Seedtime and harvest : a graphic summary of seasonal work on farm crops . begins in soutliern Florida fromJanuary to March, in the Hastings. Fla., disti-ict usually about April 11, and by May 1has reachf-d (haileston, S. C. It is in progress in the Norfolk, Va., district usually byJune 1. and l>egins on Long Island about July 1. Since Charleston is located nearerthe northei-n markets and has cheaper transportation rat«>s than Hastings, whtui ship-ments begin from Chai-leston those from Hastings dwindle rapidly, and likewise whenthe Norfolk shipments begin the Charleston season soon ends.
Seedtime and harvest : a graphic summary of seasonal work on farm crops . begins in soutliern Florida fromJanuary to March, in the Hastings. Fla., disti-ict usually about April 11, and by May 1has reachf-d (haileston, S. C. It is in progress in the Norfolk, Va., district usually byJune 1. and l>egins on Long Island about July 1. Since Charleston is located nearerthe northei-n markets and has cheaper transportation rat«>s than Hastings, whtui ship-ments begin from Chai-leston those from Hastings dwindle rapidly, and likewise whenthe Norfolk shipments begin the Charleston season soon ends. On Long Island, if pricesare high, the crop is dug during July and sold as early potatoes, but if prices are lowthe potatoes are not dug until fall. The average amount of labor requirtnl to producean acre of early potatoes in the Hastings, Fla., district is about 11.) of manlabor and 66 hours of horse labor. Of this amount 70 hours of man labor and 12hours of horse labor per acre, according to the records, were require<l in digging. 42 Seedtime and Fig, 54.—The late potato crop constitutes probably 95 per cent of the total potatoproduction of the United States. In practically all the large producing centers, exceptthose in California, this crop is planted between April 1 and June 11. In AroostookCounty, Me., planting is general usually about May 15, in western New York May 21 toJune 1, in Michigan and central Wisconsin June 1 to 11, in the Minnesota and Coloradodistricts about May 15, but in the Stockton, Calif., district planting extends from Marchuntil July 1, while digging takes place from June 1 until February 15. In this regionthere is little seasonal change in temperature and the dates of planting and digging de-pend more on the market price than upon weather conditions. In the Maine, New York,Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota districts, on the other hand, the necessity of dig-ging the crop before the ground freezes limits to a period of a few wee
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