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TABLE I 



Area, Total Yield and Dec. 1 Price per Bushel for Potatoes in New Hampshire, 

 and Dec. 1 Price per Bushel for U. S. from 1899 to 1928, Inclusive, (a) 



(a) Yearbooks U. S. D. A.— 1900-1927 



(b) Bureau of Statistics Bui. 62, U. S. D. A. 



year 1925 this is strikingly shown in Table III and Figure I.<i> 

 With a total production in the state of 1,595,000 bushels, 412 cars 

 represent one-fifth of New Hampshire's production. 



Studies were made of the cost of producing potatoes under the 

 various conditions that obtain near our large consuming markets, 

 and of the methods and practices that better enable our farmers 

 more nearly to meet local consumption demands. 



Definite information was obtained on quantitative units of 

 labor and materials, total cost, and the most profitable and econom- 

 ical methods of producing the potatoes required by our markets. 



