32 BULLETIN 1188, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 36. — Disposition of potato crop (461 farms), 1919. 
State. 
Total 
crop, 
bushel 
per 
farm. 
Sold— 
Saved 
, for 
seed. 
Family 
use. 
Waste, 
fed, etc. 
County. 
In fall. 
From 
storage. 
Clav 
Minnesota... 
do 
5,104 
1,667 
1,230 
1,508 
1,127 
1,179 
1,581 
1,185 
10, 391 
Percent. 
58.3 
59.' 5 
51.8 
54.4 
40.6 
24.7 
25.4 
40.3 
Per cent. 
27.6 
16.7 
24.6 
35.9 
33.0 
45.6 
59.0 
57.2 
47.8 
Per cent. 
9.4 
10.0 
8.7 
8.3 
7.8 
10.0 
9.3 
11.6 
6.2 
Per cent. 
1.1 
2.6 
3.0 
2.2 
3.1 
2.4 
2.8 
3.6 
.5 
Per cent. 
3.6 
1 3 
Barron 
Wisconsin . . 
do 
4.2 
Waupaca 
1.8 
Montcalm 
Michigan 
do 
1.7 
Grand Traverse 
1.4 
Steuben 
New York. . 
do 
4.2 
2.2 
Maine 
5.2 
SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION OF OPERATIONS 
IN POTATO PRODUCTION 
MINNESOTA 
CLAY CO. 
MAR. 
APR. 
MAY 
JUNE 
JULY 
AUG. 
SEPT. 
OCT. | NOV. 
DEC. 
PLOW 
PLOW 
PLANT 
CULTIVATE 
SPRAY 
D]li . 
MINNESOTA 
ANOKA CO. 
PLOW 
PLOW 
PLAKT 
CULTIVA 
TE' 
SPRAY 
WISCONSIN 
WAUPACA CO. 
PLOW 
PLANT 
CUI 
.TIVATE 
SPRAY 
DIG 
MICHIGAN 
MONTCALM CO. 
PLOW 
PL, 
INT 
CU 
jTIVATE 
SPRAY 
DIG 
MICHIGAN 
GRAND TRAVERSE CO. 
PLOW 
PLANT 
DIG 
CULT 
EVATE 
SP 
RAY 
NEW YORK 
STEUBEN CO. 
PLOW 
DIG 
PLANT 
CULTIVATE 
SPRJ 
IY_ 
MAINE 
AROOSTOOK CO. 
PLOW 
PLOW 
PLANT 
CULTIVATE 
SPRAY 
DIG 
1 
Fig. 7.— May , June, July, and October are the busiest months in the northern potato areas. The sev- 
eral preharvest operations overlap to some extent from farm to farm as well as from season to 
season, and in Anoka County, Minn., digging the early potatoes may be in progress before the 
main crop is laid by. Fall plowing is practiced by some growers. 
Seasons for various operations.— The months in which the important 
operations in potato production are generally performed in the differ- 
ent regions are shown in Figure 7. Fall plowing was not generally 
