rhodes, Commissioner Florida State Marketing Bureau Division of Florida State Department of Agriculture Nathan Mayo, Commissioner This Annual Report is available free of charge to parties interested Released October 18, 1949 Florida State Marketing Bureau 505 West Adams Street P. O. Box 779 Jacksonville 1, Florida
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FLORIDA STATE MARKETING BUREAU
ANNUAL FRUIT AND VEGETABLE REPORT
PRODUCTION, TRANSPORTATION AND MARKETING ANALYSIS
1948-49 SEASON
(Also Poultry, Egg, Livestock, Tobacco and Field Crop Statistics)
By Frank H. Scruggs, Market News Specialist
Neill Rhodes, Commissioner
Florida State Marketing Bureau
Division of
Florida State Department of Agriculture
Nathan Mayo, Commissioner
This Annual Report is available free of charge to parties interested
Released October 18, 1949
Florida State Marketing Bureau
505 West Adams Street
P. O. Box 779
Jacksonville 1, Florida
FOHbVv'CUD
This may be the .foreword but it is thelast thing to be written and after getting t)i-etna?
pages of facts and figures in a unit, I feel likethe little polar bear sitting on tne ice which saidfc< its mother "my tale is told." 1 don't knowanything about writ in-: a foreword but I understandtiiat it is the chance tnatthe writer gets to saywnatever ne .;as on his mind as long as he keersit serious.
.*e have endeavored to give you the beststatistical, report possible as' far as volume. go--s,
not trying to make a pretty report which is expenaiv*got out this report during trie less active part
of the season and tnere is no extra expense except"t'.ie paper, stencils, ink and mailing . We try tohold our Bailing list down to cut expenses. It
-it be a neadache to a lot or people who willtake most anything thai; is free. ..This report is
free. it goec to most of pe >ple Ln Florida whon3ed it, first cf all to fanners, -rowers, shippers,in Florida, and to most . f the la r businesscorporations, transportation agencies, universities,libraru.s, and ;overnment a o;.cies from ctoast tocoast. They sometiues say s >roe nice things aboutthe report.
The writer is a market news specialist,.does not lay claims to b< a s ts. bist ician and is
afraid that tne t news men call him a statis-tician and tiie statis-ticiahs call nirn a arket newsman, but tnat is alright just so they don't callhim an economist.
Cur own Gommiss loner of Agriculture
,
Nathan wayo, says that a statistician is a blindman in a aark closet, looking for a black cat,that's net there.
I don't really like statistics, - I
just started this thing in a small way twentyyears ago and can't let go. it Was a littlebear In 1929.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We wish to acknowledge the splendid cooperation we received from both
official end private sources during the preparation of this rather comprehensive
statistical report.
The rail freight and express carlot shipment figures were secured from the
1 Vegetable 3ranch of the Production and I
P.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C.Pruit and Vegetable 3ranch of the Production and Marketing Administration,
Exhaustive vegetable acreage, yield, production and value data and other
assistance was supplied by Mr. J. C. Townsend, Jr., Mr. J. B. Owens, and Mr. Paul
Shuler, Agricultural Statisticians, and Mr. G. N. Rore, Truck' Crop Statistician,U.S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Federal Building, Orlando, Florida.
Mr. A. L. Scarborough, Statistician of the Citrus and Vegetable Division,Florida Department of Agriculture, Winter Haven, Florida, supplied us with importantrecord data and ether informr. tion. Mr. Hugh S, Flynt , Assistant Director of thisdivision, supplied a detailed summary of inspections for the reason. The dailyreports from their Road Guard "Stations, operated by the Citrus and Vegetable Division,showing passings of fruits and vegetables, were very helpful to shippers and growersthroughout the season and for record purposes in this report,
Mr. H. F. Willson, Federal-State Citrus Market Kews Service, also supplieduseful data for use in this report.
Mr. William B, Conner, of the Florida Citrus Exchange, Tampa, whole-heartedly complied with our requests for specified citrus information.
Several official and private agencies and individuals not already mentionedsupplied information directly or indirectly to us, for which we extend our thanks.
The preparation of this report is tedious and requires long and h-'^rd work,and appreciation by the writer is extended to our Bureau staff for their efforts andaccomplishments. Commissioner L. Neill Rhodes contributed and Introductory which isinformation and well worth your reading. Mr, L. II. Lewis, Specialist, Live Stockand Field Crops, and Mr. Gifford II. Rhodes, Specialist, Live" Stock Market News, andMr. F. W, Richer, Specialist, Dairy arid Poultry Products, of this Bureau, suppliedcertain livestock and poultry information.
