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TABLE 34. PROPORTION OF PEAS PRODUCED ON FARMS GROWING DIFFERENT 



ACREAGES, 262 FARMS, 1920 



the growers raised about 30 per cent of the total crop. The acres grown 

 per farm did not affect the cost per acre before harvest (table 35). How- 

 ever, the cost of harvesting was considerably less on farms growing larger 

 acreages. This was in spite of the fact that these farms had higher yields 

 than the farms in the other groups. Part of this lower cost is due to the 

 larger acreages grown on farms nearer to the viner. The better yield per 

 acre secured on the farms growing the larger acreages was probably one 

 of the chief reasons why peas were so extensively grown. 



TABLE 35. RELATION BETWEEN ACRES OF PEAS PER FARM AND COST OF 

 PRODUCTION, 262 FARMS, 1920 



Distance to viner 



Nearly one-fourth of the peas were grown on farms that were less than 

 one mile from the viner, and only a little over one-fourth on farms three 

 miles or more from the viner (table 36). The ratio between the weight 

 of shelled peas and the weight of peas and vines as they are hauled in 

 to be threshed varies with the variety and the yield per acre. In 1920, 

 with a good yield of peas, the weight of shelled peas was from 15 to 20 

 per cent of the weight of peas and vines. A ton of peas and vines would 

 be worth $16 if shelled peas were worth 4 cents a pound and the yield of 

 shelled peas were 20 per cent of the weight of peas and vines. A crop 

 that is worth no more than this per ton is too bulky to be hauled far in 

 a busy season. The tendency therefore is to produce peas close to the 



