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EARLE V. HARDENBURG 



at a minimum of 5 acres, tho a very few records were taken on farms 

 having a production area of only 4 acres. The reason for the establish- 

 ment of this minimum limit lies in the assumption that growers of acreages 

 smaller than 5 are probably not growing potatoes in a manner comparable 

 to the average of the region. The data on cost of production, tho obtained 

 at the same time and indicated on the survey blank, are not a part of this 

 study. The subject of cost has been studied by Fox (1919), formerly of 

 the Department of Farm Management at Cornell University. 



DESCRIPTION OF REGIONS SURVEYED 



For a better understanding of the environmental conditions under 

 which the potato crop was produced, a brief description of climate, soil, 

 topography, elevation, length of growing season, market facilities, type 

 of farming, land values, and status of potato production, is given for each 

 of the four regions surveyed. Unfortunately, of the regions concerned, 

 only Monroe and Clinton Counties have been soil-surveyed by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture. More detailed knowledge as to these 

 environmental influences may be obtained from figures 126 to 129. 



FlG. 126. ELEVATIONS OF THE REGIONS SURVEYED 