Comments which would lead to the improvement of this Annual Report wouldbe appreciated. We have never gotten any suggestions for improving this reportand therefore we suspect that no one reads this page.
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CITRUS FRUJTS GMT (Cranjcs, Gra—fr lit and :anr; — :-.:)
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Acreage, Yield, Boxes per Tree and Grove Value 191+2--U3 to 19U8-I*9 7
Volume, Value and Disposition of Citrus 19U8-U5 Season
Shipments, Volume and Valuations Tor 22 Years -33
Auction Prices in 10 Markets, 1931-32 to 19U8-1|S
Tree to Auction Costs or Vice Versa for 3 Years 31
F.O.B. Prices, 1909-10 to 19U3-U9 SeasonInspection of Citrus for Shipment by CountiesPersian Limes Certified for Shipment for 191+8-U9Analysis of Citrus Prices from 1932-33 tc .) Season 1+0-Ul
Prices Paid by Canners, Volume Processed l9l+0.-lil to 191+6-1+9 1+2
U.S. Citrus Production and Utilization 19U7-U8 Season 1+3
Truck Distribution by States l?U7rU8 and 19U5-k9 Seasons 1+1+
Rail Distribution by States 19l+7-l*8 and 19hB-h9 Seasons 1+5
VEGETABLES A?!D KISCELIAI.'^uUS FRUITS CI^LY
F.O.B. Values by Commodities for 16 Seasons 5Truck Shipments by ",.eeks 191+8-1+9 Season 2\\-?$
Acreage, Held and Value, Fall, T.lnter, and Spring 191+3-1+9 Season 6U-65Acreape of Principal Truck Crops 21+ Seasons 66-67
Acreage, Yield and Value by Seasons 1930-31 to 1913-1? 68-72
Acreage, Fall, T.inter and Spring by Counties 82-VO
ALL FFlUITS AIJD V-jQETArl/iS
Froduction and Value for 1? Seasons h
Disposition All Fruits and Vegetables for 192+8-1+9 Season 10-11
Freight, Express, Boat and Truck Shipments 19h8-i>9 12-15
Freight, Express, Eoat and Truck Shipments for 10 Seasons 16-19Freight Shipments by Counties 191+8-1+9 Season -.-3
County Acreage-All Fruits and Vegetables, 3 Seasons 73-^3
Avocado and Lime Production for 1929-2+9 91
Citrus Passings Through Road Guard Stations 91
Unloads of Rail and Truck in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago 191+8-1+9 Season 92
Federal-State Inspections and Car Loadings ?h
GF.I.ERAL AGRICTiLTTTiiAL STATISTICS
Florida .Agricultural Volume and Value 191+8-1+9 Season 6
Tobacco - Flue Cured, Sun Cured and Shade 1932-191+9 1+6-1+7
Peanuts - Prices by Months 1920-1+8 h8General Farm Crops - Volume and Value 1920-191+9 u9-?lPoultry and Egg Prices •- Jacksonville, Tampa and riami 52 55Livestock Prices, Jacksonville (Southeastern Pricc.e) $6-57Livestock Plants, Markets t Numbers, Value, etc. 58-63Poultry and Egg Production Facts and County Rankings 93
INTRODUCTORY
By Ncill Rhodes, Commissioner, Florida State Marketing Bureau
The Annual Fruit and. Vegetable Report for the 191*8-1*9 Season in the main
is devoted to the volume and value of products grown by farmers engaged in major
agricultural lines of endeavor in Florida. The statistical data included mill be
expressed in terms of hundreds, thousands and millions. The Florida farmer by and
large is successful over the spread of years. He is skilled in his profession, for
he must know production from A to Z, he must outmaneuver the weather, conquer crop
pests and diseases, and time his planting and harvesting schedule to come within the
fall, winter and spring seasons. He must know how, when and where to grow and sell
the perishable food products in which he specializes. He must know crops and markets.
The Florida agricultural industry, in its growth and development since the
eighteenth century, has become a giant. ' My hat is off and my bow is law to those
who have made all this progress possible. Reading of thousands and hundreds of
thousands, millions and hundreds of millions, some might get the impression that
Florida agricultural millionaires are common. Such is not the case; no honest, wellinformed person would make such claim and no truthful person would attempt to
substantiate it.
