203 



a crop may be made on the following figures, which are 

 representative of the cost of growing a full crop on a 

 medium loam, in moderate condition in respect to 

 cleanliness and fertility : 



s. d. 

 Autumn ploughing... ... ... ... ... 12 



Spring ploughing ... 080 



Spring stirring, scuffling, harrowing, etc. ... 010 

 Marking out for planting... ... ... ... 1 



Planting 076 



Manure .. ... 500 



Seed, at 3 per ton ... 1 16 



Harrowing, hoeing, horse-hoeing 10 



Moulding-up.. 030 



Spraying ... 14 



Digging and carting to station 1 10 



Kent 150 



12 16 6 



If the potatoes are not sold at once they require 

 pitting, and this, with covering, will cost as much as 

 is allowed for carting a short distance to the station. 

 By holding the potatoes through winter a considerable 

 increase in the cost is added. The cost of pit work is 

 governed very much by the condition in which the 

 potatoes are at the time they are pitted. If they go in 

 sound and dry the expenses will be light, but if there 

 is much disease, many of them malformed, grub-eaten, 

 or injured in digging, the cost of sorting them is very 

 considerable. If they are in pretty good condition it 

 will take one man to fill the sieves, one man and two or 

 three boys picking out inferior stuff, and one man 

 putting up, weighing, and uncovering pits. According 

 to the condition, from five to ten tons may be put up in 



