May, 1929] Potato Production Costs in New Hampshire 



TABLE II 

 Total Area and Production per Acre and per Thousand of Population by Coun- 

 ties for 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1925. (a) 



(a) U. S. Census 1900, 1910, 1920, 1925. 



Method 



The data for the study were collected by a survey of nearly 200 

 farms in 1926 and 1927 and from detailed labor records of twelve 

 farms. An attempt was made to visit all so-called commercial grow- 

 ers raising two acres or more. About 10 per cent, of the potatoes 

 raised in the state are represented. 



For certain of the data the state was divided for study into 

 two sections. Coos and Grafton Counties represented the surplus 



