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COSTS OF PRODUCING SUGAR BEETS 
Table 13 compares the sugar beets produced in the reépre- 
sentative areas in the various States and in the country as a whole 
as regards sugar content not extracted. The averages indicate that 
for the three years the sugar content not extracted was smaller in the 
representative areas than in the total area planted to beets in the 9 
States investigated or in the 17 sugar-beet producing States. 
TasLB 13.—Comparison of the sugar beets investigated with all sugar beets pro- 
duced in the various States and in the country as & whole, as regards sugar con- 
tent not extracted 
SUMMARY FOR UNITED STATES AND ANALYSIS BY STATES, 1921, 1922, 
AND 1923 
Ares and year 
United States: 
All States and all beets— 
© ovReT Average... 
Averages for States investi- 
gated— 
3-year average. .___...__.. 
I i ciimnnnmmmmmin ns 
10, Pe seem 
1923. 
Michigan: 
3-year average. .....-.--.. 
AE Nm nmmmmmm rw 
3922. nnmmmmmn ms 
1923._. ee 
Ohio: 
3-vear AVerage....cce-- 
1¢ «.. 
1922... 
1923 
Nebraska: 
3-year 
AVOragO. occocee-. 
i 
i 
1&7 
Sugar content that 
was not extracted 
Average 
for all 
arms and 
all beets 
(taken 
rom the 
1923 
Yearbook 
of the 
Depart- 
ment of 
Agricul- 
ure and 
supple- 
mental 
data in 
he files 
of that 
iepart- 
ment) 
Average 
for the 
farms and 
beets in- 
vestigated 
Pounds 
per ton 
32.7% 
a2 
12 
55. 4 
Pounds 
ner ton 
51.1 
52.5 
46. 8 
52.7 
48, 2 
50.8 
45.1 
47.6 
54.3 
563. 5 
52.7 
56. 4 
55.0 
48.8 
54.2 
63.6 
ar 
J 
50.9 
60.0 
Ares and year 
Colorado: 
3-year average. ._..._.._... 
1920... 
1922 ieee 
1922 dmemeceaa 
Utah: 
3-year average... oc cc... 
Een I. 
IED mn © = i na 
1¢ .- 
Idaho: 
3-year AVerage._......---_- 
17. rmmemac———- 
: 3 _. emma 
Wyoming: 
3-year IVErage. conunrnnnnn 
17 
Montane 
T.yes  vyeraee. Ca 
| 223... 
Sugar content that 
was not extracted 
Average 
for all 
arms and! 
all beets 
(taken 
rom the 
1923 
Yearbook| Average 
of the for the 
Depart- farms and 
ment of beets in- 
Agricul- | vesti- 
Jare and | gated 
supple- 
mental 
data in 
he files 
of that 
depart- 
ment) 
Pounds 
per ton 
50.4 
54.5 
43.0 | 
50. 9 
Pounds 
per ton 
43.2 
53.1 
37.7 
35.7 
60. 8 
61.4 
61.1 
59.9 
32.5 
37.4 
19.6 
35.8 
62.7 
77.9 
67.8 
51.7 
57.8 
59.9 
54.1 
58.3 
49.1 
50. 4 
40. 2 
R3.1 
vi. 4 
72.3 
58.0 
57 6 
48.0 
48.0 
49. 5 
38.7 
52.7 
25.9 
30.1 
22.0 
21.0 
21. % 
NOTE.—The sugar extraction from beet roots depends upon the sugar content, the coefficient of purity, 
the degree of ripeness of the beets when harvested, the general condition of the beets when sliced, the extrac- 
tion and refining processes used, and the effifency of the mills. . 
Averages were all obtained by weighting with the total tons of beets produced in each State, respectively. 
These data were obtained from Tables 12 and 13 and are the differences between the sugar content and 
the sugar extracted per ton of sugar beets.