AN ECONOMIC STUDY OF THE PRODUCTION OF CANNING CROPS 21 



Manure 



Three-fourths of the land on which peas were grown in 1920 had been 

 manured during the years 1917 to 1920 (table 12). More manure had 



TABLE 12. MANURE APPLIED FROM 1917 TO 1920, TO LAND IN PEAS IN 1920 



been used in the Genesee and Steuben areas than in the other areas. In 

 these two sections the smallest quantity of fertilizer 'was used per acre. 

 The manure charged to peas was applied principally to the preceding 

 crop (table 13). Eighty- two per cent of the applications charged to the 

 pea crop were made directly to the peas or the preceding crop. 



TABLE 13. APPLICATIONS OF MANURE, BY YEARS, TO LAND IN PEAS IN 1920 



Lime 



Except in the Steuben area, lime had not been used extensively on land 

 on which peas were grown. Of 209 farms outside of that area, only n 

 had used lime during the years 1916 to 1920 on the land in peas in 1920. 

 In the Steuben area, 19 out of 53 farms had used lime during that period 

 on the land in peas in 1920. Except in this area the soils in the areas 

 studied are, in general, naturally well supplied with lime. 



Labor 



The rates for the various classes of labor that performed the work on 

 peas in 1920 varied somewhat (table 14). The rate at which the operators' 

 labor was charged was 9 cents higher per hour than the rate for hired 

 labor for the growing work, and 7 cents higher for the harvesting work. 



