soon as possible, protecting them from the cold winds, or by choosing tiny pieces of land naturally protected or better exposed. The difference in price between the earliest and the later potatoes being immense, the greatest efforts are made to obtain an early crop.
The decline of prices per ton is best seen from the following prices in 1910:
| Week ending | Quantities exported. | Prices. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tons. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Total | 57,890 | £381,373 | ||
| April 2-30 | 210 | 30 | 11 | 0 |
| May 7 | 600 | 18 | 12 | 8 |
| ” 14 | 1,250 | 15 | 12 | 0 |
| ” 21 | 2,000 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| ” 28 | 5,500 | 10 | 3 | 8 |
| June 4 | 7,825 | 8 | 13 | 4 |
| ” 11 | 9,200 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| ” 18 | 13,000 | 4 | 17 | 6 |
| ” 25 | 9,650 | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| July 2 | 6,600 | 3 | 13 | 8 |
| ” 9 | 1,900 | 2 | 18 | 6 |
| ” 16 | 145 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| ” 23 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 0 |