150 THE POTATO 



with cut seed. They are planted thirteen inches 

 apart in rows thirty-six inches wide. 



Seed stock is graded by numbers according to 

 the diameter. For instance. No. 2 seed weighs 

 about ten ounces, and No. 7 is about one inch in 

 diameter. 



The per acre cost of production is about as 

 follows : 



Rent of land $25.00 



1,400 pounds of seed 21 . 00 



Seed bed preparation 8 . 00 



No spraying is required 



Cultivation five times 3 . 50 



Digging 14.40 



Sacks 14.40 



Storage 6.00 



$92.30 



The yields run from 200 to 400 bushels, with an 

 average of about 245 bushels per acre. 



Potatoes usually bring about $1 per hundred or 

 60 cents a bushel. 



A yield of 9 tons (18,000 pounds or 300 bushels) 

 at $20 a ton ($1 per hundred) would bring $180. 



This would make: 



Returns from crop $180.00 



Cost of producing 92 . 30 



Net profit $ 87.70 



In the Hastings district in Florida, F. E. Bugbee 

 gives the following cost and revenue for an acre 

 of potatoes: 



"Where the common methods described above 

 are used, the figures are about as follows: 



