THE POTATO 147 



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

 30 seconds 120 Ibs. 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 . 

 Fifteen loads of manure at 25 cents per load . 

 Hauling manure at 75 cents per load .... 



Seed 



Cutting and planting seed 



Cultivating, weeding and irrigating 



Picking and sacking 



Loading on car 



