AN ECONOMIC STUDY OF THE PRODUCTION OF CANNING CROPS 13 



Cost data on the crop were obtained by both the account and survey 

 methods. The location of the four areas in which surveys were made 

 is shown in figure 2. The number of farms on which cost figures on peas 

 were obtained by each method is shown in table 3. 



FlG. 2. LOCATION OF AREAS IN WHICH STUDIES WERE 

 MADE ON THE COST OF PRODUCING PEAS 



TABLE 3. FARMS ON WHICH COST FIGURES ON PEAS WERE OBTAINED IN 1920 



AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS IN THE AREAS STUDIED 



Orleans area 



The principal factory in Orleans County was located at Albion and 

 was operated by the New York Canners, Inc. Peas were raised for this 

 factory over the greater part of central Orleans County. The peas were 



