COSTS OF PRODUCING SUGAR BEETS 21
TaBLE 6.—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
beets produced on all farms

SUMMARY FOR THE UNITED STATES AND ANALYSIS BY STATES, 1921, 1922, AND 1923

State and year

United States:
All States and all
farms—
3-year average..|
1921...
1922...
1923__..._..
Farmsinvestigated—

3-year average.._
1921...
1922...
1923. cca
Michigan:
3-year average..
1921... __
1922.
923._.

Dhio:
3- ¢

Tebras

Pounds
f sugar
xtracted
per ton
of sugar |
eets harvested

on all
‘arms

258. 0
62. 3
260. 6
351 4

260. 5
265. 5
262. 1
253 7

229.9
212.1
234. 9
“19. 4

Amount
»y which
:he number
 of
pounds
of sugar
«xtracted
per ton
” of sugar
be i seets har:
‘xtracted) vesigd
ner ton arms in
of sugar sluded
eets har- in the
vested 3
on the uyostiaims
 gation
pa xOteds
in the
nvesti. Bounds
gation ,yiracted
by all
mills per
ton of
sugar
'eets harvested

on all
farms -

263. 9
268. 1
263. 2
250 8

3.4
2.6

229. 7
215. 5
229. 4
“40 6

State and year

Colorado:
3-year average...
1921...
1922. ....
1923...
Ttah:
3-year average..
1921...
1922...
1923...
[daho:!
3-year average..]|
192... ssn
1922. _.____|
1923. a...
¥voming:
> ear average._.
192) conoman
1922...
192...
mtena:
ear cversge.
021.
ii

925 _

Pounds
of sugar
ixtracted
per ton
of sugar |
eets har
vested
on all
farms

250. 3
258. 7
250. 2
240. @

264.3
270.5
268. 1
254.9

286.6
208.6
201.4
274.7

267. 7
278.4
3 <

Pounds
of sugar
sxtracted!
per ton
of sugar
Yeets har-|
vested
on the
farms
ncluded
in the
nvestiration


256. 0
261.0
253.9
2592 0

258. 2
262. 8
259. 0
252. 6

308. 2
318.2
315.7
206.4

265. 5
274.7
n2.¢
Tot

of
5%

Amount
by which
she number
 of
pounds
of sugar
sxtracted
per ton
of sugar
»eets harvested

on the
farms included

in the
:nvestigation

2xceeds
the
pounds
of sugar
axtracted
by all
mills per
ton of
sugar
eets hare
vested
on all
farms

5.7
2.3
3.7
11.1

—6.1
—~7.7
—9.1
-2.3

21.6
19.6
24.3
21.7

~2.2
-3.7
-8.9
9 4

uv
0
0
0

8.7
7.6
8.0
1.3

1 The number of pounds of sugar extracted per ton of sugar beets harvested on the farms included in
rhe investigation is unusually high for Idaho, because a high percentage of the beets were manufactured
nto sugar at the Twin Falls plant. which employs the Stetfens process.

NoTE.—A minus (—) sign indicates that the average pounds of sugar extracted per ton of beets harvested
yn all farms was greater than the average pounds extracted per ton of beets harvested on the farms
vesticated