COSTS OF PRODUCING SUGAR BEETS 
31] 
or 2.3 per cent, more sugar was extracted per ton of sugar beets in 
the area covered by the investigation than was extracted, on the 
average, from all beets grown in the country. This makes the cost 
of producing sugar beets per pound of sugar extracted, as shown in 
this report, probably a little less than it would have been if all sugar- 
beet farms in the country had been included in the investigation. 
TABLE 12.—Comparison of the pounds of sugar extracted per ton of sugar beets 
included in the investigation with the pounds of sugar extracted per ton of sugar 
heels produced on all farms 
SUMMARY WOR UNITED STATES AND ANALYSIS BY STATES, 1921, 1922, 
AND 1923 
State and vear 
Tnited States: 
All States and all 
farms— 
3-year average. _; 
1921... 
1922 nnn 
1923........ 
Farms investi- 
gated— 
3-year average..| 
1921... ___._ 
1922. cco cu 
1923. __ 
Michigan: 
3-year average._.! 
1921 _______.i 
1! 
1923 ________ 
Ohio: 
3-vear average. _, 
1921... _. 
1922__._____. 
1923 ______. 
Nebraska: 
3-year average..’ 
1921. ___.._ 
1922. __._.. 
1923 ____..__% 
Pounds 
of sugar 
stracted! 
per ton 
of sugar 
»eets har-| 
rested on 
111 farms 
Dounds 
ver ton 
258.0 
262.3 
260.6 
251.4 
260. 5 
265. § 
262. 1 
253. 7 
229. 9 
212.1 
234.9 
249. 4 
204. 0 
196. 5 
223.9 
197. 8 
251. 2 
279 2 
emg 
229. 7 
Pounds 
of sugar 
axtracted 
per ton 
of sugar 
veets har- 
vested on 
he farms 
ncluded 
nthe in- 
restiga- 
Hon 
Pounds 
per ton 
263. 9 
268. 1 
263. 2 
259. 6 
229.7 
215. 5 
20.4 
48. R 
10, 
Pa 
OULU 
Amount 
py which 
he num- 
ber of 
pounds 
of sugar 
ixtracted 
per ton 
of sugar 
peets har- 
vested on 
the farms 
included 
in the in- 
7estiga- 
tion ex- 
eeds the 
pounds 
of sugar 
axtracted 
by all 
nills per 
ton of 
sugar 
deets har- 
vested on 
31] farms 
Pounds 
per ton 
3.4 
2.6 
1.1 
59 
State and vear 
Colorado: 
3-year average.. 
1921... .... 
1922_....... 
1988. nn 
Utah: 
3-year average... 
1921... .._. 
1922... ..... 
11923... 
[daho: 
3-year average... 
1921... _.._. 
1922... _._. 
1923 _....... 
Wyoming: 
3-year average.. 
1921. ....... 
1922 ___._.. 
1923_..._... 
Montana: 
3-year average.. 
192). con. 
1922... _.. 
1923... _. 
California: 
2-year average.. 
1921... ¢ 
1922... 
1923. .... 
Amount 
by which 
the num- 
ber of 
pounds 
of sugar 
pxtracted 
per ton 
aly of sugar 
Pounds extracted beets yi 
of sugar per ton the farms 
axtracted of sugar included 
per ton beets har: in the in- 
of sugar | vested on voitign. 
oeets har-| the farms tion ga 
vested on included seeds the 
all farms 'inthein- ~ und 
vestiga- po 3 
Ion of sugar 
extracted 
by all 
mills per 
ton of 
sugar 
beets har- 
vested on 
all farms 
Pounds 
per ton 
250. 3 
258.7 
250. 2 
240 9 
Pounds 
per ton 
256. 0 
261.0 
253.9 
252.0 
Pounds 
per lon 
5.7 
2.3 
3.7 
11.1 
264.3 
270. 5 
268.1 
254 Q 
258. 2 
262. 8 
259.0 
252.6 
—6.1 
-7.7 
—9.1 
-2.3 
NAG 
ry, 3 
i. 
308. 2 
318.2 
315.7 
206 4 
21.6 
19.6 
24.3 
21.7 
265. 5 
274.7 
272. 4 
255. 8 
-2.2 
—3.7 
-8.¢ 
2 4 
TRY 
281 € 
0; 
281.6 
300. 7 
206. 9 
261.1 
0 
0 
0 
0 
z 
6 
1 
344. @ 
235.2 
563. C 
356. 6 
8.7 
7.6 
8.0 
11.3 
tu. 
5 
1 The amount of sugar extracted per ton of sugar beets harvested on the farms included in the investi 
gation is unusually high for Idaho because a large percentage of the beets were manufactured into sugat 
at the Twin Falls plant, which employs the Steffens process. 
NOTE.—A minus (—) sign indicates that the average pounds of sugar extracted per ton of beets harvested 
on 2ll tapes was greater than the average pounds extracted per ton of beets harvested on the farms 
nvestigated.