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bushel yield a net profit of $26.66 per acre. Two hun- 

 dred and seventy-five bushels per acre grown at a cost of 

 $60 per acre and sold at 33^ cents per bushel yield a 

 net profit of $31.66 per acre. The second profit is $5 

 more per acre than the first. 



"A farmer in Van Buren Count}', Michigan, states 

 that his potato crop, mostly marketed in the fall, sold at 

 an average price of 44 cents a bushel for a period of ten 

 years. At the latter price the more expensive method of 

 culture would yield a profit of $61 per acre, against 

 $40 from the cheaper method. Furthermore, some of 

 the leading potato dealers of the North have stated em- 

 phatically that a better quality of potatoes is normally 

 obtained with large yields than with small." 



Place — Maine and Wisconsin. Dodge says the Wis- 

 consin figures will represent the expense put into grow- 

 ing the crop in most localities where potato growing is 

 carried on, on a less expensive and thoroughgoing basis. 



Authority — Dodge, L. G., Farmers' Bui. 465. 



1 For beetles only. 



