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The Potato 



Table XXXII. Cost of Hauling Potatoes from Most 

 Remote Farms to Shipping Points, as Repokted 



State ob Tekbitobt 



Maine . . . . 

 New Hampshire . 

 Vermont . . . 

 Massachusetts . 

 Rhode Island . . 

 Connecticut . . 

 New York . . . 

 New Jersey . . 

 Pennsylvania . . 

 Delaware . . . 

 Maryland . . . 

 Virginia . . . 

 West Virginia 

 North Carolina . 

 South Carolina . 

 Georgia .... 

 Florida .... 

 Ohio . . . . 

 Indiana . . . 

 Illinois . . . . 

 Michigan . . . 

 Wisconsin . . . 

 Minnesota . . . 

 Iowa .... 

 Missouri . . . 

 South Dakota 

 Nebraska . . . 

 Kansas .... 

 Kentucky . . . 

 Tennessee . . . 

 Alabama . . . 

 Mississippi . . 

 Louisiana . . . 

 Texas . . . . 

 Indian Territory . 



Miles to 



Sedcppino 



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 fob 



Round 



Tbip 



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 eeb 

 Load 



$3.50 

 4.00 

 3.50 

 4.75 

 1.50 

 4.00 



12.00 

 6.62 

 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 

 7.60 

 9.00 

 2.50 



16.00 

 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 