Perhaps such an array of statistics as contained in our Annual Report forthe 191*8-1*9 Season should be flavored with a sprinkle of data as to how much thefarmer spends, what it costs him to grow these winter crops. There is a bigdifference in the gross and the net receipts of the largest operations. Accordingto December 191*8 release of the Florida Crop and Livestock Reporting Service, U.S.ELA.Orlando, Florida, for the 191*7-1*8 Season, the total crop cost, growing and harvest-ing of snap beans in five selected areas in Florida ranged from $121.31 to $267.93per acre. Cabbage, five areas, from $187.17 to ^iU65 »3U per acre. Celery, fiveareas, from $95>7 »5? to $1521.1*1* per acre. Cucumbers, six selected areas, from$128.17 to $810,86 per acre. Eggplant, four areas, from C25l.ll to $802.35 per acre.Peppers, six areas, from $201*. 56 to $632.93 per acre. Irish potatoes, five areas,from $18U.31 to $1*33.72 per acre. Tomatoes, three areas, from $371.30 to 31002.1*1per acre.
Millions of dollars are expended also in the production of Florida cropsbefore millions are spent by the consumer for them. The Florida farmers spendannually approximately $8,750,000 for seeds, $12,000,000 for insecticides andfungicides, $20,000,000 for livestock, dairy, poultry, et cetera feeds, and perhaps$1*0,000,000 for fertilizers. Verily, Florida farming is big business. Trueperspective is impossible unless both expenditures and receipts are given considera-tion.
And the farmer has to live. He does not produce all of his food. Clothingand other necessities of life are bought by the farmer, like every one else in non-agricultural work. Many statistics are devoted to showing the average pricesreceived by farmers for what they sell. Perhaps the tabulation below, giving averageprices RJD by farmers for commodities, Tail better illustrate that there is°muchcapital outgoing before any receipts arc incoming. (Source: Crops and Markets 19l*9Edition, U.S. D. A.) I have endeavored to so arrange the information that manyinteresting conclusions can be drawn. One, for instance, that while Florida productsmay bring very high prices, there are numerous instances where farmers in many otherStates paid lower average prices for the commodities shown, and several too whereaverage prices in practically all other States were lower than were those paid byFlorida farmers for the commodity specified.
(See next two pages)
AVT-.A E ' LS PA II .i JIS FOh COM: PL I TIES D'CC 15. ] ' 3 )
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Prices paid pj ic 3 ttaid by far-atrs were inby Flor^ cc rida:
Commodity Farmers L - .-.r SFeeds
All mixed dairy Feed, per 100 lbs. $ b.25 u2 2 3Laying r.ash, per 100 lbs. 5,20 U7Scratch grains, per 100 lbs. h.hb 3° 3 o
Grain Products
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Flour, 25-lt. sacks""
2.1? 33 U 5Bread, white,per lb. 1£"V up 1Corn meal, per lb. 8,- 2)j 1 22Rolled oats, packaged, per lb. 15/ 3,7 10Rice, packagedj per lb. 18.3/ u «1Soda crackers, packaged, per ib.(S"pt. Is) 28/ U6 1Corn flakes, packagea, per lb. (June .15) 29V i6 1Macaroni, packaged, per lb. (Sept. 15) 26/ U6 1
MeatsRound steak, per lb. Iki ,7 ;0
Pork loin, per lb. 61V W 1 6Pork chops, per lb. 6jL/ 26 1Bacon, sliced, osr lb. ,
72^ 23 J 17Ham, not sliced", per lb. ^ 69/ 29 h 111
Chuck roast, per lb. (Sept. 15) 61'/ 6 7 3UHamburger, per lb. (Sent.' 15) 56/ 6 6 35
Eggs , ;LLlk.Jard, Etc .
