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Table XXXII. Cost of Hattling Potatoes from Most 

 Remote Farms to Shipping Points, as Reported 



State or Territory 



Maine .... 

 New Hampshire . 

 Vermont . . . 

 Massachusetts 

 Rhode Island . . 

 Connecticut . . 

 New York . . . 

 New Jersey . . 

 Pennsylvania . . 

 Delaware . . . 

 Maryland . . . 

 Virginia 

 West Virginia 

 North Carolina . 

 South Carohna . 

 Georgia .... 

 Florida .... 

 Ohio .... 

 Indiana . . . 

 Illinois .... 

 Michigan . . . 

 Wisconsin . . . 

 Minnesota . . . 

 Iowa .... 

 Missouri . . . 

 South Dakota 

 Nebraska . . . 

 Kansas .... 

 Kentucky . '. . 

 Tennessee . . . 

 Alabama . . . 

 Mississippi . . 

 Louisiana . . . 

 Texas .... 

 Indian Territory . 



Miles to 



Shipping 



Point 



16.0 

 13.0 

 15.0 

 19.0 

 10.0 

 15.0 

 25.0 

 15.0 

 16.0 

 15.0 

 12.0 

 46.0 

 40.0 

 50.0 

 15.0 

 30.0 

 24.0 

 30.0 

 15.0 

 24.0 

 30.0 

 30.0 

 30.0 

 13.0 

 20.0 

 30.0 

 37.5 

 9.5 

 37.5 

 35.0 

 37.5 

 30.0 

 25.0 

 46.0 

 15.0 



Days for 



Round 



Trip 



1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 



.5 

 1.0 

 3.0 

 1.5 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 5.0 

 4.0 

 4.0 

 1.5 

 2.5 

 2.0 

 2.0 

 2.0 

 1.5 

 2.0 

 2.0 

 2.0 

 1.0 

 2.0 

 3.0 

 3.0 

 1.0 

 5.0 

 3.0 

 4.0 

 2.5 

 3.0 

 4.0 



.5 



Pounds 



in One 



Load 



1600 

 2000 

 3000 

 3500 

 1500 

 2000 

 3000 

 3500 

 3500 

 1500 

 4000 

 3000 

 3500 

 1600 

 1600 

 2000 

 1500 

 2000 

 3250 

 3500 

 3500 

 2500 

 3000 

 2000 

 1500 

 3000 

 4000 

 3000 

 1800 

 1500 

 1200 

 1500 

 900 

 3000 

 2000 



Cost per 

 Load 



$3.50 

 4.00 

 3.50 

 4.75 

 1.50 

 4.00 



12.00 

 5.62 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 5.00 



20.00 

 8.00 



11.00 

 3.75 

 5.00 

 5.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 7.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 7.50 

 9.00 

 2.50 



15.00 

 8.25 



10.00 

 6.88 



12.00 

 7.52 



13.75 



Cost per 



100 



Pounds 



$0.22 

 .20 

 .12 

 .14 

 .10 

 .20 

 .40 

 .16 

 .11 

 .27 

 .12 

 .67 

 .23 

 .69 

 .23 

 .25 

 .33 

 .40 

 .18 

 .17 

 .17 

 .24 

 .23 

 .15 

 .20 

 .25 

 .22 

 .08 

 .83 

 .55 

 .83 

 .46 

 1.33 

 .25 

 .69 



