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greater with this crop than with most other 

 crops save those grown in greenhouses. The 

 cost of producing this class of potatoes is high 

 but as a rule the returns are satisfactory but 

 not greater than for many other vegetables. 

 The net return from this crop, considering the 

 labor and expense involved, should be greater 

 than it is. Such crops should pay at least one 

 hundred per cent, over cost of production, but 

 the potato by no means averages such a re- 

 turn. 