Eggs, per dozen 75/ 36 1 10Milk, fluid, rer quart 2U.8/ U6 1Cheece, American, per It. 60/ 2u c 17Butter, per lb. ' 80/ ha Q 2
Lard, per lb. 31; UO 3 JLard, per lb. X-i U'J J UVegetaole shortening, per lb. 36/8 1 3pMargarine, per lb. 11/ 23 10 lu
Fruits .,
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Apples, per 1E~ lu.2/ l\2 1 U
Bananas, per lb. 13. ii? O h7Oranges, per dozen 19.U/ 1/
Grapefruit, each U/'
17Lemons, per doz. (Sept. 1^) 37/ - 1 ^6Raisins, packaged, per,lb. _ v V ,:V ?1 t 22Prunes, dried,' per lb. (Sept. 15) 21/ 39 § 2
Peaches, canned, per lb. u ? 3oPineapples, canned, per lb. 28/ 22 10 ±b
Vegetables '
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Potatoes, ar 10-ib. L- • 1|9/, 31 2 3Jj
Dried beans, ner lb. 20/.U/ 17Torr.at.oes, fresh, per lb. (Sent. 15) 18.3/ u6 ,1Tomatoes, canned, per lb. , 13. ,
Children's cloth ingSocks, per pairShoes or Oxfords, pair (Sept. 15)
Prices paidby FloridaFarmers
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tlay the above in some measure tend to clear the atmosphere, to nrovide sharperlocus oi tnc general picture as you note the figures of hundreds of thousands of -units
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sin§ hun
^red? of millions of dollars, factually and so ably presented by our
Market News Specialist. *
Neill Rhodes,Commission*
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Florida State Marketing Bureau
FLORIDA 1 1] - . ENT OF AGRICULTURESTATE MARKETING EUREAli
191*8-1*9
ANNUAL FRUIT AMD VEGETABLE REPORT
By Frank H. Scruggs, Market News Specialist
70LUI.IE AID VaLUE OF aLL FRUITS AID VEGETABLES
Our 291*8—U9 season was noteworthy for many reasons, including the fairlyearly start of volume vegetable shipments due to favorable weather conditions, theheavy planting for the late winter and spring with relatively good weather conditions,the heavy shipments for that period, the record heavy production, and near recordtotal value for the season, the record volume of citrus, the reasonably good ler
for citrus quality, and the good prices after January for same, the heavy volume oforanges used for concentrates, the threefold increase in table corn production, theincrease in transportation costs, the great increase in the total volume of fruitsand vegetables moved by truck, and last but not least, the effects on our citrusprices of the extreme freeze loss in Texas and the severe loss in California i.hich
saved the 191*3-1*9 season for Florida citrus with great expectations for the 191*9-5-
season. T.e made it long.
RECORD yOLUIlS AND HIGH TOTAL VALUE
The 191*3—U9 fruit and vegetable season was a humdinger but so far no songhas yet been written about it. Florida produced 323, 1*81 carloads, with a grand totalgross value of ,308,719,000. The volume was 37,051* carloads more than the previousrecord of 236,1*27 in the 19U5-U6 season. Our total value for 191*8-1*9 has beenexceeded, once in the 191*1-1*5 war year with a total gross of 5309,586,000, and againin 191*5-1*6 with $361*, 330,000. The growers like to break value records but they don't
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wish to go to war to do it.
The 191*3-1*9 citrus volume was 219,317 carloads, or 92,900,000 boxes, with a
gross value of £132,188,000, compared to 21d,')L5 carloads, or 91,100,000 boxes, witha gross value of ^111*, 923,000 the previous season. The golden record was in the191*5-1*6 season when we received §236, 231,000 for 86,000,000 boxes . amounting to197,050 carloads. ,
The vegetable production of 87,1*51* carload:; exceed the prior record seasonof 191*5-1*6 when we had 76,91*3 carloads sell at 3116, 239,900. . Our total volume in the191*8-1*9 season was ^115,856,000, a mere ...333,000 less. V.c could easily add u.i*0 percarload and make up this difference, but Florida can wait for another season to breakthat record.
Florida did not do so badly on watermelons, strawberries , avocados, limes,mangoes, cantaloupes and minor fruits. \c produced and used 16,510 carloads ascompared to the 191*5-1:6 season when we had a volume of 12,1*31* carloads with a grossF.O.B. sales value of ^11,860,000. Our value for this frroup in 191*8-1*9 was£10,675,000.
The more you look at the records the more the 191*5-1*6 season pops up, butFlorida the coming 191*9-50 season might finish all the records of that year whichwere not wiped out in the 19u8-I*9 season. Regardless of how you look at it the191*8—1*9 season broke all peace-time records for total volume and value, not only forcitrus but also for vegetables, and also for miscellaneous fruits. It was like arevolving door; anyway you looked it was good all around.
The season brought on an urgent demand for changes in the citrus laws aimedto eliminate poor fruit going out of Florida. The laws were passed by theLegislature in the spring of 191*9 against some strong objections of some shippers andsome growers. A large number of growers, other factors in the citrus business, andthe general public in Florida were in favor of changes being made.
The 191*8-1*9 season was generally favorable to citrus as attest'! by the92,900,000-box crop. That is a record estimate even thou-', w have had one or twoyears when a heavier crop was in prospect but was cut short by hurricane or freezelosses.
Stra-vrberry and watermelon volume was about average with weather not too badfor either.
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The storms 01' September 22 and October $ in Suuth Florida did some, damage
to citrus, mostly grapefruit on the Lower East Coast.
