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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 33f 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 County, 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. 



' For beetles only. 



