CONTENTS 
History of the investigation_______  _ _ 
Description of sugar-beet crop and cultural oper: " 
duction__..____ ._ me. 
Relation of sugar-beet crop to beet-sugar industry__________. 
Method of investigation_ _ 
Representativeness of the investigation. mee 
Kixplanation of terms used in tables and elsewhere in this repor: 
Reservations by Commissioner Costigan. _ 
Appendix—Schedule used in the investigation. 
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TABLES AND CHARTS 
[.' Scope and representativeness of the investigation: 
i. Scope of the investigation, 1922_____________. se 
2. Comparison of farms investigated in 1922 with the country 
as a whole in 1919 as regards the acreage of sugar beets 
harvested per farm_________ mmc mmmmama 
Relation of acreage of sugar beets harvested per farm to 
costs peracreand perton._.______.___. | _________ 
Comparison of farms investigated in the various States with the 
country as a whole as regards— 
t. Yields of sugar beets per acre. 
5. Sugar content of sugar beets. _ 
5. Sugar extracted per ton of beet. 
7. Sugar content not extracted____ mmm - 
production and returns to growers, United States, oy 
II. Costs of 
States: 
8. Per acre of sugar beets harvested. . 
9. Per ton of sugar beets harvested. _ — 
10. Per pound of sugar extracted from the sugar beets...  _ 
III. Costs of production and returns to growers, Colorado, by areas: 
I1. Per acre of sugar beets harvested._ . -- 
12. Per ton of sugar beets harvested __. i 
13. Per pound of sugar extracted from the sugar veers__. ___ 
[V. Analysis of the average costs of production of sugar ‘eets—Sum- 
mary for the nine States investigated and for Colorado. bv areas: 
4. Cost per acre of sugar beets harvested 
. Cost per ton of sugar beets harvested _ 
. Percentage distribution of costs_ _ ____ 
+4. Relation of yield to costs of production.____. imeem 
Cumulation, at increasing costs of production per ton of sugar beets, 
of producing farms, and of acres and tons of sugar beets har- 
vested, 1922: 
Combination of the data for the 22 areas investigated in the 
United States— 
18. Exclusive of capital charges. _ - 
19. Inclusive of capital charges. . ee 
Combination of the data for the five areas investigated in 
Colorado— 
20. Exclusive of capital charges 
21. Inclusive of capital charges. 
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