We benefited greatly from the freezes in the California citrus belt, which
were the most severe January 3, U, and 5, and the freezes in the Texas citrus belt
during late January, mostly on January 29, 30, and 31. Tho citrus spirit in Florida
changed suddenly from one of deep gloom to one of bright cheeriness. It was not
because California and Texas together lost millions of boxes of oranges and grape-
fruit in their freezes sharply cutting supplies, but rather tho fact that tho impend-
ing yolk of disaster had been moved from our necks. Saved by the grace of the
weather, we are now fighting over the prospective profits for this year, whereas we
were fighting over the prospective lossesin the fall of 19U8. C'tampas ftgit — I
mean tempus fugit,
YJEATHER DURING THE 19U8-U9 SEASON
Our vegetable planting and .'-hipping season extends from August 1 to July 31,
and encompasses the time of the planting of the first seed beds in August %o the
planting of the fields a few weeks later which continues into May, with shipments
generally beginning in October and ending in July.
Y.hen wo think of vegetables we must think first of South Florida, and when
we think of South Florida we must think about weather, as they seem to get more of it.
The 191+8 fall acreage was considerably greater than in 19l;7 and tho 10-year
average. The weather was generally favorable after tho storm of September 22, Whenmost of the planted acreage was lost. There was little damage from the storm of
October 5 which passed over the southeastern part of Florida, This was followed byideal growing weather. The unusually warm weather in the Lake Section caused earlymaturity, rath supplies in excess of demand and some abandoned acreage of beans
during November and December, The yields and quality were excellent. The freeze of
January 1~2 severely damaged the crops which should have been moved January 1$ to
February 15 » Tho weather in most of South Florida during the spring was consideredgood, and so it was in all of Florida,
Deans are in the tender classification and are among the first to feel theeffects of weather in any form. Other more important vegetables in South Florida aretomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, peppers, table corn, celery, squash and cabbage.Beans in Palm Beach County alone accounted for 52,300 acres of a State total of
223,150 acres for all officially reported vegetables. Palm Beaoh County had 7^,335acres of vegetables in 19U8-U9 season out of a total of 223, 150 acres for the entireState, So when you speak of beans and Falm Beach County you are talking about a pairof Kings,
All in all the weather must have been favorable to vegetables as we shippedthe largest volume in the history of Florida, Ue break records almost each succeed-ing year,
TRANSPORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION——"—» » "—*- mm * m t— ^ — m • +m r 9 »
Amazing is the word to describe the phenomenal increase in the shipments bytruck to out-of-State markets. The railroads did not do so badly as they hauled morethan they ever did except during the war years and immediately following whentruckers were handicapped with war restrictions on new trucks, gasoline and manpower,and in getting started again in 19u6 and 19^7 • Just before the war truck shipmentshad gradually increased to ul,712 and after the war interval got up to U6,105, thenwham up to 80,91u carloads in the 1913-49 season just recently concluded, Thefigures below are revealing with comparisons as follows;
Source; U.S. Agricultural Statistician, 3. A.on carrots, cauliflower, corn and squash not avegetables and miscellaneous fruits probably aat a gross F.0.3. Florida value of 10,000,000
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Citrus Larinf CoS , 900 a.; Other Fruits and Berries 20,000 a.
Pecans 6,000 a.; Tung Kuts 1,200 a. "n
Vegetables - plats 1 acre or more. 2147,350 planted, Used Acre-;
Total Acres Fruits, Berries. Nuts and VegetablesGeneral Crop, 1,^00,000 a.; Other Farm Land Usage 6,500.000 a»
Pasture Land 11,000,000 a.j Woodland and Other Land 15,091,600 a.
Total Land Aroa of Florida, n . „„.„„„prTT?H- P-mnnr.TTnN AKrt vat.117. 1ft)ifi-li9 SEASON .
Oranges Carloads 137, o 90 Units Used g» .300,000 boxes
G^?5 Co^ 200° d°*-Butterbeans included with Limas 500 bu.^=+14.^°?' ^d are usually slightly higher than the Monthlyiractional totals by weeks. Notes apply to opposite page and vice versa,
TRUCK SHIPMENTS OF FLORIDA VEoI TA T-L"S k'~D ^"-CITRUS FRUITSl-y ____£! -It- :_i.
379U7(2) Converted into carload equivalent on basis of; Okra 5C0 pkgs: Squash 5C0 pkrsjBnchdVegetables 2000 doz; Other Vegetables 5CO pkgs; Field peas 500 pkgsj Avocados 700 pkgs;Strawberries U50 pkgs; Limes 800 pkgs; Watermelons 1000 melons; Other Fruits 500 pkgs.(3) Pre-War carload conversion factors retained for more; accurate comparisons with•pther years. The Shipments are the passings by Road 3uard Stations (open Oct. 15 toJune 19,19U?) and destined for out-of-State points, excapting some carloads to WestFlorida. Several carloads of West Florida vegetables going out of State were not in-cluded. Watermelons originating West of the Suwannee River and going out of Statewere included in the estimates for period after May 31.
