18 COSTS OF PRODUCING SUGAR BEETS 
TaBLE 2.—Comparison of the 1922 average acreage of sugar beets per farm on the 
farms investigated with the 1919 average acreage per farm for all farms growing 
beets tn that year as reported by the census 
State 
United States: 
All States. o-oo cee —- 
States investigated - 
Mihi gan. ooo ce cadence ceca 
Ohio. .... Ce emm——s - cama 
Nebraska... ocacccecaiccmcecccmcccccccccacccccacmccc————— 
Colorado. SR SS RS Rim SSR RRR § 
Utah...... BR wm RR NE ARR WEAR RRRE + BAS 
E00, ces i iE ER no SH Em 
YOM eee cmc emcam memo mma —m— mmm —— 
RY 10) 01 723 1 FU EOE 
California - - ecco ———m 
Acres of 
ugar beets 
per farm | 
growing 
beets in 
19191 
Acres of 
ugar beets 
per farm 
on farms 
investi- 
rated, 1922 
Amount 
by which 
he average 
sugar-beet 
acreage per 
‘arm in 1922 
_ on farms 
investigated 
axceeds the 
. average 
sugar-beet 
acreage per 
farm on 
all farms 
growing 
oeets for 
sugar in 
19191 
y 
24 
1 See United States census reports. ) 
3 The average sugar-beet acreage per farm in 1919 for Idaho as shown in the United States census reports 
was greater by 2 acres than the average sugar-beet acreage per farm in 1922 on the farms included in this 
vestigation. 
TABLE 3.—Relation of acreage of sugar beets harvested per farm to the net cost per 
acre and per ton 
SUMMARY FOR IDAHO, 1922 
[Data are for 106 farms investigated] 
Range of 
beet 
acreage 
harvested 
per farm 
. 6 
i. 9 
10.9 
*™C 
2 
" 
i 
7. 
A: 
Number 
of farms 
Acres harvested | Tons harvested 
Total 
Average 
per farm 
Total 
Average 
yield 
per acre 
106. 2 ci 
187.2 6.9 
184.1 | 10.2 
90.0 12.9 
126.0 15.8 
152.° ie 
1,450.6 
2,716.8 
2,731.0 
1412.4 
1,879.1 
gan r 
0 
14.5 
14.8 
ALi - 
« bth oe a 
"xclusive 
»f capital 
charges 
,— 
ge *n 
ar ’ 
Net costs 
Per acre 
Per ton 
Inclusive Inclusive 
of stated of stated 
land land 
ental and ““xclusive|rental and 
interest at - of capital |interest at 
8 per cent charges |6 per cent 
on capital ; on capital 
other ' | other 
“han land than land 
~ 
$7.55 
7.17 
6.54 
6.31 
7.05 
6.00 
8.76 
5.23 
A.492 
Nore.—Although some farms in Idaho produced less than 3 acres of beets in 1922, cost data were not 
Obtained for these small acreages because they were usnallv incidental and of only minor importance on 
iversified farme