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that the American farmer does not know his 

 business, for "made in Germany' ' was once the 

 slogan of constructive ability. 

 Here are some of the figures taken from New 



York farms : 



Potatoes Oats Hay 



Rent of land $4.42 $4.09 $3.78 



Cost of man, horse 



and equipment labor 42.19 11.15 4.49 



Other costs 22.00 6.28 3.44 



Total costs $68.61 $21.52 $11.71 



The use of the land is about one-sixteenth the 

 cost of growing potatoes. It is less than one- 

 fifth the cost of the oat crop and a third that of 

 the cost of a hay crop. If the farmer troubles 

 himself about the cost of the land for the potato 

 crop he may overlook some other figures. 



A man cannot plant more than an acre a day 

 by hand, but a man, a team, and a $50.00 ma- 

 chine can plant five acres in a day. A man can- 

 not dig an acre of potatoes in less than six days, 

 and he will be mighty tired at the end of the 

 sixth day even at that. But a man, a four- 



