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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1968
Page
4
Harrisburg report says fries outsold baked potatoes as Farm Show draws over 100000 visitors. Owen Barkley, Pennsylvania Potato Growers Association manager, cites younger crowd preference. Booth sold about 8000 cups of fries and nearly as many baked potatoes on a good day.
Receipts for the Chicago market were 19 100 this week vs 22 100 prior week and 21 000 year ago. Slaughter steers ranged from 1100 to 1400 pounds with yield grades 3 to 4 and prices from 25 50 to 28 75. Slaughter heifers included prime loads 920 to 1025 pounds with yield grades 3 and prices around 26 75. Cows utility and commercial 1450 to 1650 pounds and bulls 2000 to 2300 pounds.
Farmers from Schuylkill County supplied eight ounce potatoes featured at the show where potato booths sold baked spuds. The items were hand scrubbed for clean skins and the crop changes each year to a different state section.
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