COSTS AND FARM PRACTICES IN PRODUCING POTATOES. 25 
Table 20. — Cultural practices on 58 farms, Aroostook County, Me. — Potatoes, 1919. 
Operation. 
Farms. 
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. 
Picking stones 14 
Manure 53 
Hauling fertilizer 57 
Applving fertilizer 57 
Plowing 54 
Plowing (tractor) 4 
Harrowing: 
Spring 51 
Spring, tractor 7 
Disk 32 
Disk, tractor 5 
Rolling 5 
Cutting seed 58 
Planting 58 
Cultivating: 
1 man, 2 horses 58 
1 man. 1 horse 10 
Spike tooth 1 
Hoeing <.. 41 
58 
58 
58 
57 
Spraving. 
Digging 
Picking up 
Hauling to barn 
Hauling to barn, tractor . . 
Sorting and grading 
Hauling to market 
Hauling to market, truck. 
100 
100 
100 
17 
2 
71 
100 
100 
100 
98 
2 
62 
459 
606 
1,621 
1,621 
1,478 
155 
1,183 
450 
596 
117 
90 
1,633 
1,633 
1,633 
287 
15 
1,015 
1,633 
1,633 
1,633 
2 92,676 
2 1,800 
2 54, 390 
2 142, 469 
2 3,600 
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28 
.36 
7 
6 
100 
100 
100 
18 
1 
62 
100 
100 
100 
56 
1 
33 
2-2 
2-2 
1-2 
1-2 
1 
1-2 
1 
1-2 
1 
1-2 
1 
2-2 
1-2 
1-1 
1 
1-2 
3 
1-2 
2 
1-2 
10 acres.. 
12.8 tons. 
7.8 acres. 
1.5 acres. 
5. 2 acres. 
8.8 acres.. 
19 acres. . 
7.6 acres.. 
15 acres. . 
17.8 acres. 
8.5bbls.. 
3.7 acres.. 
6.4 acres.. 
4.6 acres.. 
5 acres . . . 
2.3 acres.. 
11.9 acres. 
2 acres . . . 
1.3 acres.. 
240bbls.. 
98 barrels 
96bbls... 
240bbls.. 
1.0 
1.9 
2.5 
2.3 
1.3 
1.0 
7.8 
1.0 
1.0 
1.2 
4.5 
3.9 
14.1 
2.1 
C 1 ) 
7.1 
2.0 
2.3 
1.4 
3.1 
4.3 
13.3 
2.2 
2.0 
11.1 
4.2 
6.6 
23.0 
5.7 
( 3 ) 
21.7 
14.9 
2.3 
4.9 
18.0 
4.0 
14.3 
4.7 
"7." 5 
"i.*2 
'h'.b 
26.6 
2.2 
2.0 
7.7 
13.5 
11.3 
( 3 ) 
28.3 
1 Included in planting. 
2 Barrels. 
3 Contract. 
The differences in practices on individual farms affect the hours 
of labor used in raising the crop. Tables 21 to 34 show the range 
in hours per acre for the different operations, indicating the number 
of growers who fall above and below the average hours per acre 
devoted to the different operations in the areas. 
Table 21. — Range in man hours per acre — Potatoes, 1919 {manuring). 
2 hours 
or less. 
3 to 4 hours. 
5 to 6 hours. 
7 hours and over. 
Aver- 
County. 
Num- 
ber. 
Percent- 
age. 
Num- 
ber. 
Percent- 
age. 
Num- 
ber. 
Percent- 
age. 
Num- 
ber. 
Percent- 
age. 
age 
hours. 
Clay 
29 
I 
7 
13 
15 
6 
5 
3. 
70.7 
17.0 
14.3 
14.3 
27.1 
29.4 
12.2 
10.2 
58.5 
8 
13 
12 
23 
12 
20 
16 
5 
12 
19.5 
24.5 
28.6 
46.9 
25.0 
39.2 
32.7 
10.2 
22.6 
2 
14 
6 
11 
15 
10 
18 
22 
4 
4.9 
26.4 
14.3 
22.5 
31.2 
19.6 
36.7 
44.9 
7.6 
2 
17 
18 
8 
8 
6 
9 
17 
6 
4.9 
32.1 
42.8 
16.3 
16.7 
11.8 
18.4 
34.7 
11.3 
1.8 
6.0 
Barron 
5.8 
Waupaca 
4.5 
Montcalm 
5.1 
4. 1 
4.5 
6.3 
2.5 
