20th, dug our potatoes. Had about 40 bu. Pa plowed them out with the flying Dutchman & Frank, Charley, & I picked them up.
The Department of Agriculture defines a bushel of potatoes as 60 pounds, so the men harvest 2,400 pounds of potatoes that day. In 1900, retail potatoes sold for 1.4 cents a pound, so the Bench farm brought in $33.60. That $33.60 in 1900 has the purchasing power of $1,009.76 today.
