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BULLETIN 412 



TABLE 65. AVERAGE COST OF PRODUCING AN ACRE OF TOMATOES ON FARMS WITH 

 DIFFERENT YIELDS PER ACRE, 1920 



* The estimated tonnage per acre not harvested for the three groups was as follows: with yield less than 

 8 tons, 3.2 tons; with yield from 8 to II tons, 2.2 tons; with yield over n tons, 2.5 tons. 



The average land cost per acre was lower in the highest-yielding group 

 than in the other two groups. A large proportion of the farms in this 

 group were located in the Orleans and Niagara areas (table 66), where 

 the land had a lower value per acre than in the Chautauqua area. Land 

 values are based, not on superiority for producing tomatoes alone, but on 

 advantages for producing a variety of crops. The advantage of a par- 

 ticular location for tomatoes will vary from year to year. When the 

 delivery of the crop was cut down in 1920, the growers on the lighter 



