FACTORS AFFECTING RETURNS FROM POTATOES 



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Operations After Planting. 



Rolling was not practiced. A plank drag was used on several farms. A 

 few applied additional fertilizer after planting. The weeder was used from 

 1 to 4 times before cultivating. 



Six was the most common number of cultivations given, although there 

 were as many as 14. Both one and two-horse cultivators were used. The 

 last cultivation was frequently a hilling operation for which a two-horse 

 ridger was employed. Much time was spent in hand hoeing and pulling weeds. 



Table 6. — Potatoes: Acres per Farm, Yield per Acre and Man Hours per Acre. 



a Smoothing Harrow. 



