292 The Potato 



Place — Maine. 



Authority — Bulletin of the Maine Department of 

 Agriculture, March, 1914. 



Average cost of one acre of potatoes from records of 

 ten potato growers in different localities in the state : — 



Cost of plowing $2.85 



Harrowing four times 4.00 



Fertilizer 36.00 



Applying 2.00 



Seed, 13 bushels at 80 cents 10.40 



Cutting seed 1.75 



Planting 4.00 



Cultivating four times 4.00 



Hoeing three times 3.00 



Spraying five times at $1.15 5.75 



Harvest 14.00 



$87.75 



Place — Maine. 



Authority — Cleveland, E. L., Aroostook County, 

 Maine. 



Commercial fertilizer 1500 to 2000 pounds . $28.50 to $35 



Preparing ground for seed 3.00 



Seed, 600 pounds 7.00 



Planting 2.50 



Cultivation 3.50 



Gathering or harvesting 7.50 



Preparing for market .50 



Wear and tear on implements .50 



Rent of land (tenant farmer pays) .... 10.00 to 20 



Bordeaux mixture 4.00 



Paris green .50 



Haiding to market 3.50 



Average yield of product per acre .... 220 bushels 



Average value of product per acre .... $88.00 



Average size of fields 15 acres 



Average value per acre of land growing such 



crops $75.00to$100 



Profit per acre 17.00 



