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returns from competing crops, the price necessary to maintain production 

 of any crop could be ascertained with a fair degree of accuracy. The return 

 per hour of human labor on the crop under consideration is probably the 

 best measure of whether a price is adequate to maintain production. 

 This should be equal to the returns from competing crops that fit in equally 

 well with the system of farming. The return per hour should be based 

 on the average yield and price over a series of years on the farms under 

 consideration. In any particular year the crop may return either more 

 or less per hour than the average. 



PEAS FOR THE CANNING FACTORY 



Peas for canning are grown chiefly in the States bordering the Great 

 Lakes, where the climate is cool. Wisconsin and New York are the 

 two leading States. The area in which peas are canned in New York 

 extends from Oneida County, in the central part of the State, across the 

 northwestern part to Lake Erie and the Niagara River. Peas are grown 



FlG. I. LOCATION OF FACTORIES CANNING PEAS IN 

 NEW YORK STATE 



Each dot represents the location of a factory where peas are 

 packed, as reported in the Canners' Directory for 1920 



in many localities distributed thruout this section of the State, as is shown 

 m %ure i In most of the localities where peas are grown there is a 

 considerable area of fairly deep, well-drained soil, usually well supplied 

 with lime. 



