COSTS OF PRODUCING SUGAR BEETS 77

TasLE 45.— Percentage of acreage of sugar beets that was worked by the various
kinds of hand labor (contract, family, hired help and grower’s labor) on sugar-beet
farms 1nvestigated

SUMMARY FOR THE UNITED STATES AND ANALYSIS BY STATES, 1922

Percentage of the various kinds of hand labor that was done by the
different kinds of labor

United States 4

Michigan... .__.
Ohio ___..
Nebraska_.
{"olorado. __
Ctah__._.
[daho.____.
Wyoming. .
Montana__..
{"alifornia. ooo eee.

Contract labor t

3lockng
 and
Jhinning


Hoeing


Pullng
 and
topping


‘er cent
9 4

Per cent.
77.3

Per cent
a |

82. &
11

31. 9
ang

Family labor ?

Blockng
 andl
thinning


Hoeing


Pulling
 and
topping


Per ceni
13 5

er cent | Per cen
16. 2 “1

“0
Fad

12.0
&.5
Ek

Hired help and
erower’s labor 2

Blockng
 and
thinning


Hoeing


Pullng
 and
topping


Yor fe.
1

Per cent! Per cent
6.5 4.8

5.7
“4
y

6.5
4.3
2.0
2.5
4.5
v3
2

A

}

I Hired on an acre basis.
! Performed by members of the grower’s family (other than the grower)
3 Performed by labor hired by the day or month, or by the grower. .
t Weighted on the basis of the total acreage harvested in each of the 9 States included in the investigation.