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 -
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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
investirated,
 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