. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. May, 1929] Potato Production Costs in New Hampshire 27 TOTAL HOURS HAN U80R APRIL to 10 MAY 10 20 JUNE 10 10 JULY 10 20 AUGUST SEPTEnBER (XTOBER 10 20 10 20 10 10 NOVEHBER 10 20. Figure 2—The distribution of labor on potatoes by 10-day periods on 12 farms raising 57 acres of potatoes. premium are planting and harvesting. Whatever changes could be made at these periods would permit of changes in farm organiza- tion. On the 12 farms on which labor is illustrated in Figure 2, prep- aration of the ground took hours for plowing and hours for harrowi
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. May, 1929] Potato Production Costs in New Hampshire 27 TOTAL HOURS HAN U80R APRIL to 10 MAY 10 20 JUNE 10 10 JULY 10 20 AUGUST SEPTEnBER (XTOBER 10 20 10 20 10 10 NOVEHBER 10 20. Figure 2—The distribution of labor on potatoes by 10-day periods on 12 farms raising 57 acres of potatoes. premium are planting and harvesting. Whatever changes could be made at these periods would permit of changes in farm organiza- tion. On the 12 farms on which labor is illustrated in Figure 2, prep- aration of the ground took hours for plowing and hours for harrowing. Cutting seed required hours per acre, and planting hours. The latter includes hauling, sorting and treat- ing seed, hauling fertilizer, and marking and other operations in hand planting. Cultivating required hours, including recov- ering through all the cultural operations to hilling. Spraying time was much less; only hours per acre were used. Digging, picking up and hauling to storage required hours. This distribution of labor fitted in with the main dairy enter- prise on most of the farms. Potato planting just preceded corn planting. In those sections where corn w^as raised, land was pre- pared and planted while the potato crop was germinating. The harvesting of the potato crop followed silo filling on those farms where silage corn was raised. If, however, hand digging was necessary, any considerable area in potatoes would upset the farm organization. Since so much of the profit on the farm is the pay the operator gets for his labor it would seem advisable to adjust one's organi- zation so that advantage may be taken of the opportunity that ma- chinery offers to obtain a higher wage. If we can raise five acres of potatoes with no greater total labor than is required for acres and do it at no greater cost per acre or per bushel, we receive a larger return for our time and the energy expended is Please note that these images are extracted
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