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The Potato 



Place — New York. 



Authority — Results of a survey by the Department 

 of Farm Management, New York State College of Agri- 

 culture. 



Cost of Growing Potatoes 



Cost of Growing per Acre 



Amount 



Amount 



Seed .... 

 Fertilizer . . . 

 Manure . . . 

 Spray materials 

 Man labor . . 

 Horse labor . 

 Equipment 

 Use of land at 6 per cent 

 Use of buildings at 8 per 



cent 



Interest at 5 per cent . 

 All other costs .... 

 Total cost .... 



Cost of marketing per 

 bushel 



Cost Df growing per bushel 



Cost of growing and mar- 

 keting per bushel . . 



Profit per acre .... 



Profit per bushel . . . 



Profit per man, hour . . 



10 bu. 

 412 lb. 



77.7 hr. 

 77.4 hr. 



$7.67 



5.17 



6.14 



.83 



13.30 



10.66 



3.58 



4.53 



1.27 



.63 



12.6 bu. 



431 lb. 

 2.06 tons 



81.2 hr. 

 72.4 hr. 



$53.74 



.12 

 .52 



.63 



7.38 



.07 



.08 



$8.03 



5.72 



4.64 



.80 



15.57 



12.41 



3.71 



5.18 



1.09 



.88 

 .04 



$58.07 



.05 

 .38 



.43 



16.03 



.10 



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