CONTENTS

Types of farming on farms investigated, by States—Continued.
58. Number per farm of various kinds of livestoek____._______
69. Tenure of farms__ ________ -
70. Tenure of sugar-beet land__.
71. Abandoned beet acreage___.______. Cl.
liscellaneous tables giving the replies of the farmers to some genaral
 questions concerning the sugar-beet industry:
Farmers’ replies to questions concerning—
Effect of existence of local sugar factory upon the value of —
72. Farm land in general._.
73. Sugar-beet land___ __ _________________________
74. Land used for crops that compete with sugar
beets ______ . _____ Lo e____
75. Comparison of the estimated value of land used for the
production of sugar beets with the estimated value of
land used for crops that compete with sugar beets______
76. Effect upon land values if beet-sugar factories were removed
from the locality __ __ ___ _ _________ o_o ____..
Farmers’ replies to questions concerning the extension and
limitation of the sugar-beet acreage on the farms investizgated—

77. Potential sugar-beet land_________. mee
78. Factors limiting the extension of sugar-beet land____._
79. Effect of crop of sugar beets on other subsequent
CTOPS oo oe.
80. Crops that compete most with sugar beet __ _______
81. Farmers’ estimates of the profitableness of sugar beets
as compared with other crops _

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ILLUSTRATIONS

Fig.
I. Map of the United States, showing the location of the beet-sugar factories
 in relation to mean summer temperatures. _ .______________
2. Map of the United States, showing location of areas in which the farm
costs of producing sugar beets were investigated. ________________
Cumulation of production at increasing costs per ton of sugar beets,
United States, 1922; combination of 22 areas investigated-3.
 Exclusive of capital charges. __
t. Inclusive of capital charges.

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TWO CHARTS FOR EACH STATE

5. Michigan, exclusive of capital charges
6. Michigan, inclusive of capital charges.
7. Ohio, exclusive of capital charges__
8. Ohio, inclusive of capital charges_____
9. Nebraska, exclusive of capital charges.
10. Nebraska, inclusive of capital charges
L1. Colorado, exclusive of capital charges
12. Colorado, inclusive of capital charges
(3. Utah, exclusive of capital charges. ___
14. Utah, inclusive of capital charges. .
15. Idaho, exclusive of capital charges. _
16. Idaho, inclusive of capital charges. _.
17. Wyoming, exclusive of capital charges.
18. Wyoming, inclusive of capital charges
19. Montana, exclusive of capital charges
20. Montana, inclusive of capital charges.
21. California, exclusive of capital charges
22. California, inclusive of capital charges.

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