198 THE POTATO. 



WORK PRICES. 



Cutting tubers for seed, per cwt., 2d. and 3d. 



Planting in ploughed furrows by dibble, per acre, 6s. 

 (Labour: Man dibbling, woman dropping seed and boy 

 covering in, 1 acre per day.) 



Hoeing, per acre, 3s. 6d. to 6s. 



Earthing up, by hand, per acre, 6s. 



Earthing up, by horse, by acre (2J acres per day), 4s. 6d. 



Digging, by fork and sorting (early crops), per ton, 8s. 



Ditto (late crops), 6s. 8d. 



Lifting by machine digger (4 acres per day, with 12 

 pickers), per day, 10s. 



CECIL H. HOOPER. 



POTATO MEASURES. 



LOAD. A northern measure weighing 18 stones, or 2 

 cwt. 28 lb., used in the Sheffield and Manchester markets. 



HALF LOAD. Ditto, weighing 9 stones, or 1 cwt. 14 lb. 



POT. A Worcestershire measure weighing 80 lb., used 

 in the Birmingham market. 



STONE. Weight, 14 lb. 



HUNDREDWEIGHT. Clean, 112 lb. ; uncleaned, 120 lb. 



TON. 20 cwt. ; 2,240 lb. ; 49 bushels. 



BARREL. Weight 200 lb. 



SACK (London). 168 lb. 



STRIKE (Nottingham measure). 84 lb. 



BAG.^112 lb. 



YIELD PER ACRE. 



The average yield per statute acre is 6 to 12 tons. Some 

 varieties, like Evergood, have yielded over 18 tons; Nor- 

 thern Stars, 13 to 20 tons; Eecorder, 12 to 13 tons; Up-to- 

 Date, 22 tons, and Dalmeny Beauty, 24 tons, per acre. 



MISCELLANEOUS DATA. 

 A peck of potatoes weighs 20 lb. 

 Potato seeds take 16 to 24 days to germinate. 

 Number of seeds in a potato berry, 200 to 300. 

 Early potatoes take 10 to 12 weeks from date of plant- 

 ing to arrive at maturity; late crops 18 to 24 weeks. 



