298 The Potato 



Other survey results 



In a survey of the incomes of 178 New York farms, 

 Burritt ^ obtained some interesting figures which show 

 comparisons of certain kinds of farms. Unfortunately 

 the number of potato farms in the survey was very small 

 and may not mean very much, but the tables give a 

 suggestive comparison. He says: "All farms were di- 

 vided into two classes. Mixed or general farms are those 

 on which no one source of income constitutes 40 per cent 

 of the total income. Special farms are those deriving 

 40 per cent or more of their income from one special 

 crop or industry. This latter class was further divided 

 into dairy, fruit, potato and truck farms." 



The seasonal distribution of man and horse labor is 

 one of the factors which determine the feasibility of 

 growing potatoes along with other crops, and represents 

 no small measure of profitableness when considered in 

 the whole farm scheme. The figures 28 and 29 (page 295) 

 are used by Warren to represent the distribution of 

 horse and man labor respectively, on 11 acres of potatoes. 

 Black is work fixed as to time, white is plowing and 

 marketing. 



> Bui. 271, Agri. Expt. Sta., Cornell University. 



