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was produced at or below a cost of from $21 to $22 a ton. This tonnage 

 was grown by 61 per cent of the producers on 64 per cent of the acreage. 



TABLE 58. RANGE OF COSTS OF PRODUCING TOMATOES ON 133 FARMS IN 1920 



LABOR REQUIREMENTS 



The time required to perform the various operations on the tomato 

 crop is shown in table 59. The hours given are not the average time for 



TABLE 59. AVERAGE HOURS PER ACRE REQUIRED TO PERFORM VARIOUS OPERATIONS 

 ON THE TOMATO CROP ON 133 FARMS GROWING 602.2 ACRES IN 1920 



