ANALYSIS OF THE AVERAGE COSTS OF PRODUCTION OF SUGAR BEETS
SUMMARY FOR THE UNITED STATES AND FOR THE NINE STATES INVESTIGATED
TABLE 17.—Analysis of the weighted average costs of production of sugar beets
SUMMARY FOR THE UNITED STATES AND COMPARISON BY STATES, 1921, 1922, AND 1923
[Per acre of sugar beets harvested]

Amount by which
the average returns
 to growers
exceed the average
 costs of production
 of sugar
beets

Capital charges!

Aver-La
 Equip- Gross Net Net | ige retor
 Com ment, i costs, Allow-BSE
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stor! Seed | cial | direct] depre- | ga- | Taxes | B07 OX0/ indie clud- (Bes or | made for
of | ferti- P° [costs ciation, tion | oats | copiial capital Inter-| 1D |ihosale land land
sper-| lizar and ost: 20D a oot at [capital dO 708 Star | rental
ation | shelter charges charges | or Ichargesi °) 2088 land inter- (0d inter:
Land 0 est on | est at 6
charges| “oo | ther cap Per cent.
othe ital em- | 08 Other
A ital loved | capital
cap] Fore, employed
boot pro. | 11 Sugarduction
 | beet production


State and year

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Tnited States:
3-year average... 37 [$23.02 [$12.58 11.43 3.39
19° ooeen) 0.05 24.08 | 11.07 | 1.62 | 4.03,
1 emceee-n-| 16.51 | 20.25 | 12.97 | 1.32 ' 3.19
I areconmed] 1049 | 23.971 14.17: 1.8 1 2°
lichigan: |
year average... 14.04 1 22.82 | 13.25 | 2.20 [3.00 | 2." | 4.2
1921 ooooeeeo| 13.92 124.05 | 11.32 1 2.20 [3.071 2.72 | 420] opp
1922 oeeuveon.| 13.41 | 10.05 | 13.41 2.20 12.33 | 1.17 422 oul =°3 pon;
1923 TTT 114.68 | 24.051 15.76 1 2220 | 2.33 | 2.58 | 4.32 | .521 2.96 |...___

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NOTES

{a) See pages 33 to 38 for explanation of cost items.
(b) These data are weighted on the basis of the acreage harvested. In ascertaining the State average for each of the three years, the averages for the individual areas were
veighted on the basis of the harvested acreage investigated in these areas. To obtain the three-year average for each State, the State data for each of the years 1921-23 were weighted
n the basis of the total acreage harvested in the State in each year, respectively. In obtaining the average for the United States, the State data for the nine States investigated
were weighted on the basis of the total acreage harvested in each State, respectively. 3
@Q The Wk Seiums to growers per acre of sugar beets harvested shown in this table were obtained by multiplying the prices per ton shown in Table 15 hv the yields per
were shown in Table 10.
(d) A minus sign (—) preceding a figure indicates that costs exceed returns by that amount.

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