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YIELDS AND PRICES 
From 1,500 to 2,500 pounds of shelled peas per acre are often 
obtained from canning peas. As much as two tons have been ob- 
tained under very favorable conditions. The market garden aver- 
ages about 75 to 150 bushels per acre of unshelled peas according 
to the method of planting and the variety. In the home garden a 
row about 100 feet long would give three to five bushels of pods. 
Of course, this will vary with the variety and other conditions. 
Canneries pay from two to two and one-half cents a pound for 
shelled peas. Lately there has been a system of paying intro- 
duced into some canneries where peas containing no hard or ex- 
tremely large sorts bring as high as three cents a pound. The 
peas grade from this down to as low as one and one-half cents a 
pound, this price being paid for peas containing hard seeds and 
varying sizes. In the market garden three dollars or a little 
more per bushel is sometimes received, and the price soon drops 
to as low as fifty cents a bushel or less. The earlier and larger 
the pods, the higher the price. 
COST OF PRODUCTION 
As a general rule, the cost of producing an acre of canning 
peas varies from thirty to forty-five dollars. That includes all 
the work connected with the crop. In the market garden, the 
cost of this crop varies from forty to seventy-five dollars, accord- 
ing to the methods of planting and the yield. The profits from a 
canning crop are generally very limited. In many localities in 
New York State there is a dead loss instead of profit. If a man 
is able to obtain a profit of fifteen to twenty-five dollars per acre, 
he should be satisfied. In the market garden, from seventy-five to 
one hundred dollars profit is received at times. A man re 
ceiving fifty to seventy-five dollars for the crop and following on 
the same land with another vegetable in the same season should be 
satisfied. 
INSECTS 
Pea weevil.— The pea weevil is one of the most common in- 
sects. This is a beetle of brownish gray color having two black 
dots near the anal part of the body. Its head is bent under the 
