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this is doubtless the relative cheapness with which manure and fertilizer 

 can be handled by the growers nearest the villages. The increased yield 

 of the higher-priced land may be due in part to this increase in the value 

 of manure and fertilizer used. Land values decrease as the distance from 

 the post office increases, in Steuben County. Distance, in fact, may 

 largely determine the valuation of potato land. 



In Monroe County, as in Steuben County; the yields increased with the 

 increase in land values (table 11), the yield increase being accompanied by, 



TABLE 11. 



RELATION OF VALUE OP LAND TO YIELD ON 297 MONROE COUNTY FARMS IN 

 1913 



TABLE 12. RELATION OP VALUE OP LAND TO YIELD ON 303 FRANKLIN AND CLINTON 



COUNTY FARMS IN 1913 



