CHAPTER XV 

 COST OF GROWING POTATOES 



The cost of growing potatoes is very variable, depend- 

 ing upon many factors. The cost not only varies among 

 different sections of the country, but among farmers in 

 the same section. The price of land, use of machinery, 

 amount of spraying and extensiveness of operations are 

 only a few of the factors which determine the cost. When 

 figures are compared from many areas, however, a con- 

 siderable uniformity is found to exist. 



Costs are given in the following pages from widely 

 separated areas. They will give the reader a fairly 

 accurate idea of the average expense involved in growing 

 an acre of potatoes in different regions. 



Place — Twin Falls County, Idaho. 



Authority — Grubb and Guilford, "The Potato." 



Detailed cost of producing a 150-bushel crop as fol- 

 lows : — 



Plowing $3.00 



Harrowing .75 



Floating 1.00 



Seed, average planting 700 pounds at 2 cents 14.00 



Planting 2.50 



Irrigating first year 5.00 



Cultivating three times at 50 cents .... 1.50 



Digging 1.50 



Picking — 150 bushels at 4 cents .... 6.00 



Sacks — 75 at 7 cents 5.25 



Hauling to pit 2.00 



Total .S44.00 



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