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The greater part of the manure was applied directly to the tomato 

 crop or to the preceding crop (table 49). If the charge for manure had 

 been calculated by charging to tomatoes 50 per cent of the^manure applied 

 to this land in 1920, 30 per cent of the manure applied in 1919, and 20 

 per cent of the manure applied in 1918, 3.4 tons per acre instead of 3 

 tons would have been charged to the crop. 



TABLE 49. APPLICATIONS OF MANURE, BY YEARS, TO LAND IN TOMATOES IN 1920 



Lime 



Lime had been used on the land in tomatoes in 1920 on 4 farms in the 

 Orleans area, i in the Niagara area, and 3 in the Chautauqua area, during 

 the years 1916 to 1920. The average yield on these 8 farms was 8.6 

 tons per acre, while the average yield on all farms was 8.7 tons per acre. 

 The cost of lime charged to the crop is included under miscellaneous 

 expenses in the summary of costs. 



Labor 



The average rates per hour at which the various classes of labor were 

 charged are given in table 50. The rates for family labor were similar 

 in the different areas, but the rates for hired labor were considerably lower 

 in the Chautauqua area. 



TABLE 50. RATES PER HOUR FOR DIFFERENT CLASSES OF LABOR ON TOMATOES, 



133 FARMS, 1920 



