combination with fewer acres planted implies that the agricultural
resurgence of the 1970s contains a shift away from the production
of traditional vegetables for sale and perhaps a renewed emphasis
on growing for home consumption. In point of fact, this conten-
tion is supported by the strong increase in the number of farms
producing exclusively for home consumption, i.e. from 103 in
1970 to 202 in 1978. This represents ajump within the short space
of eight years from 46% to 53% of the total farms in the Territory.

 The time series data in Table 4 for fruit/nut production dis-


 play trends similar to vegetable behavior with some variation. On
 the one hand, there are definite declines in the number of farms
 and quantity harvested before 1970 followed by sharp increases
 in farm growers after that date combined with reduced production
 in half of the categories selected. To illustrate, for every one of the
 nine crops, the number of farms in 1978 was more than double
 the 1970 level. In fact, in seven of nine cases farm numbers in 1978
 exceeded levels achieved as far back as 1950; and in the other two
 cases (avocados and bananas), they were only a fraction (3%) less.
 In four of the selected crops, output increased approximately


ABLE 3


PATTERNS OF VEGETABLE PRODUCTION, 1950-1978


1960


14
 4


 23
 4


 10
 2


 26
 4


 26
 4


 33
 5


1964


 3
 1


 14
 1


 14
 17


 20
 2


 22
 7


 23
 7


1970


 1
 1


 9
 3


 9
 13


 11
 2


 10
 7


 14
 9


1975


10
 2


 14
 2


 14
 2


 32
 5


 27
 4


 34
 5


(Z) Indicates less than half a unit reported.


1950


Cabbage
 No. Farms
 Acres

Carrots
 No. Farms
 Acres

Cucumbers
 No. Farms
 Acres

Eggplant
 No. Farms
 Acres

 Okra
 No. Farms
 Acres

 Peppers
 No. Farms
 Acres

 Squash
 No. Farms
 Acres
 Tomatoes
 No. Farms
 Acres


1978


12
 3


 13
 1


 19
 5


 38
 5'


 34
 8


 43
 4


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