Cost of Growing Potatoes 289 



Average cost of plowing $1.20 



Harrowing 54 



Seed 7.25 



Planting 1.35 



Cultivating 1.66 



Digging and marketing 8.85 



Wear and tear of tools and rental of land or 



interest on its value 4.42 



Total cost per acre, or 122 bushels . 5»25.27 



Averages of other items, gathered from those furnish- 

 ing the forty foregoing reports, are as follows : 



Average number of years each of the forty reporters has 



raised potatoes in Kansas 18 



Average number of acres raised by each annually ... 26 



Average quantity of seed planted per acre (bushels) . . 9 



Average yield per acre (bushels) 122 



Average value of potato land per acre $60 



Statements of ten of the growers reporting who are 

 most extensively producing potatoes for commercial 

 purposes, in the-Kaw Valley, average as here shown : 



Average cost of plowing $1.45 



Harrowing .51 



Seed 8.05 



Planting .65 



Cultivating 1.46 



Digging and marketing 11.00 



Wear and tear of tools and rental of land or 



interest on its value 6.85 



Total cost per acre, or 154 bushels . $29.97 



Average number of years each of these ten reporters has 



raised potatoes in Kansas 18.0 



Average number of acres raised by each annually . . 80.0 



Average quantity of seed planted per acre (bushels) . 10.4 



Average yield per acre (bushels) 153.7 



Average value of potato land per acre $105.00 



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