A study, by the crop survey method, of factors influencing the yield of potatoes ...

Abstract

at a minimum of 5 acres, tho a very few records were taken on farms having a production area of only 4 acres. The reason for the establishment of this minimum limit lies in the assumption that growers of acreages smaller than 5 are probably not growing potatoes in a manner comparable to the average of the region. The data on cost of production, tho obtained at the same time and indicated on the survey blank, are not a part of this study. The subject of cost has been studied by Fox (1919), formerly of the Department of Farm Management at Cornell Universit3D ESCRIPTION OF REGIONS SURVEYED For a better understanding of the environmental conditions under which the potato crop was produced, a brief description of climate, soil, topography, elevation, length of growing season, market facilities, type of farming, land values, and status of potato production, is given for each of the four regions surveyed. Unfortunately, of the regions concerned, only Monroe and Clinton Counties have been soil-surveyed by the United States Department of Agriculture. More detailed knowledge as to these environmental influences may be obtained from figures 126 to 129. Fig. 126. elevations of the regions surveyed A Study of Factors Influencing the Yield of Potatoes 1149 LONG ISLAND Most of the potato crop in Suffolk County is grown east of Riverhead on both the north and the south shores of Long Island. The Long Island Railroad furnishes the transportation facilities for practically all of the surplus crop of this region.

Factors Influencing the Growth and Yield of Potatoes in Florida

“…HARDENBURG (3) Comparison of mean monthly temperature and rainfall prevailing at Hastings during the growing seasons of 1927-28 and 1929-30. The former was characterized by large and the latter by small yields.…”

“…The weather conditions obtaining during February of these years were not essentially different, but the wide divergences for the other months, especially that of March, should be noted. 3 It was impractical to plant on exactly the same date each year but the variation was not more than three days, so that the nearest average date of planting is shown in the tables and graphs. 4 Early commercial plantings in the same fields with the experimental plots produced good yields.…”