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COSTS OF PRODUCING SUGAR BEETS 
Through improvement in machinery and processes, much gain accrued 
in the average extraction of sugar from beets. The average extraction 
for the five-year period 1909-1913 was 12.6 per cent, and the average 
for the five-year period 1921-1925 was 13.8. On the other hand, the 
average sugar content of the beets during that period slightly declined. 
TABLE 3.-—Acreage and production of sugar beets and quantity of beet sugar made in 
) the United States 1909—1926 
Beets worked in 
factories 3 
Calendar year 
LW oe crmcrcreeeer cannes 
IR co cre mi SH 
Meee eee em———- 
I rmemoea——— 
Factories 
in | 
nperation 
Number 
6 
( 
ll 
me 
Sugar 
made 
Average 
extrac- 
tion | 
1,000 
short tons| Per cent 
512 12. 5¢ 
510 17 RY 
599 I & 
693 W 20 
723 12. 8¢ 
a 1& 6: 
+4 
5 
8 
761 
726 
1, 089 
1,020 
675 
881 
1,090 
913 
897 
Average |— 
sugar 
content 2? | 
Quantity 
1,000 
Per cent | short tonsi 
16. 10 4,081 
16.35 1, 047 
LE. 89 "a2 
¢ 31 4 
TOR - 
04 
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6, 782 
Average 
price 
for beets 
per ton 
Ares 
upon 
which 
roduced 
1,000 
acres 
120 
Dollars 
5. 50 
6.82 
5. 69 
5.45 
5. 67 
6. 12 
. 7.39 
3 10. 00 
5¢7 11.74 
37 11.63 
815 6.38 
530 7.21 
657 8.99 
817 7.95 
653 . 6.39 
687 . 
Percentage of sucrose actually extracted by factories. 
Based upon weight of beets. 
Beets used by the factories. 
SOURCE: Reports of U. S. Department of Agriculture,