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OH<iOt^O<~llOt>^cOtOlOn't<aoOOOOOO' ' in N O O O) LO C, B N N <f « C1 «jt O O O O O O
as well as auction sales "of' citrus, should be ur:ed along with this page. Privatesales of tangerines averaged considerably higher than auction sales in the last f
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seasons. See pares UO-hl'for Citrus Price Analysis
The above marketing and transportation cost figures supplied by a largeshipping organization.These cost ligures are slightly lower than this uses;
See pages 3L-36 for Auction Cars and Price Aver .res - yearly comparison.
-;<• The Florida volumes of orar.~ nE, grapefruit and tangerines in this column are
intrastate movement for local consumption and -;re in fact packed in some type
of container. California markets in loose form 2,128,000 boxes of oranges,
and 10,000 boxes of grapefruit.(a) Abandoned production is the difference between the final production estimate
and the volume used on and sold from the farm. This is presumed to be market-
able fruit which could hot be sold for ono reason or another. It may have
gone to charity or otherwise eliminated. It does not include wind blown fruit,
drops, or frosted fruit which could not be used.
(b) The following are the estimated net weights per box for oranges: Florida,
Texas, Louisiana, 90 pounds; California and Arizona, 77 pounds, (c) For
grapefruit: Florida and Texas, 80 pounds; Arizona and California Desert
Valleys, 65 pounds; Other California, 68 pounds.
The Production and Utilization figures of the bureau of uricultural Economics wereused in the above tabulation for oranges, grapefruit r.nc\ tangerines. Some changes
were made in the arrangement and explanation of these fi • r s bo take a more compact
NOT^: Flue Cured Type Ko. lU is generally knora. as cigarShade Grown Type 62 is generally krtovm as Cigar 'TOPcan Gured Type 56 is generally Tknovm as- cigar fill
(Auction Volume and Value on next page.)
ai te tobacco.apper tobacco.er toba*-co.
FLOUDA Alir.TTQK fU>U,>',,
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(Flue Cured Tobacco - Type U4)
* U7
Revised figures of the Tobacco Branch, P.M.A., U.S. Department of Ar^riculture.
TVfi St Fi np-",iit . Si-.rap1«P0Q T ,h , 1+JJQO Su
58,9ii561 6^5
5i,8ioU7,3
'
5___
6,25
6,7235,7735.152
U,U6oU,0923,97Q3,756r.7?h
51, bill
1*6,117/i?,??h
SmokingTQh_.,cc;p
1,000 hb.
I62,63l4139,8ol163 '523106'UlUI0'.'5?fi
fini-P1
,000
1*3,17?111, 962U3.63U35,361^9. 167 ,.
TotalChewing,
Smoking, and____________
ut__. 1,01a. T.n,
327,082306,935330,502253,231
Compiled from annual and monthly reports of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue,except cigars and cigarettes for 19u7 which are estimates b.y the Tobacco Branch, PMA..No later information immediately available.
PEAMJTS : PRICE OF FAEIffiRS' STOCK TO GROWERS (x)
. SOUTHEASTERN SPANISHCents per "Pound"
Page U8
Crop Yr l/Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec-. Jan.' Feb. Mar. Anr. May June July Aur.
NOTE: Tfriere figure shows, for example, 10.5 i' it. ^.ns that the animal sold for 10.5^per pound or £10.50 per hundred lbs. * Ceilings went off about Oct. 15, 19U6.Much of this information furnished through cooperation of Production a MarketingAdministration, 213 Post Office Building, Thomasville , Georgia.
Perry Cameron Pkg Co, SanfordC. B. EilandH. A, Laws on3. L. SnyderJ. H. TurnerAndrews & WadeCrum Packing Co.
C. P. RussE» M. HawkinsT. J. Faulkner,Clyde Brogdom
Sr.
