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the highest average yield per acre. The larger acreages were probably 

 grown on land better adapted to tomatoes, and perhaps better methods 

 of production were followed. The man and horse hours per acre growing 

 the crop, and the cost of harvesting a ton, decreased as the acreage in- 

 creased. The difference in the hours per ton harvesting did not account 

 for all the difference in cost. A larger proportion of the picking on the 

 smaller acreages was done by family labor, which was charged at a higher 

 rate than hired labor. 



Distance to receiving point 



A considerable proportion of the tomatoes were produced on farms 

 that had to haul the tomatoes four miles or more (table 71). 



TABLE 71. PROPORTION OF TOMATOES PRODUCED AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES FROM 

 THE RECEIVING POINT, 133 FARMS, 1920 



The expense for hauling increased with the distance (table 72). The 

 land charge decreased. The decrease in the charge for use of land on the 

 most distant group of farms was equal to the increased cost of hauling 

 about 6.5 tons. 



TABLE 72. RELATION BETWEEN DISTANCE TO RECEIVING POINT, COST OF HAULING 

 TOMATOES, AND CHARGE FOR USE OF LAND, 133 FARMS, 1920 



COMPARISON OF DATA OBTAINED BY THE ACCOUNTING AND SURVEY 



METHODS 



The costs per acre are given in detail in table 73 for the farms on which 

 accounts were kept and those on which data were obtained by the survey 

 method. Higher yields were obtained on the farms in the former group. 

 The hours of labor per acre for growing were lower on the farms which 



