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70 sacks firsts 115 lbs. to sack at $1.30 per 100. $80.50 

 30 " seconds 120 lbs. to sack at $1 . 00 per 100 . 36 . 00 

 30 " cow feed or waste at 10 cents per 100. . 3.00 



$119.50 

 Profit $63.50 



The cost of producing one acre of potatoes on 

 the farm of W. Dennis & Sons, Kirton, Lincoln- 

 shire, England, is: 



Seed per acre 2,600 pounds $16.00 



Rent . 15.00 



Rate Tax (special Government income tax) . . 2.50 



Eight tons barnyard manure 13 , 75 



Commercial fertilizer (phosphate nitrate, potash) . 15 . 00 



Planting 1.25 



Cultivation 1.25 



Harvesting and marketing 15 . 00 



Plowing and preparation after planting . . . . 1 . 20 



Ridging and covering in 2.50 



Spraying 5.00 



Hauling 5.00 



Average cost $93.45 



Total average revenue $125.00 



Profit $ 31.55 



W. Dennis & Sons grow 3,000 acres annually 

 and these figures are an average for that acreage. 



Prof. L. A. Merrill of the Utah Agricultural Col- 

 lege reports that the cost of growing according to 

 Mr. W. F. Harper of Smithfield, Utah, is as follows : 



Plowing, harrowing and leveling the land . . . $5 . 00 



Fifteen loads of manure at 25 cents per load . . 3 . 75 



Hauling manure at 75 cents per load . . . . 11.25 



Seed 10.00 



Cutting and planting seed 9 . 00 



Cultivating, weeding and irrigating 5 . 00 



Picking and sacking 10.00 



Loading on car 4.50 



$ 59.00 



