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 
3lock- 
ng and 
Jhin- 
ning 
Hoe- 
ing 
Pull- 
ng and 
top- 
ping 
‘er cent 
9 4 
Per cent. 
77.3 
Per cent 
a | 
82. & 
11 
31. 9 
ang 
Family labor ? 
Block- 
ng andl 
thin- 
ning 
Hoe- 
ing 
Pull- 
ing and 
top- 
ping 
Per ceni 
13 5 
er cent | Per cen 
16. 2 “1 
“0 
Fad 
12.0 
&.5 
Ek 
Hired help and 
erower’s labor 2 
Block- 
ng and 
thin- 
ning 
Hoe- 
ing 
Pull- 
ng and 
top- 
ping 
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.