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The Potato 



Place — New York (St. Lawrence County). 



Authority — Circular of Information of the New York 

 State School of Agriculture at St. Lawrence University, 

 April, 19n. 



The detailed cost of growing an acre of early potatoes 

 for the years 1909 and 1910 was as follows : — 



Eakly Potatoes 



Cost per Acre 



1909 



1910 



Yield (large), 192.22 bushels at 62 cents 

 Yield (small), 26.65 bushels at 20 cents 

 Yield (large), 122.15 bushels at $.477 . 

 Yield (small), 22^ bushels at 20 cents . 



Plowing 



Harrowing 



Planting 



Cultivating 



Hoeing 



Spraying 



Digging and delivering 



Fertilizer, 2000 pounds 



Fertilizer, 1899 pounds 



Seed, 18i bushels at $1.18 



Seed, 17i bushels at $ .40 



Paris green 



Total cost per acre 



Profit per acre 



Loss per acre 



[19.18 

 5.33 



$95.29 

 29.22 



58.27 

 4.50 



$71.97 

 9.21 



"The soil upon which the main crop of late potatoes 

 was grown is a sandy loam. The field had no clover 

 sod, indeed, no sod of any sort except the quack-grass and 

 weeds. A higher cost for chemicals was necessary to 

 make good this deficiency. Three and one-third acres 

 of the field contained quack-grass and foul seeds. This 



