. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. FACTORS AFFECTING RETURNS FROM POTATOES 89 Figure 10. Distribution of Man Labor per Acre by Half-Months for 8 Acres of Cobblers on Farm 44 in Seekonk, 1926. Hours 20. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Cobblers in Seekonk are planted in April and nearly all harvested by September 1. Table 9.—Materials Used per Acre of Potatoes, Seekonk Area, 1926. Acres Yield Lead Farm per per Seed Fertilizer Manure Bord eaux Arsenate Number Farm Acre Bu. Lbs. Tons L bs. Lbs. 48 70 800
. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. FACTORS AFFECTING RETURNS FROM POTATOES 89 Figure 10. Distribution of Man Labor per Acre by Half-Months for 8 Acres of Cobblers on Farm 44 in Seekonk, 1926. Hours 20. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Cobblers in Seekonk are planted in April and nearly all harvested by September 1. Table 9.—Materials Used per Acre of Potatoes, Seekonk Area, 1926. Acres Yield Lead Farm per per Seed Fertilizer Manure Bord eaux Arsenate Number Farm Acre Bu. Lbs. Tons L bs. Lbs. 48 70 800 51 129 2121 53 145 2000 46 183 4000 55 56 42 193 2000 49 206 2000 . . .c 54 220 1600 43 247 3000 47 253 2800 50 254 2500 35 7 44 276 2500 52 311 2000 45 314 1428 Averagesi; 218/ 2389 35 7 a Abnormal, not included in the average. b Dust, not included in average. c Hired spraying, amount not given. d Commercial mixture, not included in average. e Averages for acres on which applied. f Cobblers, bu. per acre; Green Mountains, bu. per Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Amherst, : Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, 1907-1974
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