Report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, Ithaca, and of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station Volume 32, pt. 1 New York State Agriculture

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ... under whose direction this investigation was conducted, and to Professor K. C. Livermore, for many valuable suggestions and criticisms. The data were collected by a field party consisting of E. V. Hardenburg, W. M. Peacock, M. F. Abell, R. H. Cross, and the writer. The investigation was made possible by the willing cooperation of the many New York farmers who furnished the data. (533) stantly taking place in American agriculture. Since 1896 the wholesale price of potatoes in comparison with the average wholesale price of five important farm crops and five important animal products has been relatively lower than for the twenty years preceding that date (fig. 77). This reduction in relative price has made potatoes a less desirable crop in New FlO. 77. AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES IN CITIES FOR FIVE IMPORTANT FARM CROPS AND FIVE IMPORTANT ANIMAL PRODUCTS, AND FOR POTATOES The average for seventy-three years (from 1840 to 1912) equalH 100 per cent. The price of potatoes in relation to the average prices of ten farm products has been lower since 1896 than for the twenty years preceding that date York. Consequently potato production is shifting to sections more favorable to the industry, and New York farmers are replacing potatoes with more profitable crops. However, New York will always be a great potatogrowing State, owing to its nearness to centers of dense population and to the lack of a more profitable competing crop in many of its potatogrowing sections. Scope Of The Work Purpose This investigation was conducted for the purpose of obtaining more definite and accurate knowledge of the cost of growing potatoes, and in order to study the factors influencing their profitable production. Methods The data for the investigation were collected by two methods, survey a... Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, Ithaca, and of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station Volume 32, pt. 1 (New York State Agriculture)