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COST OF PRODUCI?'JG POTATOES 



Value of Land- 



f^^^ - - - 400,00 per acre 



J;°^ ■- 100.00 



"^"^1 — 250.00 



Cost of the Crop- 

 Preparing land and planting- 

 Plowing and preparing land 5.00 •• (Coast 



Section' 

 Plowing for planting 1.50 " (Delta 



section 



Seed ( 02.00 per sack) _ 12.00 " 



Preparing seed- cutting 1.00 " 



Preparing seed- disinfecting .35 



Planting (.5 acres per day) .90 



Growing the Crop- 

 Cultivating - 1,00 



Hoeing 1,00 



Irrigation .._ 6.00 



II 



II 



+. 



II 



Harves 



Digging (machine) 1,50 



Picking up and sacking (after mchine) !o6 per cwt. 



Digging, picking up and sacking (by hand) 



(10- 200) - ,15 per sack 



ff-^^^ ; - - .10 per sack 



Hauling off ( 5 miles) 1,00 per ton 



Covering sacks (on levee or in field) 1.00 " 



Hauling to levee (Delta) *50 " 



Taxes and Insurance- 

 Average land 2.00 per acre 



Good land 3 qq „ 



Market Value of Yield- 



^^^^ - $2.50 (Ists) per cwb, 



1.75 (2nds) 



Low-- ,t- fi^. \ ,, 



,g5 (ists) " 



.50 (2nds) 



A^^^'^g^ - 1.00 (Ists) ■• 



_ .. .55 (2nds) " 



Culls _^5 ^ „ 