Sebring.Starke
St. AugustineArcadiaBonifayPlant CityPanama CityEast PalatkaPerryWewuhitchka
Livestock Auction Market s held
Gainc s\ il le "LIT " let , Gainesville. Man,
Tindel & Williams LS M.kt«Graceville, yon
Mont ic e 1 1 o LS Mkt Monticejl
o
,on
Sebring LS Mkt, Inc. Sebring WedHillsboro LS Com.Co.T; mpa on
State Farmers LS i'Jkt*. Arcadia TuesJacksonville LS Mkt, Inc. Jacksonville Tues
Hamilton Co.LS j kt, Jasper. Tues
State Farmers LS Mkt, Jay lues
Farmers 1 Produce . Mkt, Inc,Gain. >sville . Tues
Madison LS Mkt, Madison TuesW.Fla.LS Mkt. Marlanna Tues.Sumter Co.Farmers' Mkt Inc, Webstt.r Tues
Kissimpse LS Mkt, Inc. Rissimmeo WedSuwannee Co.LS Mkt, Live Oak WedG.L.Sar.p;>on ' Sons LS Aet.Kkt.Jtiajni WudGadsden Co.LS j-uct.Tki .Quincy > ModDavis £ Rucker LS Mkt f Chiefland MedState Farners'LS Mkt.DeFuniuk Spgs, ThursColumbia Oo,LS Met . Lake City Thurs
F.L. Mills LS Auct.lkt. Ocala ThursHardee' Co.LS Auet.Mkt. Wuuchula ThursAtlanta LS Com, Co. Chipley F'ri
State Farmers' LS Mkt.East Palatka, Fri
Okeechobee LS Mkt, Okeechobee Fri
Cooperative Sales
Calhoun e-c. Swine Shippers Assn.iilthaj MonGulf Co-op ,LS Com. Co, Rell(Munagor-Trenton)Gulf Co-op. I, S Com.Co. N:wberry(Mgr .- " )
IIol7r.es Co. LS Mkt, Bcnifay WedE. E. Mills, Williston TuesCash Daily Marke t
s
Frank S.Dermis.Tnc.POBox 5066,/o Jono s-Chambliss Co., Jacksonville*
Quincy LS Mkt .("Stoney" Edwards)Qaincy.Tod May, Jay.H. G. Neel.
Smith, Richards on '& Conroy.West Palm Beach,Escambia Sausage Co. PensacolaCarson A. Piatt FellsmereS.E.Register Meat Co. CottondaleTobias Sausage Co. ChipleyAND OTHERS.
Ore; nvood.All neat packing companies and practical-ly all abattoirs furnisri cash dailymarkets .
General Information on Live stock Location .
If one drew n line from Jacksonville to
Cedar Keys thru Gainesville, the answer is
72*5$ of cattle, "i 80^ of the hoge, 33M ofthe goats L kids, 30,5% of sheep 4 lambs,61.5>> of hor.see i colts, and 22.6/j of
mules & mule, colts (1945 Census) arc eastand southeast of this line .Daring the year1948, 35,78$ of the cattle were sold ofthe number on farms Jan.1st, 1948 ,A$out 70/s
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A - Abandoned because of poor market price at certain times during the season.NOTE: It is possible that the acreages for a few commodities here may be slightly
different from the acreages by counties shown on other pages. * This may be dueto slight revisions which are. being made at this season of the year.
FLORIDA
P.- 65ACREAGE, YIELD. PRODUCTION A ;D VALUE
rLOHTA T.r.TTJZZ?r£S KxS^LLA t
ir?TTTOlT3T%ttl9 seascj
Acrea'Tfd : : : : : asen :
: ftrcduetioni Aban- :PSPoduction:A I ' .alueYield: Total ; dored ^: of Value : Price :
(Packed Value per Acre Harvested $"LU0) $ 6,965,000
GRAND TOTAL 299 .It 50 : 23 5,550 : (Pa iked Value per Acre Harvested ; hll) 3117.1x10.000
A - Abandoned because of poor market price at certain times during the season.
TOTAL AC3E5. VALUE PER ACRE AM) TOTAL PACK5L VALTE Ii: 19b7-li'? SEAS-.
VegetablesMiscellaneous Fruits
Grand Total
VegetablesMiscellaneous Fruits
Grand Total
Acres Used
1ST, 52 55 0,^:0
2Ul,925,
Per Ac:
$1(20l ft 1
*h(Ai7 SEASON*
201,U5052.550
$ 80,21V ,0009,:oh, ooo
39,123,
$ 30,712,0009. 26.'. 000
$ "39 1'/2,-
The above officially reported acreage does net includi a large acreage of miscell-aneous vegetables such as radishes, broccoli, collar?.:-, tundps., ekra, be.:.;,' liraas,fieldpeas, etc.
?and it does not include avocados, lie .en, mangoes, guavas, etc., in miscell-
aneous fruits. Citrus acreage and value is covered els< this report.The above tabulation v/as prepared from data supplied by Mr. J. B. Ovens and Mr.
G. II. Rose, Agricultural Statisticians, U.S. Bureau'of Agricultural Economics, FederalBuilding, Orlando, Florida. They are the original source for official acreage andproduction estimates of ve -etables .and miscellaneous fruits in Florida.
