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Economic significance of the sugar-beet industry in the United States___._ 
Historical development of the sugar-beet industry in the United States._. 
Description of the growing of sugar beets and of the manufacture of beet 
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Economic considerations concerning the maintenance and growth of the 
industry_.___________ ______..__ . 
The tariff in its relation to the sugar-t=~ - 
Report on the farmers’ costs of pre- 
States for the years 1921, 1922, ana .. 
History of the investigation. 
Method of investigation___. 
Scope and representativeness of the investigation____ 
Explanation of terms__.____. 
Results of the cost investigation. 
Reservations by Commissioner Costigan______________ _ _— 
Appendix—Facsimile of schedules used in the investigation______. __ 
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Description of the sugar-beet industry in the United States: 
1. Sugar beets: Production in the United States, 1921-1926__ 
2. Sugar beets: Acreage, production, and yield per acre in 
principal producing countries, 1909-1926______________ 
3. Acreage and production of sugar beets and quantity of 
beet sugar made in the United States, 1909-1926_______ 
4, Sugar beets: Character of labor employed in hand work on 
beets, 1926 and 1922_____ __________________________ 
5. Sugar: Production in the United States and ..a possessions, 
1866-1926 ______ meen 
6. Rates of duty on sugar beets and sugar, 1900-1925_______ 
6A. Imports of sugar beets for consumption in the United 
States, 1910-1926____.. = .______ 
I1. Scope and representativeness of the investigation: 
7. Scope of the investigation, 1922________ _. RE om 
8. 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 in that year. 
9. Relation of acreage of sugar beets harvested per farm fo net 
costs per acre and per ton, summary, 1922_ ___________ 
Comparison of farms investigated in the various States with the 
country as 8 whole as regards— 
10. Yields of sugar beets per acre..______ 
11. Sugar content of sugar beets.________ 
12. Sugar extracted per ton of beets. ____. - 
13. Sugar content not extracted. . ________ - aa 
III. Costs of production and returns to growers, United States. by States: 
14. Per acre of sugar beets harvested, 1921-1923 ———— 
15. Per ton of sugar beets harvested, 1921-1923__._ _________ 
16. oor pound of sugar extracted from the sugar beets. 1921— 
IV. Analysis of the average cost: 2. production ot sugar beets—Summary 
for the United States and comparison by States: 
17. Per acre of sugar beets harvested, 1921-1923 
18. Per ton of sugar beets harvested, 1921-192¢ 
19. Percentage distribution of costs, 1921-1923. _. - eA 
20. Rosin yield to costs of production per acre and per 
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