18 BULLETIN 1188, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 13. — Cultural practices on 54 farms in Anoka County, Minn. — Potatoes, 1919. 
Operation. 
Farms. 
Acres . 
Num- 
ber. 
Per- 
cent- 
age 
of 
total. 
Covered. 
Per- 
cent- 
age 
of 
total 
Most 
com- 
mon 
crew. 
Rate per 
day (once 
over). 
Times 
over. 
Hours per 
acres. 
Man. 
Horse. 
Manure 
Green manure 
Appl v straw 
Plow' 
Plow, tractor 
Harrow: 
Spike 
Spring 
Disk 
Disk-tractor 
Mark off 
Sprouting seed 
Treating seed 
Cutting seed 
Planting: 
Drills 
By hand 
Cultivating: 
1 row, 2 horse 
1 row, 1 horse 
2 row, 3 horse 
Spike tooth 
Weeder 
Hoe 
Spray 
Digging: 
Machine 
Hand 
Tractor 
Pick up 
Sort and grade 
Haul to barn 
Haultomarket,3.7miles 
Haul to market , truck. 6.-1 miles . 
53 
98 
2 
4 
1 
2 
52 
96 
2 
4 
48 
89 
9 
17 
29 
54 
2 
4 
20 
37 
1 
2 
13 
24 
54 
100 
33 
61 
21 
39 
51 
94 
23 
43 
2 
4 
53 
98 
18 
33 
14 
26 
54 
100 
52 
96 
1 
2 
1 
2 
54 
100 
12 
22 
54 
100 
4'.! 
91 
5 
9 
7.5-1 
55 
20 
823 
47 
784 
126 
368.5 
37.5 
267.5 
10 
182.5 
870 
587.5 
2S2.5 
815 
343 
47 
850 
354 
193 
870 
S20 
8 
35 
863 
1 9. 176 
126,505 
170,482 
1 6. 685 
87 
39 
5 
98 
41 
22 
LOO 
95 
1 
4 
100 
10 
29 
78 
1-4 
1 
L-3 
1-3 
1-3 
1 
1-2 
1 
1 
1-2 
1 
1-2 
1-1 
L-3 
1-2 
1-2 
1 
1-2 
6 tons 
3. 3 acres... 
6. 5 acres... 
22.3 acres.. 
7. 3 acres... 
6. 9 acres... 
12.5 acres.. 
13. 5 acres.. 
50 bushels . 
% bushels. 
25 bushels . 
5. 2 acres... 
2.1 acres... 
5.9 acres... 
4.7 acres... 
11 acres 
21. 2 acres.. 
15.1 acres.. 
2.1 acres... 
16.6 acres.. 
1.0 
1.0 
4.6 
2.7 
5.5 
2. 2 
1.6 
1.0 
3.1 
13.5 
2.6 
5.0 
3.6 
1.6 
2.1 
2.5 
1.2 
1.3 
2.0 
1.5 
4.0 
2.1 
5.2 
3.8 acres 
.2 acre.. 
5 acres. . 
1.7 acres 
288 bushels 
448 bushels 
158 bushels 
151 bushels 
3.7 
40 
2.0 
15.6 
8.0 
3.5 
8.3 
9.1 
29.4 
10.0 
11.9 
2.5 
6.5 
7.8 
17.6 
6.2 
14.7 
3.0 
1.7 
11.5 
6.0 
15.8 
Bushels. 
