20 | "COSTS OF PRODUCING SUGAR BEETS 
TasLe 5.—Comparison of the average sugar content of the sugar beets included 
in the investigation with the average sugar content of all beets grown in the 
couniry 
SUMMARY FOR THE UNITED STATES AND ANALYSIS BY 8TATES, 1921, 1922, AND 1923 
J ————————— 
Sugar content of a 
ton of sugar beets 
Amount 
by which 
the sugar 
ontent of 
the sugar 
heets in- 
cluded 
in the 
investi- 
gation 
exceeds 
he sugar 
content 
of all 
sugar 
beets 
nroduced 
Sugar content of a 
ton of sugar beets 
Amount 
by which 
the sugar 
ontent of 
the sugar 
beets in- 
2luded 
in the 
investi- 
gation 
exceeds 
he sugar 
«ontent 
of all 
sugar 
beets 
sroduced 
Area and year 
Average 
Average ; of those 
of all |included 
beets in the 
sroduced! investi- 
gation 
Area and vear 
Average 
of all 
beets | 
sroduced 
Average 
of those 
(ncluded 
in the 
investi- 
gation 
United States: 
All States— 
3-year average... 
1921... 
1922. ceo 
1928. eee 
States investi- 
gated— 
3-year average.. 
1921. coos 
1922. u_-- 
1923. _..__. 
Pounds 
per ton 
310. 7 
215. 4 
308. & 
2086. & 
Pounds 
per ton 
Pounds 
Der ton 
Colorado: 
3-year average...) 
- 1821..nue-l 
1922. oo 
1923. cca 
Utah: 
3-year average__- 
1921. ceo 
1022.00 mmmm 
1928. cumin 
Idaho: 1 
3-year average. .: 
1921... 
1922 ae 
1923. ooo 
Wyoming: 
3-year average. .| 
1921... mucnne 
1922... 
1923 _.-- 
Montana: 
3-year average... 
TOL nmmmn 
1928. isms 
1523... 
-lifcrnia: 
Pounds Pounds 
per ton per ton 
300. 7 299. 2 
313.2 314.1 
293.2 291. 6 
291.8 287.7 
319.0 
224, 2 
320. 1 
312. 5 
Pounds 
per ton 
~15 
.9 
-16 
—4.1 
—3.1 
—6.2 
-2.1 
-.7 
311, 6 
318.0 
308. 9 
306. 4 
312.1 
318.9 
308. 3 
307. 2 
0.5 
.9 
-. 6 
R 
Michigan: 
3-year average.. 
1921... 
1922... 
1923. .o... 
Ohio: 
3-year average... 
192. vu annsn 
1022 uinan 
1923 ____... 
Nebraska: 
3-year average... 
1921. oo. 
1922... 
1922. 
335.7 
349.0 
331. € 
327.8 
329.1 
50 
Dah " 
211 | 
40. 7 
pre 
5.0 
6.6 
3.7 
4 4 
284. 2 
265, 6 
287. 6 
305. 8 
284. 7 
264.3 
283. 6 
12. 2 
- 
1.9 
.9 
-2 5 
274.2 
77.¢ 
ok 
oy 
na 
0 
0 
0 
a 
8.9 
9.3 
5.4 
10. 6 
la. 
"1 The amount of sugar extracted per ton of sugar beets harvested on the farms included in the inves- 
tigation is unusually high for Idaho, because a large percentage of the beets were manufactured into 
sugar at the Twin Falls plant. which emplovs the Steffents process. 
NoTE —The data for all farms and all beets produced were taken from the 1923 Yearbook of the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture and supplementary data furnished by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, with 
permission of the companies concerned. The data for the farins investigated were obtained in the field 
and suppleinented by data furnished by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. 
The 3-year averages in all cases are weighted averages. The sugar content for each year and each State 
was weighted by the total tons of sugar beets produced in that State, 
A minus (—) sign indicates that the average sugar content per ton of beets harvested on all farms was 
greater than the average sugar content per ton of beats harvested on the farms investigated.