16 
BULLETIN 1000, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
New York districts. The rest of the late-producing areas applied no 
fertilizer whatever. 
In the majority of these districts man labor and horse labor, 
manure, seed, and fertilizer constituted 72 per cent or more of the 
total cost of producing potatoes exclusive of land rent. These 
results have been computed on the basis of normal yield. 
Table 8. — Potatoes: Labor and material requirements per acre (918 records), 1912-13. 
Region. 
Num- 
ber of 
rec- 
ords 
Nor- 
mal 
yield 
per 
acre. 
Man labor. 
Horse labor. 
Prior 
to har- 
vest. 
Har- 
Prior 
Total. ! to har- 
vest. 
Har- 
Total. 
Seed. 
Ma- 
nure. 
Per 
cent of 
i opera- 
Ferti-jting ex- 
lizer. pense a 
' covered 
j by fore- 
going. 
Early* 
Florida 
Texas 
South Carolina. 
Midsummer: 
Virginia- 
Norfolk 
Eastern 
shore 
New Jersey- 
Southern. . . 
Central 
Long Island — 
Late: 
Maine— 
Aroostook 
County . . 
Southern. . . 
New York — 
Northern... 1 
Western — i 
Southern... 
Michigan- 
Southeast- 
ern 
Traverse 
Bay 
Southwest- 
ern 
Wisconsin- 
Central 
Southern.. 
Iowa- 
Eastern... 
Grundy 
County . 
Minnesota- 
Eastern... 
Clay Coun- 
ty 
Colorado — 
Greeley... 
Mont rose 
County . 
Washington- 
Eastern... 
Yakima... 
Bush. 
122 
87 
146 
142 
139 
173 
245 
167 
254 
259 
211 
151 
135 
Hrs. Hrs. 
44 ! 60 
23 24 
68 48 
22 
174 
19 
151 
46 
116 
25 
122 
44 
217 
19 
258 
25 
21 
145 
311 
Irs. 
104 
47 
116 
Hrs. 
62 
41 
54 
89 
47 
82 
60 
70 
67 
75 
43 
54 
48 
95 
105 
70 
71 
119 
83 
92 
69 
59 
50 
82 
48 
102 
40 
78 
38 
60 
82 
31 
44 
69 
52 
53 
49 
66 
38 
5S 
41 
73 
67 
93 
71 
54 
128 
36 
49 
Hrs. 
18 
12 
12 
Hrs. 
104 
115 
39 j 108 
33 i 92 
31 81 
Bush . 
13.2 
11.4 
14.3 
11.7 
10.0 
10.8 
13.1 
12.0 
13.8 
14.2 
12.6 
11.8 
9.4 
Loads. 
Lbs. 
1,920 
Per ct. 
4.7 
3.4 
2.1 
1.9S0 
1,840 
1,300 
1,680 
1,500 
1,840 
2.2 1.840 ! 
7.0 
15.1 
14.7 
16.6 
7.4 
12.2 
11.3 
16.2 
7.3 
14.4 
•i. t 
5.5 
5.3 
4.2 
4.7 
3.6 
4.2 
2.6 
3.3 
4.5 
1.8 
3.1 
1.8 
2.2 
4.5 
1.3 
3.4 
1,8UU 
260 
120 
160 
« Excluding interest on land. 
An enterprise survey was made in nine Northern potato-growing 
districts during the year 1920. Four himdred and sixty-one growers 
were interviewed and records were obtained for the following potato 
acreages: Minnesota, 3,428; Wisconsin, 995; Michigan, 1,005; New 
York, 1,100; and Maine, 1,633— total, 8,161 acres. 1 
1 The requirements which are given in Table 9 were prepared by W. C Funk, of the Office of Farm Man- 
agement and Farm Economics, TJ. S. Department of Agriculture. 