If you have any questions on acreage, productioi ralues rrot shown in thisreport you may write d ire ctly to the above named statisticians. They have all of theofficial acreage data for Florida.
Frank H. Scruggs.(See pages 66-72 for acreage figures for other seasons).
Page 66AORF.AOF OF PR.TKOTPAL 7Tf)RT 0A TTUCK CROEO-^ SI^£QI£
'Limes L,600NOTE: 191*8-1*9 figures as of September 20 subject to revision.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Orlando, Florida.
Page 82FLORIDA VEGETA3LE, STRAWBERRY AND WATERMELON ACREAGE
BY COUNTIES AND SEASONS 191*6-1*7, 19l*74*S & 191*8-1*9.
Source: U. S. Agricultural Statisticians, Orlando, Florida.
ALACHUABeansLimasCabbageCelery-Corn, GreenCucumbersEggplantLettucePeas,EnglishPeppersPotatoesSquashTomatoesTotal Vegs.CantaloupesWatermelonsGrand Total
BAKERCorn,Green
BRADFORDBeansLimasCabbageCorn, GreenCucumbersPeppersPotatoesSquashTomatoesTotal Vegs.CantaloupesStrawberriesWatermelonsGrand Total
70U TO 320Watermelons - - - _ 50 50 - - -Grand Total TO 100 550" "750 ~ TO TO 375 ~ TOO TO 32TT
Note : * Pickles
FLORIDA VEGETABLE, STRAWBERRY Aifl)
Pa^e 85WATERMELON ACREAGE BY COUNTIES Ato SEASONS
HILLSBOROUGHBeansLimasCabbageCauliflowerCorn, GreenCucumbersEggplantEs caroleLettucePeas,EnglishPeppersPotatoesSquashTomatoesTotal Vegs.CantaloupesStrawberriesWatermelonsGrand Total
holi.esCucumbersPotatoesTotal Vegs.
Watermelons
INDIAN RIVERCucumbersEggplantPeppersSquashTomatoesTotal Vegs.
Watermelons
JACKSONCucumbersCantaloupesWatermelonsGrand Total
JEFFERSONBeansWatermelons
LAFAYETTEWatermelons
LAKEBeansCabbageCarrotsCeleryCorn, GreenCucumbersEggplantEs caroleLettucePeppersSquashTomatoesTotal Vegs.CantaloupesWatermelonsGrand Total
FaTT
150
27575
50350
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750 - 75o300 - " 300
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_:__.__ _EGG AND ?JJ~^ "
3 RGDUCT] K
5y F. W. Risher, Marketing Sp ry and Foultr; Prodi
Only a few years ago most people looked upon Florida as a v/hit< et,
and most commercial poultrymen kept White Leghorn hens. Th_ just pri •
V.orld Vfer Number Two, pcultrymen began to develop flocks of heavy breed 3
mostly of the New Hampshire breed. As a result dorisuwers began to find .: z
on the market that were of just as good quality as the nhite eggs froi : Lai
poultry farms. Today there are many more commercial brownwhite eggs.
POULTRY COOI-'EPaTIV-S TC _RADF., PACK AND I'k:-' E
There are four egg cooperatives operating very success_\illy at th snt
time; one of them operating in Duval County, one in Bristol, Florida,Liberty and Calhoun Counties; one in Orlando, covering the central part of th State;and one located in Hernando County. These associations have ail the modment found in commercial egg plants. The one at Bristol has a cooler wit] anholding capacity of 700 cases.
'.HCILER PRODUCTION INCREASING
Broiler production began in a* small way around cities where ther > a
ready market years ago. Recently arear of heavy production away from f iesbegan to develop in Lest Florida in Walton County, and in North Florida a:
Palatka. Today more fryers are produced by commercial plants than b '
fanners
.
LiiADING EGG PRODUCING COUNTIES 1913
RANK~r-2
3
k
countyHills boroPascoNassauDuval
RANK C01
y^ poik6 Jac ks on
7 i. rion8 Oran •
lzadzvz c c: :.;ercia., srciler cour
TURKEYS
RANK ______1 V/alton
2 Putnam
h I Isboro
DOCKS
A—=- —?6
i
8
;c o
1 Gilchrist2 Levy3 Suwannee
k Gadsden
geese
T67
3
Marl onAlachuaSumterT aW,_' i^t
1
2
3
uuvaiDadeJlillsboro
P_! CO
6
8
GUINEAS1
2
3
h
JacksonDuvali adisonPasco
1r
C
3
PolkJackson
.isboro
Gadsdeni
8
WHITESLC CATION OF LARGEST CO-^CIAI POULT":-; S T(