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(c) Potatoes 



Only one account of the cost of this important crop can 

 be given, namely, one for a Lincolnshire farm situated out- 

 side the great potato district of the Fens. The costs are 

 arrived at in the way already described, that is to say, the 

 crop is charged with all labour, manure, seed, rent and 

 rates, and share of general expenses. The last item is 

 included for the first time in a root crop, because the potato 

 is a marketable crop, and so the principle of excluding the 

 apportionment of any part of the cost of general expenses 



TABLg XVIII. Analysis of Cosr 



of Potato (?rop per Acn? 1917- IQlS 



fast Midlands I 



over produce grown and consumed on the holding (see 

 p. 54) does not apply. The labour items include the cost 

 of preparing for market and marketing, and the yield refers 

 only to marketable produce, the balance of small stuff 

 being treated as a by-product. 



(d) Barley 



Barley follows naturally after roots, and the cost of 

 this crop on three farms in barley-growing counties has been 

 analysed here for purposes of illustration. 



Manual and horse labour on the crops were recorded in 

 each case as already described. With regard to the manures, 

 nothing has been allowed to the crop for the unexhausted 



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