COSTS OF PRODUCING SUGAR BEETS 
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TABLE 15.—Weighted average costs of production, @nd returns to growers from the 
sale of sugar beets 
SUMMARY FOR UNITED STATES AND ANALYSIS BY STATES, 1921, 1922, 
AND 1923 
[Per ton of sugar-beets harvested] 
Amount by which the 
returns to growers 
rom the sale of sugar 
heets exceed 2 the costs 
of production of sugar 
heats 3 
Average costs 1 
Average 
-eturns to 
growers 
from the 
sale of 
sugar beets 
Jtate and year 
No allow- Allowance 
ance made | made for 
for land land rental 
ental and and interes 
nterest on at 6 per 
other ' cent on 
capitals | other 
capital 
No allow- 
ance made 
for land 
rental and 
interest on ! 
other 
capital ¢ 
Allowance 
made for 
iand rental 
ind interest 
at 6 per 
cent on 
other 
capital 
Per ton 
$0.17 
—1.68 
. 69 
1.91 
‘Jnited States: 
B-VOAr AVOLARE.. cou armsnsmppamumns wwe 
1921... PT 
1922_. as 
1923 
Per ton 
%6. 21 
6.45 
5.96 
6.07 
Per ton 
$7.53 
7.95 
7.32 
7.18 
Per ton 
$7.70 
6. 27 
8.01 
9.09 
Per ton 
$1.49 
—-. 18 
2.05 
3.02 
Michigan: 
3-VRAT BVOTARR.. covnranr mre as ss nnn mann 
1921. _...- owe mi rom HR RA 
1922....... [ES 
1923... 
Ohio: 
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1921... Hm RG Sm AH 
1922... ee memaman 
1923.__. - 
Nebraska: 
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JOE. oc oi mi i im si RR 
1922. ee eee emeeceaeae 
1923... —- 
Colorado: 
3-vear average... oc. occea-- a 
VRID. «cece SR 0 m0 0 0 
1922 ie cccccceacas 
192° eee 
7.13 
7.30 
b. 40 
7 49 
8. 30 
B. 56 
7.52 
3.60 
7.46 
6.04 
7.22 
9.50 
.33 
-1. 26 
. 82 
2 01 
—. 84 
2. 51 
-.30 
. 90 
6. 11 
5. 48 
5. 64 
2.13 
7.30 
1.82 
6. 82 
1.22 
7.69 
6. 00 
6. 87 
9 20 
1.58 
—.48 
1.23 
3.16 | 
.39 
~1.82 
.05 
2.07 
5. 25 
5. 69 
. 42 
5. 62 
5. 40 
7.03 
3.39 
8.73 
1.55 
6. 60 
B. 01 
R.19 
2.30 
.91 
3.59 
2 57 
1.18 
—. 43 
2.632 
1. 46 
3.79 
5. 60 
5.15 
R73 
7.06 
5. 89 
7.62 
B. 85 | 
1.30 
6.36 
7.71 
R OR 
1.51 
.76 
1. 56 
2.35 
HA 
—. 53 
.09 
1.2% 
Utah: 
B-venr average. ... ..--cecssnenememume. 
1921...... RR 
1922_..... mcm iwi HP msn 
1923 __.... meena 
8. 01 
B. 53 
B. 82 
5.61 
7.34 
B.16 | 
7.21 [ 
8. 58 
7.20 | 
5. 50 
8.18 | 
R 27 
1.19 
~-1.03 
2.36 
2 66 
-—. 14 
—~2 60 
.97 
1. 60 
[daho: 
3-year average... __.__.______. _.. 
1921... 
1922...... 
1923... 
#yoming: 
FYCHL AVOIARD., « ne mens pens sm mms mmm 
02 cecum A RR 
922... fms 
1923... 
Montana: 
3-year average... .cccccaccmcacan- 
92 cannes A 
922... 
1923... 
California: 
-vear average... ceo coceca.. 
02 nmr ER RRR 
ST in em i 
1923 
5. 91 
5. 74 
3. 44 
 R4 
7.08 
8.31 
L583 
345 
7.64 
5.00 
3.37 
R48 
1.73 
~. 74 
2.93 
2.904 
{ 
ol 
131 
1. 84 
2 08 
{ 
3. 22 
3. 72 
5.70 
X27 
7.09 
“76 
4 
05 
7.21 
r 90 
99 
44 
86 
91 
0 
.1% 
=1.48 
.03 
1.13 
1.76 
-. 30 
1.41 
3. 67 
Ls) 
na 
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A 40 
| When composite figures appear as in the 3-year average for each State and in the figures for the United 
tates, where the data for the States investigated are combined, the total tons of sugar beets harvested are 
1sed as weights. 
3 A minus sign (—) before a figure indicates that costs exceed returns by that amount. 
i See pp. 33-38 for explanation of method of determining costs. 
¢ Land rental and other capital charges, paid and unpaid, are excluded from this cost. For the United 
States as a whole cash rental was actually paid on 5.4 per cent of the acreage planted and share rental on 
11.7 per cent. On a large percentage of the farms interest, amounting to 20 cents per acre, or about 1.8 cents 
per ton, was actually paid on cash advances made by the factories to the farmers for the payment of contract 
labor. Many of these farms are mortgaged and interest is actually paid on these farm mortgages at rates 
varying from 5 to 9 per cent and averaging 7.14 per cent. In order to put the data for all farms on a compar- 
able basis and simplify tabluations, however, all farms were treated as owned by the operators and taxes 
and overhead costs on this rented acreage were included as general costs and all capital charges, whether 
paid or unpaid, were segregated and treated separately. 
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