CONTENTS 
History of the investigation________... .- Lo e- 
Description of sugar-beet crop and cultural operations employed in its pro- 
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Relation of sugar-beet crop to beet-sugar indust- 
Method of investigation_________._ 
Representativeness of the investigation. _ 
Explanation of terms used in tables and elsewhere ia vuls reporv_.. 
Reservations by Commissioner Costigan. _____ 
Appendix—Schedule used in the investigatioLn 
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Scope and representativeness of the investigation: 
1. Scope of the investigation, 1922____________ _ em 
~ Comparison of farms investigated in 1922 with the country 
as a whole in 1919 as regards the acreage of sugar beets 
harvested per farm. _______ mm i mmm———— 
3. Relation of acreage of sugar beets harvested per farm to 
costs per acre and per ton____ —— 
Comparison of farms investigated in the var:-us otates with the 
country as a whole as regards— 
t. Yields of sugar beets per acre. 
5. Sugar content of sugar beets. _ 
6. Sugar extracted per ton of beet 
7. Sugar content not extracted. _.__. ; 
II. Costs of production and returns to growers, United States by 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___.__. __ 
[II. Costs of production and returns to growers, California, by areas: 
11. Per acre and per ton of sugar beets harvested. ____________ 
IV. Analysis of the average costs of production of sugar beets—Sum- 
mary for the nine States investigated and for California, by areas: 
12. Per acre of sugar beets harvested___ 
>. Per ton of sugar beets harvested_. 
~ Percentage distribution of costs_______ 
15. Relation of yield to costs of production. _. Bom 
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— 
16. Exclusive of capital charges._. 
17. Inclusive of capital charges__ 
Combination of the data for the thre 
California— 
18. Exclusive of capital charges__ 
19. Inclusive of capital charges____. . 
Data for each of the three areas investigated in California— 
20. Salinas, exclusive of capital charges - 
21. Salinas, inclusive of capital charges. 
22. Oxnard, exclusive of capital charges . 
23. Oxnard, inclusive of capital charges __ 
24. Santa Ana, exclusive of capital charges 
25. Santa Ana, inclusive of capital charges 
VI. Labor costs, California, by areas: 
26. Labor cost rates per hour. __. 
27. Hours of direct labor per acre. ___. 
28. Hours of direct and indirect labor per acre 
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