New Jersey for progressive farmers . ncreasing each year. The average productionper acre is from 80 to 90 barrels, or 220 to 245 bushels. The averagepotato farm in Monmouth County has 73 crop acres and a total farm areaof 98 acres. Other averages per farm, figured before 1914, show $17,673capital invested, receipts $4240, a farm income of $1801, and men re-quired. These values have materially increased since the war. This areahas level topography, good roads, convenient shipping stations and fine socialadvantages. The potato most commonly grown is the American Giant,which is hardy and scab
New Jersey for progressive farmers . ncreasing each year. The average productionper acre is from 80 to 90 barrels, or 220 to 245 bushels. The averagepotato farm in Monmouth County has 73 crop acres and a total farm areaof 98 acres. Other averages per farm, figured before 1914, show $17,673capital invested, receipts $4240, a farm income of $1801, and men re-quired. These values have materially increased since the war. This areahas level topography, good roads, convenient shipping stations and fine socialadvantages. The potato most commonly grown is the American Giant,which is hardy and scab resistant, and lends itself particularly well to localconditions. Section 2.—The Cumberland and Salem Area lies farther south, wherethe soil is slightly heavier than in Section 1. It is neither so large nor so in-tensive a potato center and the crop is produced more largely in farmers raise mostly round stock, such as Irish Cobbler and MillsPrize, together with late crop potatoes, such as Red Skins and so-called Pink. .1 i„,t„i, qi ready for the market. Tixenty-eight
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